October 2017 Sightings

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

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

Rio Grande, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Saw a Monarch flying toward the south.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Monarch 1

Will Kerling

Vineland, NJ
Cumberland County, NJ

Cabbage Whites were active and I saw a Painted Lady, also.

  • Cabbage White 8
  • Painted Lady 1

Will Kerling

Downtown Cape May CH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Found 4 butterfly species on a marginal day.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Monarch 1

David L. Amadio

Riverwinds River Trail & Community center
Gloucester County, NJ

A late afternoon 45 min. tour. Cloudy, breezy and 68 degrees. Most of the White Snakeroot is finished for the season. Found a fresh female Fiery Skipper on some remaining Snakeroot.

  • Cabbage White 10
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Fiery Skipper 1

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 2

Dolores Amesbury

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

All were seen when sun momentarily peeked through in the p.m.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 1

Will Kerling

Railroad Track Area along Magnolia Drive - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Barely, found a butterfly on this cloudy and chilly day. At 4:20 pm, a Question Mark flew by me in the cemetery and disappeared into the dark and shady forest.

  • Question Mark 1

Pat Sutton

Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ

Walked the trail between Bunker Pond and the dune from the Park, down and through the SCMM, and back.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 5
  • Common Buckeye 42
  • Monarch 10

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Fresh Cabbage White was in the house on window screen. Not sure how it made its entrance. Worn Red Admiral observed by Pat earlier in the day on Lantana.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red Admiral 1

David L. Amadio

At work in Cherry Hill
Camden County, NJ

Cabbage Whites nectaring on a very small patch of Frost Aster.

  • Cabbage White 3

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield Yard
Camden County, NJ

60 and sunny, 7 Black Swallowtail Cats.

  • Black Swallowtail 0
  • Cabbage White 3
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Monarch 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Sachem 2

Will Kerling

Downtown Cape May Court House, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Discovered a Variegated Fritillary this day. Painted ladies were active per usual.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Painted Lady 8
  • Monarch 2
  • Sachem 1

Painted Lady

Variegated Fritillary

Will Kerling

Cape May, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

There were a few Painted Ladies and plenty of Monarchs to be seen ; especially , in the dune system along the ocean.

  • Painted Lady 5
  • Monarch C

Will Kerling

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

There was one total rag Painted Lady and nine others on the Asters.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 10
  • Monarch 1

Painted Lady

Steven Glynn and Harvey Tomlinson

Dix WMA
Cumberland County, NJ

Gorgeous day to enjoy outside. Teamed up to survey Dix WMA and the Sleepy Orange colony again. Some beautiful individuals still flying.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Sleepy Orange 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Monarch 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Eastern Comma

Sleepy Orange

Sleepy Orange

Matt Webster

My House, Cedarbrook
Camden County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • American Copper 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 8

Meredith Koenig

My garden East Vineland
Cumberland County, NJ

11am; clear high pressure weather. Sachem and Painted Lady activity continues here, Cabbage ever present. No sightings of Monarchs since 2 seen 10th Oct.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Sachem 1

Harvey Tomlinson

Beth Polvino's Magic Garden
Cape May County, NJ

Stopped by Beth's beautiful garden this am and was overwhelmed with the number of butterflies still flying.
Painted Ladies numbered 50+ with Monarchs in the 20's.
It's no wonder that Purple Hairstreak, Brazillian Skipper, and Sleepy Orange found this spot….and it's not over yet.
Clouded Skipper maybe….

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • American Lady 15
  • Painted Lady 50
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 11
  • Monarch 20
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 15
  • Sachem 3

Beth Polvino

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

After being gone most of the day arrived home to many, many Monarchs front and back gardens. Est. amt 60-70 minimum. Many pictures and video taken. 2 Monarch chrysalis on side of house/garage and 1 Monarch Caterpillar. Painted Ladies continue in good numbers also. Many Black Swallowtail Caterpillars on Curly Parsley.

  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • American Lady 12
  • Painted Lady a
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • Monarch a
  • Ocola Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 14
  • Sachem 5

Will Kerling

Downtown Business District - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Another place, that was covered with Painted Ladies (outnumbered American Ladies - 20 to 1). All the Monarchs were moving to the south.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 20
  • Monarch 9

Painted Lady

Pat & Clay Sutton

Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ

Mid-day stroll through the garden. Mourning Cloak was a fly through. Fruit dish saturated with recent rain and probably not very enticing.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Monarch 3

Pat & Clay Sutton

Jakes Landing
Cape May County, NJ

Most nectar gone. Just a bit of Seaside Goldenrod out by the road end and some white-blooming asters along the road. Red Admiral was in the woods, other butterflies were out on the stretch of road in the marsh.

  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Monarch 8

Meredith Koenig

East Point
Cumberland County, NJ

Today at the lighthouse a display skiff planted with Marigolds, various pollinators and nectar providers, made an effective way-station for butterflies. The long lawn perimeter will be planted with nectar and pollinators next year. One Monarch basked for several minutes in the warm sand.

  • Sulphur sp. 1
  • Monarch 3

Monarch

Jesse and Jack Connor

Our yard in Port Republic
Atlantic County, NJ

While working in yard, 1:30-3:00, sunny, little/no wind, temp high 60s. Ladies on Verbena mostly. Buckeye number a pleasant surprise.

  • Cabbage White 15
  • American Copper 1
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • Sachem 1

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield Yard
Camden County, NJ

40 to 70 and Sunny. All butterfly sightings are from one Butterfly Bush in my back yard. It is in the sun from about 10:00 to 3:30. Butterflies were on the wing all day. Numbers given are just from a single count when all were in view. Hemaris thysbe – Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (photo) and Chrysodeixis-includens - Soybean Looper Moth also paid a visit. I was able to find 7 Black swallowtail Cats.

  • Black Swallowtail 0
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Painted Lady 10
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Ocola Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Red-banded Hairstreak

Ocola Skipper

Will Kerling

Railroad Tracks along Magnolia Drive - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

All the butterflies are going to the Frost Asters. There were 9 buckeyes on one small Frost Aster plant.

  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • American Copper 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • Sachem 6

American Copper

Clay Sutton

Sturdy Bank in Dennisville (on Rt 47)
Cape May County, NJ

Mums were attracting butterflies.

  • Painted Lady 3

Steven Glynn

Private Property near Salem City
Salem County, NJ

Quick check of the Bronze Copper colony on this property as I was travelling back home.

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Bronze Copper 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • Monarch 3
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Bronze Copper

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