July 2011 Sightings
Will Kerling
downtown CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 21
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Common Sootywing 2
- Salt Marsh Skipper 3
- Sachem 5
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
Chris Tonkinson
Goshen-Swainton Road
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
Chris Tonkinson
Avalon Golf Links Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Red Admiral 1
Will Kerling
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve
Cape May County, NJ
Viceroy: very fresh; Wild Indigo Duskywing: fresh; Sachem: one a female
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Sachem 2
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 15
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Bronze Copper 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Anglewing sp. 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 4
- Least Skipper
Tom Reed
yard, Reed's Beach Rd
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: female, egg-laying on fennel; Gray Hairstreak: both very fresh; Sachem: female
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 30
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 59
Will Kerling
CMCH to Avalon turnoff on Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 9
Will Kerling
Avalon Golf Links to CMCH via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 1
Chris Tonkinson
CRE Garden - Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 4
- Tawny Emperor 2
Chris Tonkinson
Goshen Road
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton garden in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Common Wood-Nymph: on dish of gooey fruit
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Snout 1
- Pearl Crescent 5
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 2
- Rare Skipper 2
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 40
- Dun Skipper 1
Will Kerling
Dennisville-Court House Road
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Horace's Duskywing 1
Will Kerling
Butterfly Bush near Nursery enroute to CMCH along Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
Sachem: 2 females; Broad-winged Skipper: plus one freshly killed by a spider
- Cabbage White 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Salt Marsh Skipper 4
- Sachem 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 6
Will Kerling
CMCH to Indian Trail Road via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Will Kerling
Avalon Golf Links to CMCH via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
Sachem: nectaring on Marigolds; Salt Marsh Skipper: nectaring on Marigolds
- Salt Marsh Skipper 2
- Sachem 2
Dave Amadio
Mannington Marsh, Seabrook Rd/County Rt620 intersection
Salem County, NJ
Bronze Copper: nectaring on Button bush
- Cabbage White 6
- Bronze Copper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 8
Chip Krilowicz
New Brooklyn Park
Camden County, NJ
White M Hairstreak: have photo egg laying on sweet peperbush a mixed cedar and hardwood swamp near the river.
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Viceroy 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 11
R. Simpson
Lakehurst RR Tracks & bogs
Ocean County, NJ
'Summer' Spring Azure: 2 males, 1 worn female; Georgia Satyr: fresh; Common Wood-Nymph: in various bogs, orange blotches; Silver-spotted Skipper: near road; Horace's Duskywing: fresh male; Wild Indigo Duskywing: 2 in bog, 1 near road
- Cabbage White 10
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Common Buckeye 15
- Georgia Satyr 2
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 12
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
Dave Amadio
Mannington Marsh, Sunset causeway to Pointer's Auburn Rd.
Salem County, NJ
Orange Sulphur: nectaring primarily on Red clover; Bronze Copper: 2 on Canada thistle, 2 on dogbane, 1 basking on a leaf; Meadow Fritillary: Have digital images; Monarch: 1 fem laying eggs on Com.milkweed; Least Skipper: mostly on pickerel weed; Broad-winged Skipper: mostly on pickerel weed
- Cabbage White 24
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 20
- Bronze Copper 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- Variegated Fritillary 20
- Meadow Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 7
- Monarch 2
- Least Skipper 32
- Broad-winged Skipper 14
J&JConnor on G'way NABA count
Port Republic & nearby farm fields
Atlantic County, NJ
Pipevine Swallowtail: most of original 33 have dispersed from vines; Black Swallowtail: nectaring on mimosa tree; Common Checkered-Skipper: a colony here? found same spot in 2006 and 2008 on this count
- Pipevine Swallowtail 6
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 57
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 51
- Gray Hairstreak 11
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 121
- Pearl Crescent 40
- American Lady 4
- Common Buckeye 36
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 12
- Horace's Duskywing 30
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5
- Salt Marsh Skipper 5
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 13
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Wild Indigo Duskywing: on buddleia & lantana
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
Will Kerling
Butterfly Bush near Nursery enroute to CMCH along Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
Silver-spotted Skipper: all 7 species nectaring on the Butterfly Bush
- Cabbage White 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 5
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Will Kerling
just S of Church St. to Shellbay Avenue along Railroad Tracks in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: 3 females egg laying and a male nectaring on Mimosa Blossoms; Spicebush Swallowtail: a female egg laying on a young Sassafrass Tree; Orange Sulphur: last several days, I've recorded 25 butterfly species in CMCH / This has included Common Checkered-Skipper, Appalachian Brown and American Snout!; American Copper: nectaring on Butterfly Weed; Gray Hairstreak: nectaring on White Sweet Clover and Butterfly Weed; Eastern Tailed-Blue: nectaring on White Sweet Clover and Butterfly Weed; American Snout: hanging around a Hackberry Tree; Appalachian Brown: the habitat exists downtown in the forest; Silver-spotted Skipper: one was perched on a Lizard's Tail plant; Silver-spotted Skipper: on Honey Locust; Wild Indigo Duskywing: a fresh female nectaring on Knapweed; Duskywing sp.: can't id them all; Broad-winged Skipper: one nectaring on pink-flowering Sweet Pea
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 25
- Orange Sulphur 4
- American Copper 2
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 10
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 5
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 9
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 9
- Common Wood-Nymph 2
- Duskywing sp. 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 7
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 4
- Salt Marsh Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Eastern Comma 2
- Tawny Emperor 1
Chris Tonkinson
Avalon Golf Links Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Sandra Keller
Riverwinds - Scenic Trail
Gloucester County, NJ
American Copper: All fresh looking and all along the start of the loop.; Hackberry Emperor: Each near a Hackberry Tree.; Little Wood-Satyr: Only 9 species today. No skippers!
- American Copper 6
- Red Admiral 2
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Little Wood-Satyr 4
J&JConnor on G'way NABA count
Atlantic Ave EHT powerline & nearby
Atlantic County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 37
- Clouded Sulphur 10
- Orange Sulphur 34
- American Copper 2
- Coral Hairstreak 12
- Banded Hairstreak 5
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 76
- Pearl Crescent 18
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 10
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 8
- Monarch 2
- Duskywing sp. 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 15
- Southern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 32
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
Black Swallowtail: a fresh male / a total of 17 sp. in the downtown CMCH Area this day!; American Lady: nectaring on Butterfly Bush; Common Wood-Nymph: hugging the shady areas; Silver-spotted Skipper: one nectaring on Sweet Pea; Horace's Duskywing: nectaring on Knapweed; Common Checkered-Skipper: a very fresh female; Sachem: 3 females and 2 males; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on Sweet Pea