March 2016 Sightings

Can you find the Question Mark in the bundle of dead deciduous leaves hanging in a Holly Tree?

A brief stop at this field yielded two active Orange Sulphurs then bicycled on to Beaver Dam Road. Had no luck finding a Blueberry Azure even though the weather was ideal.

A walk with Pat & Clay Sutton and Jesse & Jack Connor. Photos here by Pat & Clay. Commas differentiated by wing pattern differences – found by Pat in photos. Azure a fly-by, probably a blueberry (by season).

Sunny, windy, 60 degrees at least. We were out of the wind on a section of dirt road through the woods. With Marilyn Henry. Photo by Marilyn.

Bicycled up to the field where Orange Sulphurs recently have been recorded and I saw one flying immediately (1:54 pm). It was sunny and 36 degrees! One minute later another Orange Sulphur was seen flying.

Found a Mourning Cloak on this road, as I found a parking spot. Did not discover Blueberry Azures.

Stopped for two minutes at 2:08 pm at this field and I recorded two Orange Sulphurs.

Sunny, strong SW winds, 60+ degrees. The anglewings would not settle down close again after they flew from the dirt roads as I drove slowly along.

Stopped to see the bugs reported from here recently. I had a Orange and a Clouded Sulphur…I think.
The butterflies seem like runts. Very small. Blurry in-flight pic shows the border and "floating" spot.

first yard butterfly of the year.

Found 3 Mourning Cloaks and an Eastern Comma on and along this road.

Janet Crawford told me that she saw a spring Azure and a Mourning cloak today.

Flying through yard

The first QM was flying high in the pines, but later flew down on a trunk and basked. The second was also basking on a trunk.

While bicycling through town on Rte. 47, I had a Mourning Cloak and an Eastern Comma fly by from the east to the west. Also, there was a sulphur in someone's yard that appeared to have the lemon yellow of a Clouded Sulphur.

Flying over the house

I had 6 sulphurs in the air at one time this afternoon.
I did not go onto the property so they are all sp.

Found 3 Blueberry Azures and got photos of two of them. There was an Eastern Comma, a Mourning Cloak and possibly, a Question Mark basking on the sandy road.

The find of the day were the 3 American Snouts at this location. One flew by me waist high within three feet!

The sulphurs were at Reineman and the others were at the RR tracks in Bear Swamp.

Walked the 1.83 mile stretch of this dirt road from 1:50 to 3:50 p.m. All 4 of the Azures DID NOT cooperate. Each one was glimpsed as it spiraled up, up, up, and away.

72 degrees

Found active overwintering butterflies - Mourning Cloaks and Eastern Commas.

Attracted to Snow Drops. I do not know of any blueberry plants nearby.

Mourning Cloaks were everywhere. I counted 11 on the roads alone.
I had 1 Question Mark. lousy pic attached as my camera is on the fritz and one anglewing sp. moving at light speed. No azures

There were, at least, 5 Orange Sulphurs in this field.

Our yard's first two butterflies of the year.

A quick fly-by while scanning for waterfowl

One pair of Blueberry Azures was attempting to mate.