November 2013 Sightings

Clouded Sulphur: going to d&elion flowers; Orange Sulphur: going to d&elion flowers; Variegated Fritillary: on stone drive across from CC, in good shape

flying northward

a runt

Eastern Comma: posed for photo; Red Admiral: first of year for me in this area

first butterfly in a week on my property

QM, Red Admiral, Orange Sulphur & Cloudless Sulphur were moving through from the somewhere.

Black Swallowtail: on Curly Parsley; Monarch: one a tagged female - SJN 338/ laid eggs on Tropical Milkweed; Monarch: two first instars

moving through

Orange Sulphur: a mated pair / yellow male coupled to a 'yellow form' female; Red Admiral: in dappled forest light

spent the night at my place

Black Swallowtail: couldn't find the other two, perhaps, they are Chrysalides now; Black Swallowtail: parsitized; Monarch: all parasitized

very fresh / Our 28th Butterfly Species for November 2013!

stayed in the backyard for several hours & then it left

roosted here now for two days!

flew across the sunny bike path & went into the deeply shaded woods

Painted Lady: very dark & fresh - digital image; Monarch: flying rapidly northward!

still hanging near original roost site - third day plus/ This bug has been in the yard since November 18, 2013.

very dark & small / a 'Rosa form'

still at roosting site after 4 plus days / shifts position according to wind direction

hidden deep in a Curly Parsley plant