March 2019 Sightings

Large, bright orange anglewing. Probably a Question Mark. Mostly sunny, 55 degrees.

53 degrees, breezy
Question Mark, Comma, and 2 unidentified Anglewing sp..
Question Mark is missing a ventral punctuation mark

Looked small, probably a comma. There was also four species of frogs calling on the preserve today.

temp 60 and sunny; the sulphur flew constantly, low over the lawn area of the park; I saw no darkened edges on the upper wings

61 degrees, breezy

From Sherman Ave access point to Carmel Road access point

A quick walk on the trail at the end of the day.

Ackley Road area

Flew up when I rounded sunny corner of house. Fluttered around about a minute. My cell didn't get a pic. Full very warm sun, 68F 2:30 pm

[FOY cabbage white! jc]

They spent the afternoon on my fruit dish.

Always good for a Mourning Cloak

Did a tour looking for anything flying.

Most interesting was the photo provided of a Comma. At first I thought this may have been a Gray Comma, given the very dark pattern and slight frosty edging, but the lack of long bars under the ventral forewing and lack of heavy striation had me confused. I then saw a photo on the North Jersey Butterflies group of a "plain form" Eastern Comma, and this fit my individual best. I can't recall seeing a "plain form" before and wonder if others have? I'm curious if this is an unusual form, or just to me?

[Intriguing find! Have any other observers seen this form in South Jersey? jc]

Pat & I took a mid afternoon walk and she spotted an anglewing that flew behind me. I missed it. Nice to hear spring peepers once more.

Getting sun on an evergreen.

[Our first butterfly report from ATL. jc]

On fruit dish mid-morning.

Audubon Wildlife Soc. field trip for birds. 52 degrees but with 15 mi/hr winds, sunny

Visited the fruit dish off and on throughout the day.

All of the Anglewings were fly-bys.

[Tom's gray hairstreak is our FOY. Good to see. jc]

Marilyn Henry and myself exploring. Sunny, 60 degrees, 10 mph SW winds. We walked in from Rt. 47. Mainly walked Nowhere Rd.

Beautiful day, sunny and 59 degrees. Thought I'd have much more activity, but you take what you get.

[Our first azure of the year. jc]

I did not get a pic but ID'd the Elfin thru my bins. By the time I got my camera up it was gone.

[This is our FOY Henry's. Good find, HT. jc]

Walked the sand roads for a few hours at midday. The Snout was a nice surprise.

[Nice to add snout to our log's yearlist. An individual that over-wintered, most likely? jc]

Seems to me that this red admiral must be an over-wintering individual.

[I agree with VE's assessment. Although over-wintering reports of this species are far less numerous than mourning cloaks and anglewings, we have at least one or two records for all winter months. Some adults must survive the winter here occasionally to fly again in spring – as this individual almost certainly has. This is also our FOY red admiral. Good find, Vince! jc]

Spotted a mourning cloak flying overhead. My first butterfly sighting this year!

[Welcome to the South Jersey Butterfly Project, Therese! jc]

Question Marks are off to a good start this March. Today's highlight was seeing a log with 5 spotted turtles on it and in another location a log with 6 spotted turtles on it. That's a lot of spotted turtles.