October 2017 Sightings

Chip Krilowicz

Eagle Point Thorofare
Gloucester County, NJ

80 Sunny

  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • Monarch 2

Will Kerling

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

The American Coppers are still active at the cemetery.

  • Cabbage White 8
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • American Copper 4
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • Sachem 7

Chip Krilowicz

Grove Ave Thorofare
Gloucester County, NJ

80 Sunny

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Sachem 3

Chip Krilowicz

River Rd Westville
Gloucester County, NJ

80 Sunny

  • Cabbage White 19
  • Orange Sulphur 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Sachem 8

Common Checkered-Skipper

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield Garden
Gloucester County, NJ

8 small Black Swallowtail Cats.

  • Black Swallowtail 0
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Sachem 2

Will Kerling

Cape May Point State Park - CMP, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Sought and found one Little Yellow. It was a fresh male.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Painted Lady 13
  • Common Buckeye 18
  • Monarch 19
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Common Checkered-Skipper

Will Kerling

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

Saw a Wild Indigo Duskywing searching for nectar from flowers.

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Monarch 4
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
  • Sachem 1

Meredith Koenig

My garden East Vineland
Cumberland County, NJ

A very fresh Monarch was present all day today in my garden. Had another Monarch present daily for several days before the rain.

  • Monarch 1

Dolores Amesbury

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

7 Monarchs in garden but dozens more were flying southbound between 3:00-4:30 just above tree line and higher, many only visible through binoculars while hawkwatching.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • American Lady 2
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 7
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Sachem 3

Pat & Clay Sutton

Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ

2 large Monarch caterpillars. Nectar dwindling. Down to Mexican Sunflowers, Tropical Milkweed, Zinnias.

  • Painted Lady 4
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 10
  • Sachem 2

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield yard
Camden County, NJ

74 little sun, 11 Black Swallowtail Cats.

  • Black Swallowtail 0
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Monarch 4
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Ocola Skipper

Chris Herz

Tall Pines Preserve, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ

Late in the day and heavy cloud cover.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 2

Matt Webster

My House, Cedarbrook
Camden County, NJ

Monarchs were predominantly flying S/SW fairly high overhead. Recorded mostly from 10am-12pm. Painted Lady, Sachem, Buckeye were on Zinnias most of day.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 79
  • Sachem 3

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield yard
Camden County, NJ

Later in the afternoon I had some time to kill and decided to place a chair next to my Butterfly Bush and just enjoy the activity of the butterflies coming and going. In a short time a Long-tailed Skipper came in and it was in my yard for only a matter of seconds. Good thing my camera was around my neck at the time. This is a yard first!

  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Long-tailed Skipper

Will Kerling

Woodland Village - Clermont, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

There was a fresh Ocola Skipper getting nectar from Lantana at the village shopping center.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 9
  • Monarch 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Sachem 8

Will Kerling

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

The three butterflies on the move in Cape May County were all on this walk. They are the Common Buckeyes, Painted Ladies and Monarchs.

  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 6

Common Buckeye

Will Kerling

Cape May County Zoo - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

A Red-banded Hairstreak landed on my jeans while walking across a road.

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1

Will Kerling

Sand Barrens golf course - Clermont, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Saw a female and two male Fiery Skippers here.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Sachem 7

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Monarch 2
  • Sachem 1

Jackie Parker

Beachwood yard
Ocean County, NJ

First one in our yard.

  • Ocola Skipper 1

Ocola Skipper

Ocola Skipper

Will Kerling

Big Timber campround entrance - Swainton, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

The flowered entrance of this campground was really being attended by various butterflies.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Painted Lady 7
  • Monarch 4
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Sachem 4

Will Kerling

Wetlands Institute - Stone Harbor, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

It was really windy and the butterflies were hunkered down.

  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 6

Monarch

Will Kerling

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

The butterflies were not too active due to the weather.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 2

Will Kerling

Area around TJ Maxx - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

The Red-banded Hairstreak was a great find.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1

Will Kerling

Cumberland Mall - Vineland, NJ
Cumberland County, NJ

Discovered butterflies in a weedy patch by Home Depot.

  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Sachem 1

Chris Herz

Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ

cloudy conditions. Painted lady nectaring on marguerite daisy.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 1

AWS field trip

Palmyra Cove
Burlington County, NJ

while birding primarily–cloudy and light misting rain. Monarch migrating–was high in sky.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 1

Will Kerling

Green Creek, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

The Monarchs were moving through toward the south.

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Monarch 8

David L. Amadio

National Park dredge spoil site
Gloucester County, NJ

Saw brighter skies and headed to the dredge spoil site . Spent about an hour from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. All nectaring observed on Frost Asters.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
  • Variegated Fritillary 3
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 17
  • Monarch 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Variegated Fritillary

Will Kerling

Railroad Tracks and Business district - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

The Painted Ladies are so common this year regardless of the time or weather.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Painted Lady 2
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