August 2017 Sightings
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 6
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
- American Snout 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 4
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 8
Will Kerling
Woodland Road - Goshen, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtails continue to impress by their every day presence.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 2
Jack Miller
my yard, Petersburg
Cape May County, NJ
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.
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 6
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 18
- Common Buckeye 12
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 7
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper 4
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Northern Broken-Dash 2
- Sachem 9
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Dion Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 1
Dolores Amesbury
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Painted Ladies were darting around all over the gardens - amazing! The lone American Lady was very ragged. Cloudless Sulphur ovipositing on Partridge Pea.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 14
- Cabbage White 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 15
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 8
Will Kerling
Sand Barrens golf course - Swainton, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Found 18 butterfly species on and around the Driving Range. There was an American Snout puddling on a sandy road.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 12
- Cabbage White 7
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 9
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Painted Lady 5
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 9
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Salt Marsh Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 6
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Anglewing sp. 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Sachem 1
Teresa Knipper
Knipper yard in Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
West winds bringing in hordes of painted ladies!! Also have three American lady caterpillars on pussy toes and helichrisum
- Cabbage White 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 12
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 3
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Will Kerling and Cynthia Allen
Turtle Thorofare Court - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
A fresh Black Swallowtail eclosed this day and it dried its wings for a long time.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 12
- Common Buckeye 4
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 4
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
David L. Amadio
At work in Cherry Hill
Camden County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 14
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
Will Kerling
Middle Township Bike Path - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Sweet Pepperbush flowers are attracting lots of butterflies! Painted Lady numbers are building.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 20
- Cabbage White 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 15
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Painted Lady 39
- Common Buckeye 8
- Common Wood-Nymph 4
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 65
- Horace's Duskywing 10
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 3
- Northern Broken-Dash 14
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 4
- Dun Skipper 1
Will Kerling
Downtown Cape May CH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Great butterfly variety in the downtown area.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 4
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Viceroy 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
Will Kerling
West Hand Avenue near route 47 - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
The best find was 2 Common Sootywings which were getting nectar from a yellow-flowering Wood Sorrel.
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 9
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Common Sootywing 2
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Delaware Skipper 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Female Pipevine Swallowtail laying eggs on Dutchman's Pipe.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 6
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
- American Snout 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Painted Lady 4
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 10
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 8
Jennifer Bulava
Boundary Creek Park, Moorestown
Burlington County, NJ
10:00-11:30am, during children's insect program
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Zabulon Skipper 2
Will Kerling
Woodland Drive - Goshen, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtails are still flying and most are worn now.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 2
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
Will Kerling
West Hand Avenue - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Painted Ladies have thinned out on West Hand Avenue.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
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]
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 9
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 14
- Common Buckeye 8
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 15
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
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).
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 6
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
- American Snout 4
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Question Mark 2
- Painted Lady 4
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 10
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Broad-winged Skipper 4
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 11
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Jennifer Bulava
Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton
Burlington County, NJ
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
- Black Swallowtail 0
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 6
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
Will Kerling
Woodland Drive - Goshen, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
One of my favorite bugs is the Least Skipper.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 1
Will Kerling
Middle Township Bike Path - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Some of the Spicebush Swallowtails are barely hanging on.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 31
- Cabbage White 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 7
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 35
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 42
- Horace's Duskywing 10
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Zabulon Skipper 10
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Northern Broken-Dash 4
- Sachem 3
- Dun Skipper 2
Will Kerling
Downtown Cape May CH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
There was a bright, male Cloudless Sulphur zipping around downtown.
- Cabbage White 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Painted Lady 1
David L. Amadio
Red Bank Battlefield, National Park
Gloucester County, NJ
Lilac tree sap attracting Anglewings, Hackberry Emperors, and Red Admiral. Late day obs. 4:45 to 5 p.m.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Question Mark 2
- Eastern Comma 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Hackberry Emperor 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 6
- Dun Skipper 2
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 5
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- American Snout 2
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
Will Kerling
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
Dion Skippers are disappearing for the season and I found 10 Appalachian Browns amongst them.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 16
- Red-banded Hairstreak 17
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 5
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Appalachian Brown 10
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Southern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Dion Skipper 2
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
2 of the Monarchs were in tandem (mating)
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 6
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- American Snout 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Question Mark 1
- Painted Lady 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Zabulon Skipper 4
5 pm walk through garden produced the following