August 2016 Sightings

My FOY Viceroy anywhere this year.

Photographed a Red-spotted Purple with a faint trace of White Admiral genes.

ETB's were only outnumbered by chiggers today. Found 16 Monarch cats in addition to the 6 adults. Two females were actively laying eggs on Common Milkweed.

Lots of skippers that I do not know.

Discovered a fresh out of Chrysalis butterfly. It was a Question Mark.

There were Cabbage Whites, Cloudless Sulphurs, a Pearl Crescent and a Red-Spotted Purple on this trip - Rte. 605 ( a Pearl Crescent and a Cloudless Sulphur), Rte. 47 (2 Cabbage Whites), Court House-Dennisville Road ( a Cloudless Sulphur), Springer Mill Road (a Red-spotted Purple) and Seashore Road (a Cabbage White and a Cloudless Sulphur).

Went to find Little Yellows and found two - a male and a female.
Photos of Little Yellow, a Black Swallowtail egg on Queen Anne's Lace and a male Black Swallowtail.

Good Red-spotted Purple action tonight. Three enjoying watermelon rind when not being tormented by Bald-faced hornets & one Giant hornet. One of the RSP's was a runt, half the size of the largest individual.

Found 3 butterfly species on a Butterfly Bush.

11:00- 2:00. Thin cirrus, 80's. Lots of thistle which is where most of the swallowtails were. Two mint fresh male spicebush sw.s. All but two of the redbanded hs's were found in two spots: a patch of remnant spicebush bloom and a patch of goldenrod by wood's edge. Had not had a bfly land on me in a long time, but today both of the photoed nymphs landed on me (the old one could barely fly and took a long rest on my hand).

6 Black Swallowtail caterpillars on Parsley.

Fresh Peck's Skippers were on potted buddleia.

Found a season high of eight butterfly species in the back yard. The Tawny Emperor was a new butterfly species here.

Found a male and a female Little Yellow and 13 other butterfly species. A Black Swallowtail was egg laying on Queen Anne's Lace in the parking lot.

Backyard garden. Red-banded Hairstreak nectaring on Mountain Mint.

Just a quick look tonight. One RSP fell victim to hornets.

I have more Hummers than Butterflies. Monarchs peaked at 6 and Sachems are up to 20+.
A dark E Tiger was a treat and also one of the largest butterflies I've seen. Disappointing summer here.

Our FOY hackberry emperor escaped my too-slow camera draw.

There was an Orange Sulphur, a Monarch and a Cabbage White on this journey - Woodbine (Orange Sulphur), Rte. 47 at Johnson Lake (a Monarch) and Court House-Dennisville Road ( a Cabbage White).

white banding on upper wing, eyes prominent on lower wings front and back. On Pearly Everlasting and tall sedum. No photos while I get my equipment in shape.
Tall sedum is awash with skippers these days.

There was good butterfly variety in the downtown area.

During the past week, I released 4 Black Swallowtails that I had raised from caterpillars.

A Common Buckeye was showing some sign of the coming fall season. It had a touch of 'Rosa' under its hindwings.

There were, at least, 8 butterfly species again in this back yard. The favorite sighting was a female Zabulon Skipper getting nectar from Common Cat's-ear flowers.

A Gray Hairstreak was the highlight for this day here.