May 2012 Sightings
Jim Dowdell
Delaware Bayshore, nearby
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 1
Cynthia Allen
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Eastern Tailed-Blue: first in yard since heavy rain on 4/22; Red Admiral: All but 2 flying rapidly south to north
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- American Lady 10
- Red Admiral 58
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Question Mark: female laying eggs on Hackberry; American Lady: Nectaring on French lilac
- Cabbage White 1
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
Pat Sutton
Kimble's Beach-Songbird Trail
Cape May County, NJ
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)
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Red Admiral 300
- Red Admiral 2
Pat Sutton
driving between Goshen and Wildwood
Cape May County, NJ
flying north, so many that it was hard not to hit them, from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.
- Red Admiral 100
Pat & Clay Sutton
Kimble's Beach-Songbird Trail
Cape May County, NJ
Zabulon Skipper: in forest along trail
- Question Mark 3
- American Lady 3
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Will Kerling
CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
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
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- American Lady 6
- Red Admiral 58
- Red Admiral 10
- Red Admiral 1
- Red Admiral 10
Cynthia Allen
Kimble's Beach-Songbird Trail
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: flying, looked rag; Question Mark: summer form; Red Admiral: in one hour, rapidly flying south to north; Juvenal's Duskywing: male
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Falcate Orangetip 1
- Orange Sulphur 33
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- Pearl Crescent 9
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 21
- Red Admiral 175
- Juvenal's Duskywing 1
Will Kerling
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve
Cape May County, NJ
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
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 5
- Azure, sp. 4
- Holly Azure 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 7
- American Lady 14
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 119
- Common Buckeye 5
- Juvenal's Duskywing 4
- Sachem 1
Chris Tonkinson
Rte. 47 N from CRE
Cape May County, NJ
- Orange Sulphur 2
Sandra Keller
Heislerville Impoundments
Cumberland County, NJ
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.
- Red Admiral 200
Will Kerling
Goshen - Swainton Road toward Siegtown Road
Cape May County, NJ
one at 6:59 pm and the other at 7:01 pm
- Red Admiral 2
- Anglewing sp. 1
Pat Sutton
Goshen, Sutton's GDN
Cape May County, NJ
American Lady: nectaring on Lilac; Painted Lady: nectaring on Lilac; Red Admiral: Goshen, flying through our backyard
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 3
- Red Admiral 50
- Red Admiral 3
- Red Admiral 2
Will Kerling
Avalon Golf Links - South
Cape May County, NJ
one flying S to N at 7:04 pm / Red Admirals flew all day today in many places according to various reports!!!
- Red Admiral 1
- Red Admiral 10
Will Kerling
Railroad Tracks along Magnolia Drive - CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
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
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 3
Will Kerling
S Boyd Street - CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
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!!
- Red Admiral 1
Will Kerling
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve
Cape May County, NJ
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
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Red Admiral 6
- Red Admiral 1
Will Kerling
CMCH to AGL - S via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 6
Will Kerling
West Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 7
Jim Dowdell
off shore at Atlantic City
Atlantic County, NJ
coming through the fog early in the morning / They built up in numbers as the day unfolded!
- Red Admiral 10
varied from 180 to 200 per minute!!!!