September 2011 Sightings

Sachem: male pursuing a female

Monarch: nectaring on an Aster sp.; Fiery Skipper: a male

American Copper: a pair mating; Gray Hairstreak: very fresh; Sachem: males

Eastern Tailed-Blue: an immaculate mated pair

Spicebush Swallowtail: worn male; Red Admiral: fresh on buddleia

Peck's Skipper: both on goldenrod

Gray Hairstreak: nectaring on a Goldenrod sp.; Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on a Goldenrod sp.; Pearl Crescent: all fresh out!; Fiery Skipper: all males

Black Swallowtail: a male; Pearl Crescent: 14 butterfly species for the day; Common Buckeye: lots of buckeyes everywhere you go!; Silver-spotted Skipper: very faded

Red-banded Hairstreak: on a Goldenrod species; American Lady: fresh one on Sedum; Fiery Skipper: rags to fresh ones

Delaware Skipper: fairly fresh male

Spicebush Swallowtail: fairly fresh female nectaring on buddleia in light shower; Cabbage White: on mountain mint & buddleia

Red-banded Hairstreak: a fresh one on a domestic Goldenrod sp. on Cambridge Avenue

Monarch: 1 being chased at times by hummingbird; Sachem: males on buddleia

Fiery Skipper: 2 females

Black Swallowtail: a female; Fiery Skipper: 2 females

fresh, just emerged (maybe resulting from eggs laid 8/14/11)

mint fresh / may have common from eggs laid by female Gulf Fritillary in the garden on August 14, 2011

Clouded Sulphur: digital image of one on a Goldenrod sp.; Orange Sulphur: nectaring on Goldenrod species; Pearl Crescent: nectaring on Mistflower; Common Buckeye: the most numerous butterfly sp. in Cape May, for now; Fiery Skipper: a freshly spider kill one / on a Goldenrod sp.

Fiery Skipper: 2 females