February 2012 Sightings

flying and nectaring on Mustard; my first ever Feb. butterflies!

last one seen at 3:37 PM / They were difficult to photograph due to the very warm weather!

American Snout: appeared to be fresh out of the chrysalis!!!

full sun came at 1:41 PM / It took 7 minutes for them to fly!

in a horse pasture

last seen at 3:18:47 PM

last seen at 11:14:25 PM

all the Orange Sulphurs today were flying on their own; except for, the first one

48 degrees / These bugs were flying around on their own.

flew by me at eye level and then it circled up and down a Holly Tree

last one at 12:15 pm

Orange Sulphur: last one at 1:59 pm / first sulphur was fresh out of chrysalis with its wings drying; Common Buckeye: fresh out of chrysalis with its wings drying! / a really small butterfly with very dark topside and bottomside

flushed at 10:30 am

American Snout: got digital image of one of them / They overwinter as adults in NC. It appears, at this point, that snouts overwintered here this winter!; Question Mark: flushed one at edge of lake; Mourning Cloak: got a digital image of one of them

4 butterfly species today (no Blueberry Azure, yet) / It has been weeks since I have been able to find Orange Sulphurs in this field! At 3 pm, the temperature reached 59 degrees.

digital images of a mated pair

Blueberry Azure: first one at 12:00 am / digital images; Mourning Cloak: maybe three

Fresh

In the AM;entered by sgalick

found by student Ben Ackerman on class field trip; crawled from fingertip to fingertip, various students (form marginata)

found on class field trip

have photo