August 2015 Sightings

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: puddling in parking area; Viceroy: flushed from parking area upon arrival; Zabulon Skipper: females found by S.Glynn

Black Swallowtail: Males in a territorial battle; Spicebush Swallowtail: on Spicebush; Monarch: a small, but often productive garden

Cloudless Sulphur: a very nice but brief fly-by; Variegated Fritillary: on tall verbena; Pearl Crescent: at one point 5 were attempting to share one QAL flower head.; Peck's Skipper: on tall verbena; Tawny-edged Skipper: on tall verbena; Tawny-edged Skipper: on tall verbena

Silver-spotted Skipper: irrigation work here this season.

Black Swallowtail: male; Zabulon Skipper: male

Meadow Fritillary: a new high total for this spreadsheet; Eastern Comma: puddling in parking area; Monarch: found on Common Milkweed; Horace's Duskywing: female

Sulphur sp.: white form; Bronze Copper: 3 of these nectaring on dogbane. One opened it's wings to show that it was a male.; Gray Hairstreak: mostly on white clover; Red-banded Hairstreak: on dogbane; Variegated Fritillary: likely many more; Swarthy Skipper: conservative count. They were everywhere

Sulphur sp.: white form; Least Skipper: mostly on knapweed sp.; Broad-winged Skipper: mostly on knapweed sp.

Thanks to Marilyn for allowing us to visit her garden! Gorgeous flowers!

Black Swallowtail: male, released; Spicebush Swallowtail: early instar, on spicebush; Monarch: early instars, all on c. milkweed

Hackberry Emperor: on fruit dish; Appalachian Brown: on fruit dish; Zabulon Skipper: males

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: male; Red Admiral: all well worn; Hackberry Emperor: one female laying eggs on Hackberry; Zabulon Skipper: 4 males 1 female

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: female on buddleia; Horace's Duskywing: female nectaring on lantana, zinnia, and blue vervain; Zabulon Skipper: a late afternoon 15 min. at the garden and pathway clover

Black Swallowtail: female; Spicebush Swallowtail: female on yellow lantana; American Snout: near hackberry sapling

Zabulon Skipper: 5 males 1 female

Red Admiral: 1 fresh one; Tawny-edged Skipper: on knapweed; Sachem: male; Zabulon Skipper: 4 males 1 female

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Joe-Pye weed

Checkered White: Main field where colony is centered is still under work, but about 80% of the field is intact and the Checkered's are flying.  Males (3) were patrolling and (4) females were ovipositing.  Across the road, another pair of males and pair of females were flying and chasing about. ; Variegated Fritillary: dial counter used; Pearl Crescent: dial counter used

Red-spotted Purple: on fruit dish; Hackberry Emperor: on fruit dish

Black Swallowtail: on fennel; Spicebush Swallowtail: on spicebush; Red Admiral: a rag; Silver-spotted Skipper: late in the day observations while watering the garden; Zabulon Skipper: male & female

Black Swallowtail: male; Hackberry Emperor: on fruit dish; Zabulon Skipper: male

Peck's Skipper: on potted buddleia; Zabulon Skipper: nectaring on self heal

Monarch: Most nectaring on thistle