July 2012 Sightings

Orange Sulphur: found the first 7 months of the year now; American Snout: flew out of field and it went west; Red Admiral: flying N to S / found the first 7 months of the year now; Monarch: nectaring on Common Milkweed; Horace's Duskywing: fresh male; Sachem: a female and a male

Black Swallowtail: female; also 3 cats on dill; Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: buddleia, different individ. from 2 yesterday; Cabbage White: lots of activity today…finally; 'Summer' Spring Azure: mt. mint, both fresh; American Snout: cleaning out pond & attracted to green slime/algae!; American Lady: purple coneflower; Least Skipper: new for the yard; Sachem: on buddleia, anise hyssop, mt. mint

Painted Lady: fresh / nectaring on Buddleia; Red Admiral: every month of the year, so far; Red-spotted Purple: fresh; Horace's Duskywing: fresh males; Sachem: one female

Cabbage White: one nectaring on Wild Indigo; Orange Sulphur: one nectaring on Butterfly Weed; Pearl Crescent: nectaring on Butterfly Weed; Question Mark: a 'Summer Form'; Painted Lady: both fresh / nectaring on Knapweed; Common Buckeye: seen all 7 months of the year; Red-spotted Purple: very fresh; Common Wood-Nymph: all fresh; Monarch: nectaring on Butterfly Weed; Cloudywing sp.: egg laying, but didn't stop for id; Horace's Duskywing: one nectaring on Dogbane; Least Skipper: all fresh; Sachem: 3 females / nectaring on Knapweed

flying E to W

White M Hairstreak: Was resting on Japanese Yew, have images; Mourning Cloak: Flying from one shady area to another, never nectaring

flying E to W

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: male; Question Mark: in Hops; Red Admiral: fresh; Horace's Duskywing: incl. 2 females and a mated pair;record high number for yard; Common Sootywing: male; Sachem: males; Rare Skipper: record high for yard; usually only 1-2

Cloudless Sulphur: laying eggs on Partridge Pea; Question Mark: on gooey fruit; Red-spotted Purple: on gooey fruit; Little Wood-Satyr: on gooey fruit; Common Wood-Nymph: on gooey fruit

Black Swallowtail: female; Coral Hairstreak: fairly fresh, nectaring on common milkweed near swamp area, have 1 image; Red-spotted Purple: in the parking area on damp soil; Viceroy: amongst the pickerelweed; Hackberry Emperor: Near its host but perched in a Sassafrass; Monarch: nectaring on swamp milkweed

Question Mark: on gooey fruit; Red-spotted Purple: on gooey fruit; Viceroy: on gooey fruit; Little Wood-Satyr: on gooey fruit; Common Wood-Nymph: on gooey fruit

Sachem: 2 females / nectaring on Yarrow, White Clover and Mimosa; Salt Marsh Skipper: nectaring on White Clover

Horace's Duskywing: a fresh male; Sachem: all males / Buddleia and White Clover; Salt Marsh Skipper: nectaring on Butterfly Bush

Black Swallowtail: mint fresh female; Red-spotted Purple: fresh; Silver-spotted Skipper: 1 fresh, 1 worn; Horace's Duskywing: 2 females; Sachem: males; Delaware Skipper: fresh

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: stunning individual on lantana; Red Admiral: competing with bald faced hornets on the fruit dish, also favoring yellow lantana

Painted Lady: a very fresh one on Buddleia; Sachem: males

Orange Sulphur: one nectaring on Red Clover; Horace's Duskywing: fresh male; Sachem: all fresh females; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on pink-flowering Sweet Pea

Horace's Duskywing: a fresh female; Sachem: one female / They were nectaring on Anise Hyssop, a yellow-flowering Yarrow and Echinacea.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: a close look at a stunning male; Eastern Tailed-Blue: flying on N Boyd Street at 6:40 am with cloud cover; American Lady: nectaring on Buddleia; Painted Lady: very fresh; Red Admiral: rapidly flying E to W; Horace's Duskywing: one a fresh female; Sachem: one female / This bug is a regular everyday where ever you go!; Salt Marsh Skipper: still coming off the marshes for nectar along Rte. 9

Least Skipper: both on white clover; Peck's Skipper: nectaring also on white clover

Pearl Crescent: nectaring on a small yellow-flowering Coreopsis; Sachem: a male