May 2012 Sightings

varied from 180 to 200 per minute!!!!

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

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

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)

migrating S to N

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

Zabulon Skipper: in forest along trail

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

in parking lot

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

probably more, all flying south to N or NW

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

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.

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

Dark form

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

2 moving E to W. 1 moving S to N

near 7 pm - still migrating

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

migrating S to N

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 in back around 3 pm

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!!

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 around a back yard at 7:15 am

coming through the fog early in the morning / They built up in numbers as the day unfolded!