October 2017 Sightings

Brian Johnson

Natural Lands preserve on North Burden hill road
Salem County, NJ

At work today.

  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 5
  • Peck's Skipper 1

Will Kerling and Chris Tonkinson

Cape May, NJ near the NJ Audubon Nature Center
Cape May County, NJ

There was a fresh male, White M Hairstreak on Seaside Goldenrod.

  • Cabbage White 10
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Painted Lady 7
  • Common Buckeye 13
  • Monarch 16

White M Hairstreak

Mike Lee & C Wyluda

Cox Hall Creek WMA- Villas, Cape May County, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Partial sun but pleasant in the 70s.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Painted Lady 20
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • Viceroy 2
  • Monarch 40
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Viceroy

Viceroy

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield Yard
Camden County, NJ

68 sunny. Ladies and Monarchs flying all day in and out of yard. Numbers are only of what I counted feeding at the same time on one butterfly bush.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 5
  • Monarch 2
  • Sachem 5

Jennifer Bulava

Amico Island, Delran
Burlington County, NJ

9:30-12:20, 2 mile loop

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 2

Pat Sutton

Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ

Brief stroll through the garden.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Sachem 4

Pat & Clay Sutton

Stipson Island Road
Cape May County, NJ

Goldenrods pulling in butterflies.

  • Painted Lady 18
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 1

Jennifer Bulava

Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton
Burlington County, NJ

10am
Smith's Woods butterfly garden
3 black swallowtail caterpillars on fennel

  • Black Swallowtail 0
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Chris Herz

Chestnut Branch Park, Mantua Twp.
Gloucester County, NJ

Late afternoon walk here–fading light. Butterfly garden has nectar but also tall weeds.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Peck's Skipper 1

Dolores Amesbury

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

Nice to finally see Ocola skippers in the garden.

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 2
  • Sachem 5

Ocola Skipper

Cloudless Sulphur

Beth Polvino

North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ

Both Lady species, Monarchs, Common Buckeyes, and Sachems are sill common to abundant in my yard. At least 5 Ocola Skippers here. Found either the same Long-tailed Skipper after a week though only had 1 tail or another new LTS. Sunny today mid 70's with little wind. About 70 Black Swallowtail cats or chrysalis here. Several Monarch cats also seen.

  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady c
  • Painted Lady a
  • Common Buckeye c
  • Monarch a
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Ocola Skipper 5
  • Fiery Skipper 11
  • Sachem a

Long-tailed Skipper

Ocola Skipper

Chip Krilowicz

Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ

68 and Sunny

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 3
  • Painted Lady +c
  • Common Buckeye +c
  • Monarch +c
  • Ocola Skipper 5
  • Fiery Skipper 6
  • Sachem 7

Will Kerling

Cox Hall Creek - Villas, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Found a fresh 'Winter Form' Eastern Comma here and a fresh Swarthy Skipper.
Photos of an Eastern Tailed-Blue and a Green Snake.

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Monarch 2
  • Swarthy Skipper 1

Marie Victor

Villas (in my garden)
Cape May County, NJ

I spotted this butterfly this morning in my garden.

[Welcome to a new observer/reporter – Marie Victor – who makes her first report an exciting one. jc]

  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Long-tailed Skipper

Will Kerling

Miami Avenue - Villas, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Once again, the Painted Ladies were showing their presence.

  • Painted Lady 6
  • Monarch 1

Will Kerling

The Ferry Terminal - North Cape May, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

We saw a Monarch crossing the bay here.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 1

Will Kerling and Chris Tonkinson

Highs Beach Area
Cape May County, NJ

There were plenty of Painted Ladies and Common Buckeyes on the Seaside Goldenrod.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 26
  • Common Buckeye 13
  • Monarch 9

Monarch

Will Kerling

Downtown CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

It was a very big day for Painted Ladies! Did see two Ocola Skippers, also.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • American Copper 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • American Lady 2
  • Painted Lady 15
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Ocola Skipper

American Copper

Common Buckeye

Pat Sutton

Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ

1 Monarch chrysalis

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Sachem 5

Sandra Keller

Maria Greenwald Park
Camden County, NJ

I walked the area west of the main parking lot. Lots of nectar. Partly sunny, 77 degrees. Light SW winds. Seems late for the Azure.

  • Cabbage White 14
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 1

Will Kerling

Middle Township Bike Path - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Found worn Tawny-edged Skippers.
Photos of dorsal and ventral view of Tawny-edged Skipper.

  • Cabbage White 11
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady 3
  • Painted Lady 9
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 2
  • Sachem 20

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Steven Glynn

Private garden in Newport
Cumberland County, NJ

This private garden is loaded with nectar still and activity is wonderful

Ocolas found in numbers today. A Sleepy Orange was also a pleasant find. Could this be one wandering over from Dix WMA?

Abundant Sachems not counted today, though many of them are really worn out rags now.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady 4
  • Painted Lady 33
  • Common Buckeye 17
  • Monarch 8
  • Ocola Skipper 6
  • Fiery Skipper 9
  • Sachem Abundant

Fiery Skipper

Common Buckeye

Ocola Skipper

Sleepy Orange

Chris Herz

Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ

78 degrees was home working in the garden. Male monarch released; one chrysalis and one late instar cat found in garden. Painted lady and anglewing attracted to damp stones in driveway. 3 black swallowtail cats–2 on parsley and one on rue.

  • Black Swallowtail 0
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Anglewing sp. 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Monarch 1

Monarch

Monarch cat

Steven Glynn

Dix WMA and areas along Seabreeze Road
Cumberland County, NJ

Continued monitoring of the Sleepy Orange colony reveals several individuals still flying and active. Activity is still limited to deep grasses, in and around the host plant stands.

Areas within the WMA have been mowed to open access to hunters, including areas within the key Sleepy Orange colony area, but major host plant area remains intact.

Hunting activities are picking up and precautions are mandated at this point if any visit to the WMA.

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 18
  • Sleepy Orange 9
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 5
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Monarch 13
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Sachem 6

White M Hairstreak

Sleepy Orange

Will Kerling

Stone Harbor Point - Stone Harbor, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Seaside Goldenrod this fall seems to always have Painted Ladies, Common Buckeyes and Monarchs.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 12
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • Monarch 21
  • Sachem 1

Monarch

Will Kerling

Downtown Railroad Tracks and Business District - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Found 8 American Coppers and an Ocola skipper on a Frost Aster plant.

  • Cabbage White 12
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • American Copper 8
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

American Copper

David L. Amadio

Coral Ave. Gardens CM Pt.
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Sachem 1

David L. Amadio

Schule's garden Coral & Cambridge
Cape May County, NJ

Painted Ladies just about everywhere including this garden.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • American Lady 4
  • Painted Lady 10
  • Monarch 4
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Sachem 3

Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling

Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor
Cape May County, NJ

Light breeze, partly cloudy, 80 degrees. Lots of ladies and Monarchs here today. Double-crested Cormorants heading south over the marsh in large flocks.

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • American Lady 5
  • Painted Lady 68
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • Monarch 10
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 13
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

David L. Amadio

CMBO CRE gardens
Cape May County, NJ

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Sachem 1
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