June 2014 Sightings

Spicebush Swallowtail: one nectared on Butterfly Weed - Butterfly Weed; Dun Skipper: a male nectaring on Echinacea

Eastern Tailed-Blue: a female nectaring on White Clover

Sachem: totally worn out, male Sachem - no markings left, on ventral side of HW!! / digital image; Zabulon Skipper: a fresh female

Spicebush Swallowtail: Overcast, and only spent 3 hours

Orange Sulphur: mating pair; Red Admiral: fresh!

Spicebush Swallowtail: flying in light rain

Spicebush Swallowtail: a female laying eggs on plenty of Sassafras Leaves - digital images; Cabbage White: two nectaring on Catmint; Gray Hairstreak: using a small white-flowering Aster; Eastern Tailed-Blue: a few nectaring on White Clover and one nectared on Santolina Flowers; 'Summer' Spring Azure: using a small white-flowering Aster; American Lady: a total rag and a fresh one; Red-spotted Purple: nectared on Privet Flowers; Silver-spotted Skipper: both using Privet for nectar; Tawny-edged Skipper: nectared on Pickrelweed Flowers; Crossline Skipper: worn one nectaring on Pickrelweed Flowers; Delaware Skipper: worn one nectaring on Pickrelweed Flowers; Zabulon Skipper: all males; Aaron's Skipper: using Pickrelweed and Privet for nectar; Salt Marsh Skipper: using a small white-flowering Aster

Gray Hairstreak: all 3 on one plant; Salt Marsh Skipper: as common as on 6/19, but I walked less distance along the dike

seen at 11:05 PM while mothing

Zabulon Skipper: a male; Aaron's Skipper: all nectaring on a purple-flowering Vetch sp.

Bog Copper: walked in from power line access on 1st ave (Atlantic County), crossed river and sought out bog areas

Banded Hairstreak: engaged in dogfight in oak trees; 'Summer' Spring Azure: on Oak-leaf Hydrangea flower; Little Wood-Satyr: tattered; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Oak-leaf Hydrangea flower

Azure, sp.: probably all summer

Spicebush Swallowtail: one nectaring on Japanese Honeysuckle; Eastern Tailed-Blue: one nectaring on Butterfly Weed; American Lady: one nectaring on Echinacea; Silver-spotted Skipper: a worn one nectaring on Echinacea; European Skipper: one nectaring on Pickrelweed Flowers; Zabulon Skipper: worn male; Aaron's Skipper: nectared on Echinacea; Dun Skipper: nectaring on Echinacea

Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Common Cat's-ear; Least Skipper: used Common Cat's -ear and Rabbit's Foot Clover for nectar; Zabulon Skipper: both were very worn, males; Aaron's Skipper: conservative count!; Broad-winged Skipper: FOY, for me - digital image; Dun Skipper: a male using Common Cat's-ear and purple-flowering Vetch for nectar

nice looking small garden viewed only by driving by.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: on C.Milkweed; American Copper: still very low numbers for this sp. here; Coral Hairstreak: my fourth attempt for this usually reliable sp. at this location. One nectaring on C.Milkweed, one on sand blackberry, and one on dogbane of which there is very little of here.; Banded Hairstreak: unusually high number for this location. One of these was fresh but in the grasp of a crab spider on Common Milkweed; White M Hairstreak: smaller than average, nectaring on Common Milkweed. Fairly extensive wing damage.; Gray Hairstreak: one nectaring on sand blackberry, one on dogbane, and two on white clover; Eastern Tailed-Blue: mostly on white clover; Eastern Comma: A five hairstreak afternoon here today. A fairly extensive search today despite the horrible biting flies and numerous ticks!; American Lady: 2 were fresh; Red Admiral: all but one fresh; Hackberry Emperor: nectaring on Common Milkweed. I don't remember ever observing this before.; Swarthy Skipper: on white clover; Tawny-edged Skipper: on white clover; Zabulon Skipper: all males; Broad-winged Skipper: my FOY

Red Admiral: nectared briefly on purple verbena