September 2011 Sightings

American Copper: fresh; Eastern Tailed-Blue: a female; Common Wood-Nymph: all faded in color; Monarch: two of these were coupled; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: very fresh; Swarthy Skipper: fresh; Sachem: 11 females; Zabulon Skipper: a fresh female

Black Swallowtail: males; Monarch: two of these were coupled; Horace's Duskywing: a fresh male nectaring on Knapweed; Swarthy Skipper: fresh

Horace's Duskywing: female; Fiery Skipper: male on bush clover

Zabulon Skipper: male, not so worn

Giant Swallowtail: the 49th sp. that I have observed at this location, have digital images, it also nectared briefly on a white Eupatorium sp,; Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: male on white Eupatorium sp.; Eastern Tailed-Blue: most near or on bush clover; Eastern Comma: my only anglewing today, very worn; Red-spotted Purple: all very fresh; Tawny Emperor: the 48th sp. that I have obs. at this location, it was fresh and nectaring on a white Eupatorium sp.; Silver-spotted Skipper: Observations today from butterfly garden to "tie off point"; Zabulon Skipper: male

Black Swallowtail: all fresh, apparently

fresh, apparently

Fiery Skipper: a male nectaring on Water Willow

Cabbage White: mated pair; Red Admiral: on bananas; Red-spotted Purple: poor condition; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: female; Sachem: female

Dun Skipper: very worn individual (digital image) nectaring on Ironweed

Black Swallowtail: both males; Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: very pale and worn; Gray Hairstreak: fresh one nectaring on Ironweed; American Lady: mint fresh; Horace's Duskywing: a fresh appearing male; Fiery Skipper: a bright male / probably, saw 2 more males in chase; Crossline Skipper: females; Sachem: conserative number!!; Zabulon Skipper: a fresh female

nectaring on Camphorweed

Red Admiral: nectaring on Buddleia; Red-spotted Purple: fresh on Mexican sunflower; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: male; Sachem: male & female

Fiery Skipper: a worn male; Aaron's Skipper: basking

Gray Hairstreak: on mt. mint; Red-spotted Purple: fresh on buddleia; Peck's Skipper: on buddleia; Sachem: on mistflower

Black Swallowtail: female; Sulphur sp.: white form; Pearl Crescent: likely more, wind keeping them down; Sachem: female

Giant Swallowtail: appears to be the same individual as 9/3, in the same area ( tie-off point ); Eastern Tailed-Blue: conservative number; American Snout: nectaring on pilewort; Eastern Comma: resting in the shade; American Lady: nectaring on white Eupatoriun sp.; Red Admiral: nectaring on white Eupatoriun sp.; Common Wood-Nymph: nectaring on white Eupatoriun sp.; Zabulon Skipper: female on buddleia

Question Mark: barely able to identify; Red Admiral: nectaring on buddleia, zinnia, & marigolds; Silver-spotted Skipper: faded but plenty of spunk!; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: female; Fiery Skipper: male, 1st for garden this year; Sachem: male

Common Buckeye: nectaring on Sedum

Black Swallowtail: last instar / There was mist and light rain the whole time, I was out today!; Least Skipper: active

5 males, 1 female / some actively nectaring

Least Skipper: image of one - face on

a female

Fiery Skipper: includes a mated pair (digital images)

Fiery Skipper: one female

Fiery Skipper: a fresh male