May 2011 Sightings

Jim Springer, Fred Pfeifer, Patti Murray, Chris and Paula Williams

Route 72, Chatsworth
Burlington County, NJ

Hessel's Hairstreak 10
Brown Elfin 5
Hoary Elfin 1
Eastern Pine Elfin 10
Azure, sp. 2
Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
Pearl Crescent 1
American Lady 1
Red Admiral 1

Will Kerling

Siegtown Road
Cape May County, NJ

Cabbage White 1

Dave Amadio

At church in Barrington
Camden County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: 1 nectaring on lilac

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
Cabbage White 1
Clouded Sulphur 1

Birds, Botany and Butterfly Walk Series - NJ Audubon

Belleplain State Forest Headquarters - Loop Trail
Cape May County, NJ

Spicebush Swallowtail: 3 fresh ones / all flying within the forest; Eastern Tailed-Blue: one female; Azure, sp.: flying / looked like a worn Blueberry Azure; Juvenal's Duskywing: 2 female; Horace's Duskywing: 3 females

Spicebush Swallowtail 3
Orange Sulphur 2
Elfin sp. 1
Azure, sp. 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
Red Admiral 1
Juvenal's Duskywing 49
Horace's Duskywing 3

1 May 2011

Jim Springer, Chris Williams

Warren Grove Gunnery Range Road
Ocean County, NJ

Brown Elfin 2

1 May 2011

Dave Amadio

Riverwinds Scenic Trail
Gloucester County, NJ

American Copper: 2/3 of these on Cypress Spurge; Eastern Tailed-Blue: most on Cypress Spurge; Pearl Crescent: 3 on Cypress Spurge; American Lady: on Cypress Spurge; Red Admiral: patroling the parking area; Silver-spotted Skipper: fresh dorsally basking

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Cabbage White 4
American Copper 30
Gray Hairstreak 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 12
Pearl Crescent 4
Eastern Comma 2
American Lady 1
Red Admiral 1
Common Buckeye 1
Duskywing sp. 1
Silver-spotted Skipper 1

1 May 2011

Stephen Mason & Jon Gelhaus

Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve
Cape May County, NJ

Orange Sulphur 1
Frosted Elfin 3
Azure, sp. 5
Variegated Fritillary 1
Anglewing sp. 2
Pearl Crescent 2
Red Admiral 8
Common Buckeye 4

1 May 2011

Will Kerling

Avalon Golf Links Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ

Eastern Tailed-Blue: a female and a male; Pearl Crescent: fresh out of chrysalis

Cabbage White 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
Pearl Crescent 1

1 May 2011

Jim Springer, Fred Pfeifer, Patti Murray, Chris and Paula Williams

Greenwood Forest WMA
Ocean County, NJ

Eastern Pine Elfin 3
Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
American Lady 6
Red Admiral 1
Juvenal's Duskywing 1

1 May 2011

J&J Connor

Old Port Road
Atlantic County, NJ

Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
Pearl Crescent 2
American Lady 2
Juvenal's Duskywing 7

1 May 2011

Stephen Mason, Tom Reed, & Jon Gelhaus

Reed's residence
Cape May County, NJ

Cabbage White 1
Juniper Hairstreak 3
Gray Hairstreak 1
Pearl Crescent 1
American Lady 1
Common Buckeye 1

1 May 2011

Will Kerling

Rte. 550 to Woodbine
Cape May County, NJ

Orange Sulphur 1

1 May 2011

Dave Amadio

Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Eastern Comma: on ripened fruit; Mourning Cloak: well worn individual on ripened fruit; Red Admiral: both on ripened fruit; Wild Indigo Duskywing: fresh on french lilac & pansy