December 2011 Sightings

Cabbage White: a male

male, reasonably fresh; photographed

Fiery Skipper: may have had same Fiery Skipper, as above

Monarch: Flying fast over the marsh

Have digital images

57 sunny at the time

two were flushed and two were flying on their own!

Monarch: fresh one - very active

hanging from a stem of an asparagus plant / The chrysalis was black and orange and it looked to be viable. / digital images

great look at the eye of one of them through the macro and 3 extension tubes

Cabbage White: a worn male; Orange Sulphur: a bright topside orange female

Orange Sulphur: saw 14 flying on their own at one time!; Monarch: closer to eclosing

flew through the yard

last one was a yellow form female / digital image taken 13:35:38

found one that crawled out of the vegetation to catch the sun trying to warm up for flight / 44 degrees and windy!

Orange Sulphur: the field had no wind and 41 degree temperature / These 12 Orange Sulphurs (3 yellow form female) were flying on their own and seeking nectar from flowers!; Monarch: The Monarch Chrysalis in this field that was viable yesterday was frozen and brittle after morning temps of low 20s. / digital image of damage

actively flying after being flushed

3 yellow from females

4 yellow form females

1 female

3 females

flew through the yard heading SW

didn't stay to count the whole population

males were chasing females on the ground / twice an individual female went way up in the air with a male in pursuit!!