May 2012 Sightings

Black Swallowtail: flying, looked rag; Question Mark: summer form; Red Admiral: in one hour, rapidly flying south to north; Juvenal's Duskywing: male

Spicebush Swallowtail: one nectaring on Lowbush Blueberry; Azure, sp.: 2 possibly Edward's Azures; Question Mark: one flying at 6:42 pm; Painted Lady: moving S to N; Red Admiral: 87 migrating rapidly E to W, 2 migrating rapidly W to E, 1 migrating rapidly S to N and 29 hanging out; Juvenal's Duskywing: one flying at 6:34 pm; Sachem: a male

Question Mark: female laying eggs on Hackberry; American Lady: Nectaring on French lilac

American Lady: 6 moving E to W in same parking lot as above 50 Red Admirals; Red Admiral: 50 of these Red Admirals moving rapidly across one parking lot during 10 minutes of total time - E to W, 1 moving W to E in downtown area and 7 moving rapidly S to N heading out of CMCH past County Zoo and on to main Trailhead of LT

American Lady: nectaring on Lilac; Painted Lady: nectaring on Lilac; Red Admiral: Goshen, flying through our backyard

one at 6:59 pm and the other at 7:01 pm

near 7 pm - still migrating

migrating S to N

in parking lot

one flying S to N at 7:04 pm / Red Admirals flew all day today in many places according to various reports!!!

2 moving E to W. 1 moving S to N

At least - I was mainly birding though! I am posting to say they were here. I was there a couple hours and everytime I looked at butterflies, they were all over! They were flying across the impoundments, but also along the dikes. Heading north and west.

Eastern Tailed-Blue: first in yard since heavy rain on 4/22; Red Admiral: All but 2 flying rapidly south to north

Zabulon Skipper: in forest along trail

varied from 40 to 60 per minute from 1pm to 5pm

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: flying around in the forest; Red Admiral: flying out of the woods and across the fields heading north, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. (after Cynthia's count above)

varied from 180 to 200 per minute!!!!

Dark form

flying north, so many that it was hard not to hit them, from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.

probably more, all flying south to N or NW

migrating S to N

clouds rolling through rapidly from the NE and the temps in the forties / had a Red Admiral race by me at 6:28 am from NE to SW!!

wings folded and clinging to a large brown Seedhead / was first seen at 10 am and I went back to visit again at 4:20 pm - got face on image at second visit

flying around a back yard at 7:15 am

Eastern Tailed-Blue: in hiding / no flying butterflies today; except for, Red Admirals; Red Admiral: first one at 5:06 pm-shivered while getting a photo and it took off after an image was gotten / 5 flying on their own between 5:31 pm and 5:36 pm

flying in back around 3 pm

American Lady: counted while bicycling from WaWaon Rte. 9to thenorth- out of town; Red Admiral: 9:18 am E to W; Red Admiral: counted while bicycling from WaWaon Rte. 9to thenorth- out of town

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: briefly pursued by a Red Admiral as were many of the Am. Ladies; Question Mark: both summer form;1 quite worn and one fresh; American Lady: moving east to west, some stopping to nectar, between 1:45 and 5:15; Red Admiral: in one hour between 1:45 and 2:45, moving south to north starting shortly before sun emerged

Question Mark: all ' Summer Forms' / in the park from 5:45 pm to 7:45 pm; American Lady: American Ladies and Red Admirals nectaring on Beach Plum Blossoms; Red Admiral: coming off the ocean / latest Red Admiral 7:42 pm / latest QM 7:45 pm