August 2017 Sightings

5 pm walk through garden produced the following

Spicebush Swallowtails continue to impress by their every day presence.

Returned from 5 days in the lower Hudson valley to an active yard! I walked thorough rounds five times and did partial checks a couple of times throughout the day beginning before 8:00. 9 species were only seen once during the day. Dion has now been seen two years in row on my property. 10 grass skippers is likely a yard record. Oddly, in "the year of the snout," I have not had one here this year.

Painted Ladies were darting around all over the gardens - amazing! The lone American Lady was very ragged. Cloudless Sulphur ovipositing on Partridge Pea.

Found 18 butterfly species on and around the Driving Range. There was an American Snout puddling on a sandy road.

West winds bringing in hordes of painted ladies!! Also have three American lady caterpillars on pussy toes and helichrisum

A fresh Black Swallowtail eclosed this day and it dried its wings for a long time.

Sweet Pepperbush flowers are attracting lots of butterflies! Painted Lady numbers are building.

Great butterfly variety in the downtown area.

88 sunny, cloudy and thunder.

The best find was 2 Common Sootywings which were getting nectar from a yellow-flowering Wood Sorrel.

Female Pipevine Swallowtail laying eggs on Dutchman's Pipe.

10:00-11:30am, during children's insect program

Spicebush Swallowtails are still flying and most are worn now.

Painted Ladies have thinned out on West Hand Avenue.

First sighting of a Cloudless Sulphur and she was laying eggs on Partridge Pea. FOS Red-banded Hairstreak in the yard. And a very runty American Lady on fruit. [Nice work Beth! Some excellent photos to go along with an impressive yard list. -jm]

Female Pipevine Swallowtail laying eggs on Dutchman's Pipe. Put fruit out for the first time in a few weeks. 2 of the Monarchs were in tandem (mating).

84 sunny, felt like 95.

Smith's Woods butterfly garden, during children's butterfly program, 10-11am
5 black swallowtail caterpillars on fennel, more milkweed tussock moth caterpillars than I have ever seen at once, and 1 monarch cat

One of my favorite bugs is the Least Skipper.

Some of the Spicebush Swallowtails are barely hanging on.

There was a bright, male Cloudless Sulphur zipping around downtown.

Lilac tree sap attracting Anglewings, Hackberry Emperors, and Red Admiral. Late day obs. 4:45 to 5 p.m.

Dion Skippers are disappearing for the season and I found 10 Appalachian Browns amongst them.

2 of the Monarchs were in tandem (mating)