October 2015 Sightings
Chris Herz
Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 1
David L. Amadio
Chestnut Branch Park butterfly garden
Gloucester County, NJ
Only about 25 min. observation. The Tawny-edge was a male.
Moderator's note: This ties our second-latest date for tawny-edged (= 10/5/12). Only a report on 10/15/13 came later in the season.
- Cabbage White 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
Jack Connor
Our yard in Port Republic
Atlantic County, NJ
First sun of October poked out about 3 pm. Monarch and sachem both males.
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 1
- Sachem 1
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 3
- Sachem 3
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
American Lady was very fresh nectaring on yellow lantana.
- Cabbage White 2
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 1
Chip Krilowicz
Haddonfield yard
Camden County, NJ
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 1
- Cabbage White 13
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 5
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 8
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Dave & Pat Amadio
Cedar Ave., Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ
Observations made from car. Private residence.
- Monarch 5
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Chris Herz
Rowan College at GC community garden plots
Gloucester County, NJ
sunny, common checkered skippers flying in and out of garden plots and nectaring on white clover on edge of plots. Variegated Frit was fresh.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 13
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 9
Dave & Pat Amadio
Triangle Park garden, CM Point
Cape May County, NJ
Still plenty of nectar here. Butterfly numbers slowly recovering from storms. visited several times througout the afternoon.
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 7
- Ocola Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Sachem 3
Dave & Pat Amadio
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ
13 species in the State Park today and 14 overall in Cape May Point. Most of the Buckeyes & Monarchs were observed between the plover ponds & the dune system.
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- American Copper 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mourning Cloak 2
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 34
- Monarch 23
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Dave & Pat Amadio
Pavilion Circle Gardens CM Point
Cape May County, NJ
Butterfly bushes doing well. Also Montauk Daisy in bloom.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- American Lady 5
- Red Admiral 4
- Monarch 20
- Ocola Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Sachem 6
Dave & Pat Amadio
Stites Ave. & Ocean Ave. (Millie's garden)
Cape May County, NJ
Millie came out to show us her Monarch cats. She has at least 15 on three species of Milkweed: Common, Swamp, & Tropical.
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 3
- Sachem 1
Dave & Pat Amadio
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse garden
Cape May County, NJ
About 20 min. in the morning here. Extensive damage to gardens from coastal storms.
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 3
Dave & Pat Amadio
Coral Ave. & Cambridge Ave. CM Point
Cape May County, NJ
- Monarch 6
- Ocola Skipper 1
Pat Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
- Monarch 1
Dave & Pat Amadio
Coral Ave. & Oxford Ave. CM Point
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
Matt Webster
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 6
- Monarch 12
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard
Cape May County, NJ
Additionally found on side garage wall and under attached (7 ft high) deck: 6 Monarch chrysalis, 2 Monarch cats looking for a place to pupate and 1 failed Monarch cat (doesn't include chrysalis from 10/5).
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 6
- Sachem 4
Jack Miller & Jenna McCoy
Ocean City 37th st to 47th st in dunes
Cape May County, NJ
4:30- 5:30. Sunny, 70, light NW. Buckeyes and monarchs drifting south. The mourning cloak (my first in O.C.) came in off the ocean and landed on the beach.
Moderator's note: The NYC Butterfly Club's 1993 checklist notes, "Most fall…records are coastal migrants" (as reported in Gochfeld & Burger, p. 193.)
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 14
- Monarch 16
- Gray Hairstreak 15
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow 1
- American Copper 2
- Swallowtail sp. 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- Pearl Crescent 20
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 1
- Ocola Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 3
- Cabbage White 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Ocola Skipper 3
- Sachem 2
Jack Connor
Our yard in Port Republic
Atlantic County, NJ
Late afternoon check (4:00-4:45 pm). First Ocola here in two weeks. Peck's a worn female.
- Cabbage White 1
- American Copper 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 12
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 4
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- Pearl Crescent 6
Jack Miller
Bay Ave Heislerville
Cumberland County, NJ
SJBF field trip to Heislerville (and other Bayshore locations) with Jack and Jesse Connor, Jean Gutsmith, Chip Krilowicz, and Mike Hannisian. Began 10:00, cloudy and low 60's. Sun by 10:40 warming to 70 with light NW. 17 species here. 22 species for the day.
Moderator's note: a report of the field trip, with photos, will be posted on the log later today (10/8/15). Thanks to Jack Miller for leading such a successful trip!
- Cabbage White 8
- Orange Sulphur 12
- American Copper 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 12
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 36
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 8
- American Lady 6
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 86
- Monarch 110
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Harvey Tomlinson
Cape May Triangle Garden (Lighthouse and Coral)
Cape May County, NJ
Moderator's note. This is only our third report of long-tailed this year – and the second documented with a photo.
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- Black Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 7
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 6
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Sachem 11
- Dun Skipper 1
Jack Miller & Jenna McCoy
Corson's Inlet
Cape May County, NJ
Watched the monarchs settle in for the night at sunset. Beautiful beyond words.
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 22
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard
Cape May County, NJ
New yard skipper ~ Common Checkered. Also 10 Black Swallowtail caterpillars in various phases. 5 more Monarch caterpillars, plus several in J-positions. Mourning Cloak & Red Admiral nectaring on rotten fruit.
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 13
- Monarch 35
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 5
- Fiery Skipper 10
- Sachem 10
spotty sun, windy and cool–monarch released (2 to go!) couple of black swallowtail cats.