November 2013 Sightings

Sachem: a male

a female / nice surprise,since it had appeared that the Black Swallowtails were done for the season

Common Checkered-Skipper: sometimes, 4 & 5 swirling in the air together / probably, a few more

Painted Lady: nectaring on zinnias & purple lantana; Sachem: female

Painted Lady: most fresh!!; Fiery Skipper: 3 females; Sachem: 2 females

Black Swallowtail: all using Curly parsley; Common Buckeye: tan underneath - not 'Rosa Form'; Monarch: one migrating southward; Monarch: both viable; Fiery Skipper: 5 males, 1 female; Sachem: 6 males, 8 females

Checkered White: Fresh! Pictures taken & on Flickr page —->

Spicebush Swallowtail: male, in fairly good shape–in woods flying in dappled sunlight; Eastern Comma: fresh, one by the pear tree in center field; Anglewing sp.: probably e. commas

Red Admiral: one nectaring on Blue Mistflower

'Summer' Spring Azure: digital images; Common Buckeye: probably, more of them

Cabbage White: nectaring on Buddleia

flushed up in the woods

Sulphur sp.: white form; Variegated Fritillary: chasing after a Pearl crescent; Common Buckeye: both rosa form

White M Hairstreak: fresh / third one in the yard this year / my first November White M Hairstreak

Fiery Skipper: a male

nearly ready to go into chrysallis