June 2013 Sightings

Lady sp.: too quick for id to species

Zabulon Skipper: males patrolling

Black Swallowtail: two males chasing each other around in a meadow; Eastern Tailed-Blue: a female

American Snout: circling Hackberry Trees; Wild Indigo Duskywing: fresh male / probably, same one as yesterday; Sachem: image of a female / male nectaring on Red Clover

Black Swallowtail: fem.; Zabulon Skipper: 2 males, 1 fem.

Red Admiral: an extreme rag; Sleepy Duskywing: a total rag / digital image reviewed by Dr. David Wright & Will Kerling

Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on yellow iris; Little Glassywing: nectaring on red clover; Zabulon Skipper: 8 males, 1 female

'Summer' Spring Azure: female ovipositing on Silky Dogwood flowerhead; Aaron's Skipper: FOY; nectaring on Catmint

Crossline Skipper: I could use some help on confirming this one. My Flickr page has a couple of photos —>looks like crossline w/ backwards "7" (C.Herz) –*Thank you-SG*

Red Admiral: I think only the 3rd for me in 2013; Swarthy Skipper: perched on a marigold in the shade, but not nectaring; Zabulon Skipper: 1 male, 1 fem.

Cabbage White: late in the day obs./ cloudy but warm; American Copper: faded; Eastern Comma: in woods, chasing spicebush & zabulon; Peck's Skipper: on yarrow, path to parking lot from right; Dun Skipper: fresh – along path by big pond with yellow iris

Spicebush Swallowtail: only out for 20 minutes this day; Zabulon Skipper: all fresh males

Juniper Hairstreak: very faded rag; Hackberry Emperor: Fresh, h&some, pic on Flickr page —>

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: 1 male nectaring on Silky Dogwood; 'Summer' Spring Azure: all 3 interacting at once; Lady sp.: quick fly-by; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: FOY

a fresh summer form in/around Hops; why so few of this sp. this year?

Banded Hairstreak: FOY, mint fresh. Fell out of the tree canopy onto damp lawn. Sadly no camera at work for this fresh beauty. Let the Satyriums begin!; Zabulon Skipper: males