May 2015 Sightings

nectaring on pansies

Juvenal's Duskywing: so many active duskywings of three species

Falcate Orangetip: Males.

Black Swallowtail: male- blurry in flight image

Males.

Orange Sulphur: nectaring on Autumn Olive; Eastern Tailed-Blue: including a mated pr.; Horace's Duskywing: Females, one on Autumn Olive, the other on Cypress spurge

Eastern Tailed-Blue: probably more unable to get good looks at all, 2 mating pairs; Spring Azure: form violacea

first ever here

Falcate Orangetip: all males; Anglewing sp.: likely both commas

Spicebush Swallowtail: fresh male; Mourning Cloak: same one seen yesterday here; Horace's Duskywing: female

Sulphur sp.: white form; Duskywing sp.: very uncoperative today; Cobweb Skipper: FOY at least 4 females & 1 male

Elfin sp.: I have only seen Henry's here in the past

Juniper Hairstreak: nectaring on watercress sp.; Pearl Crescent: nectaring on dewberry

American Copper: our FOY

Black Swallowtail: female, may have laid eggs on a small shoot of fennel

Falcate Orangetip: all males; Eastern Pine Elfin: one nectared on cypress spurge; Juniper Hairstreak: on cypress spurge; Gray Hairstreak: nectaring on early winter-cress; Wild Indigo Duskywing: one female laying eggs on wild indigo; Duskywing sp.: not E.baptisiae

Hoary Elfin: photo

Falcate Orangetip: Males.

nectaring on ground ivy