September 2014 Sightings
Dave Amadio
Chestnut Branch Park
Gloucester County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 7
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Harvester 4
- Harvester 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 26
Chris Herz & Mike Russell
Audubon backyard garden
Camden County, NJ
Giant Swallowtail: on zinnia and mexican sunflower, photo'd
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Sachem 5
Cynthia Allen
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Gray Hairstreak: 2 on same Blue Lobelia flower; Monarch: one captured by Praying Mantis; Zabulon Skipper: 3 females; Dun Skipper: very worn
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 15
- Aaron's Skipper 14
- Salt Marsh Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 6
- Sachem 16
- Dun Skipper 1
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Eastern Comma: 1 fresh, 1 very worn and faded; Red Admiral: 1 fresh, 1 very worn and faded; Red-spotted Purple: one was very large, had me thinking Pipevine for a second as it flashed it's brilliant hindwings.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Comma 2
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 10
- Dun Skipper 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Sachem 2
Will Kerling
Milkweed Field just S. of CRE
Cape May County, NJ
- Monarch 1
Will Kerling
400 Block W. Hand Ave.
Cape May County, NJ
Gray Hairstreak: very fresh; nectaring on White Clover; Common Sootywing: very worn and nectaring on White Clover; Sachem: 1 female; Zabulon Skipper: a female
- Cabbage White 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Sootywing 2
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
Will Kerling
Jake's Landing Rd.
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: a male; Gray Hairstreak: nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover; Eastern Tailed-Blue: nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover;several females egg-laying on Chinese Bush Clover; Pearl Crescent: includes a mated pair; nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover; Tawny-edged Skipper: nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover; Sachem: nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover; Zabulon Skipper: a female; Aaron's Skipper: nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover and Water Willow; Salt Marsh Skipper: nectaring on Chinese Bush Clover
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 22
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Appalachian Brown 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 1
- Aaron's Skipper 17
- Least Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 3
- Sachem 21
Chris Herz & Mike Russell
Wheelabrator, Westville
Gloucester County, NJ
Orange Sulphur: white form; Monarch: 2 early instars, 2 late; on c. milkweed
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 17
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 2
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Zabulon Skipper 6
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 12
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
- Dun Skipper 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
Dave Amadio
Magnolia garden village, Magnolia
Camden County, NJ
Sachem: mostly on buddleias for sale
- Cabbage White 3
- Sachem 12
Will Kerling
CRE CMBO garden, CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
American Lady: nectaring on Sedum, Goldenrod sp., Eupatorium sp., and Mountain Mint; Zabulon Skipper: 1 female; Aaron's Skipper: one nectaring on Chicory flower; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on Anise hyssop and Sedum
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 12
- Red-banded Hairstreak 29
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 13
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Aaron's Skipper 14
- Least Skipper 6
- Tawny-edged Skipper 15
- Crossline Skipper 3
- Sachem 66
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Chris Herz
Audubon backyard garden
Camden County, NJ
Monarch: laying eggs on tropical milkweed; Wild Indigo Duskywing: fresh female, laying eggs on Wild Indigo; Peck's Skipper: on blue mistflower
- Cabbage White 4
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 4
Dave Amadio
At work in Cherry Hill
Camden County, NJ
Sachem: all nectaring on a potted "Black Knight" Buddleia
- Cabbage White 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
Chris Tonkinson
S. Dennis Garden
Cape May County, NJ
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
Brian Johnson
Rt. 555 Right-of-way
Cumberland County, NJ
- Southern Cloudywing 1
Will Kerling
High's Beach
Cape May County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtail: one was a rag nectaring on Pokeweed flowers; Hackberry Emperor: digital image; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: nectaring on purple-flowering Salvia; Zabulon Skipper: 1 female
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 5
- American Lady 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
- Aaron's Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 4
- Sachem 6
Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling
Downtown CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
Will Kerling
Jake's Landing Rd.
Cape May County, NJ
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Sachem 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 2
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 7
- Salt Marsh Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Aaron's Skipper 10
- Sachem 14
Shawn Wainwright
My butterfly garden in Toms River
Ocean County, NJ
Gray Hairstreak: Photo ——->; Monarch: Photo ——->; Northern Broken-Dash: Photo ——->; Sachem: Photo ——->
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 4
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Lady 4
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 9
- Monarch 1
Dave Amadio
At work in Cherry Hill
Camden County, NJ
Sachem: 5 of these on a potted "Black Knight" Buddleia
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 6
Brian Johnson
North Cape May Garden
Cape May County, NJ
- White M Hairstreak 1
Will Kerling
Middle Township Bike Path
Cape May County, NJ
Eastern Tailed-Blue: 1 male, 3 females; nectaring on White Clover; Least Skipper: fresh ones nectaring on White Clover; Sachem: fairly even mix of males and females
- Cabbage White 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Least Skipper 2
- Sachem 26
Will Kerling
400 Block W. Hand Ave.
Cape May County, NJ
Eastern Tailed-Blue: females; Question Mark: worn 'summer form'; Sachem: 1 female; nectaring on White Clover
- Cabbage White 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Question Mark 1
- Sachem 3
Will Kerling
Downtown CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Monarch: flying E to W; Sachem: nectaring on Red and White Clover and Sedum
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Lady sp. 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Sachem 37
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 10
- Aaron's Skipper 8
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Sachem 10
Chris Herz
Rowan Col @GC Comm. garden
Gloucester County, NJ
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: late in the day observations
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 22
- Orange Sulphur 11
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5
- Sachem 21
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: one of these with wings shredded and twisted. Possibly a victim of last night's T-storms.; Harvester: photographed two of them today; Harvester: all on same aphid covered limb; Painted Lady: nectaring on orange profusion zinnias; Least Skipper: along the stream bed in the woods; Fiery Skipper: female on mistflower; Tawny-edged Skipper: fresh on mistflower; Sachem: Observed 16 sp. in the butterfly garden here today. Added Harvester and Least Skipper in the woods.; Zabulon Skipper: 3 males, 1 female