June 2017 Sightings

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

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.

Discovered mint fresh, American Snout and Least Skipper.

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.

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

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

This spot is so reliable for butterflies.

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

A mix of swallowtails and Cabbage Whites were recorded here.

Recorded great butterfly diversity in a yard at this location!

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

Red-banded Hairstreak was very worn. Male Zabulon was nectaring in a Mock Orange blossom. Least Skipper was flying at 7 PM.

Swallowtails were the only butterflies to be seen.

There is a strong new brood of Cabbage Whites.

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

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

75 Partly Sunny

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

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

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

Found a fresh second brood, American Copper.

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