June 2017 Sightings

Discovered mint fresh, American Snout and Least Skipper.

Recorded great butterfly diversity in a yard at this location!

My FOY Least Skipper in the yard.

Spicebush ST reign supreme here! 17 were clustered together puddling in one spot on Tom Field Rd.
Ebony Jewelwings are out.

A quick yard list revealed an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail cat, which dropped onto someone passing a cherry tree.

Stopped for an Appalachian Brown and did not find one, but had a satyr.

This spot is so reliable for butterflies.

Found a Sachem on White Clover and a fresh, Wild Indigo Duskywing near a source of the Wild Indigo plants.

70, light wind, Sunny!
9-10:30
Aaron's Skippers were numerous

A mix of swallowtails and Cabbage Whites were recorded here.

Activity has dimmed, perhaps different species are in between broods now. Pearl Crescents are nowhere to be found now, or so it seems.

European Skippers are new to this area for me.

Spicebush Swallowtails were the show! Saw 18 of them puddling together along with one Red-spotted Purple.

Flushed a mint fresh, Northern Cloudywing.

Found a fresh second brood, American Copper.

[These are our first bog coppers of 2017. Good work, Steve! jc]

The bike path had plenty of Cabbage Whites and butterfly diversity.

Swallowtails and Red-spotted Purples are still fairly easy to find. Clearly, there are more Spicebush Swallowtails now than Eastern Tiger Swallowtails.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are still around and finally appear to be peaking out and dropping off.

There was a mint 'Summer Form' Question Mark here today. The only skipper was a fresh Aaron's Skipper visiting roses.

Photo caption: "Honey, I know a great place to go puddling!" "You're sure it's safe?"

75 Partly Sunny

There is a strong new brood of Cabbage Whites.

Swallowtails were the only butterflies to be seen.