November 2020 Sightings
Karen Thompson
Home, Lower Township
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 2
- Monarch 1
- American Lady 1
Karen Thompson
Higbee Beach WMA
Cape May County, NJ
- Common Buckeye 1
Karen Thompson
Home, Lower Township
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 1
Jack Miller
my yard Petersburg
Cape May County, NJ
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Sachem 3
Jack McDonough
Davies Complex, along the power line cut that leads back to the railroad tracks from the parking lot
Cape May County, NJ
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Common Buckeye 18
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny, cool, blustery, Temps says 56, feels cooler with the winds. No frost yet though over 24 hrs of gale force winds. Karen Thompson visit, able to see 6 species. Fair numbers of grass skippers. Total of 8 species flying. Surprised not to see a Common Buckeye. Taking down the Canna's stalks found another chrysalis. There are several over wintering Spicebush Swallowtail chrysalises. Have Black Swallowtail caterpillars on rue.
- Black Swallowtail 0
- Spicebush Swallowtail 0
- Cabbage White 3
- American Lady 4
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 2
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Sachem 8
Clay Sutton
South Cape May Meadows (and The Beanery)
Cape May County, NJ
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Anglewing sp. 1
- Red Admiral 4
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 5
- Orange Sulphur 2
Jackie Parker
Cape May National Golf Club
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 2
Therese Hurter
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny, mid 50s. Red Admiral was enjoying rotting pears in fruit dish.
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 1
Karen Thompson
Home, Lower Township
Cape May County, NJ
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 3
Cynthia Allen
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
This fairly fresh White-M was perched on a well-past-prime Butterfly Bush blossom. I went in to get the camera and it had disappeared by the time I returned.
[Good find! This gives us only our fifth year – of our log's thirteen – when we have found a white-M in November. jc]
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Red Admiral 1
Dolores Amesbury
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Nice to see butterflies after a few days with none.
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny, 67, with slight winds and a nice selection of butterflies. First Ocola Skipper in the yard since 10/22. 4 mint fresh Cloudless Sulphurs which I believe must have eclosed here. Est counts of both Fiery and Sachem Skippers. Numbers were higher but as working in the garden didn't take the time for a more accurate count. I always find it surprising that we can have several days of quite bad weather and they still bounce back.
- Black Swallowtail 0
- Spicebush Swallowtail 0
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- American Lady 8
- Painted Lady 5
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 8
- Brazilian Skipper 0
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Sachem 11
Pat & Clay Sutton
Jakes Landing
Cape May County, NJ
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 2
Jack Miller
my yard Petersburg
Cape May County, NJ
2:00 - 3:00. Always nice to come home. The yard provided some lovely bugs that were not present at my other two stops. By the end of the day, 15 species and over 100 bflys; ironically, these numbers were better than a typical July day this year.
- American Copper 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 3
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Sachem 3
Jack Miller
N. Railroad Ave Rio Grande
Cape May County, NJ
Fine start to an interesting day. Sunny and 60's. 10:30 12:30.
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Pearl Crescent 6
- American Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 70
- Monarch 4
- Fiery Skipper 3
Karen Thompson
Rea Farm
Cape May County, NJ
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Common Buckeye 6
- Monarch 4
Jesse & Jack Connor
Our yard in Port Republic
Atlantic County, NJ
For some reason we find few painted ladies in our yard. This fresh individual is our first for 2020.
- Painted Lady 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Can't help but wonder if Cloudless Sulphurs (and Monarchs) in our garden this late in the season (when so little else finds our garden) are new emergents from cats we saw earlier.
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
Jack Miller
Fidler rd
Cape May County, NJ
2nd stop. 12:50 - 1:40. A 10' x 10' patch of frost aster had 7 species. This location was the "fun with colias" spot. I am posting three photos of the same f. sulphur. To my eye, the bfly is "mostly" a clouded sulphur and I am recording it as such. However, I believe it may in fact be a hybrid. The bug has no orange except for the minute hw dot and presented lemon yellow. However, the fw pattern presents qualities of both clouded and orange (note the size of the yellow dots in the black zone at the apex, but also the narrowness of the black margin lower part of the fw). I hope you are laughing by this point as it is not healthy to take a Colias too seriously. The gray hs was a pleasant surprise.
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 6
- Monarch 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
Chris Herz
Rowan College SJ, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ
68 degrees, lunch time walk. Buckeye with most of one wing missing. Saw cabbage whites yesterday but none today.
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
Harvey Tomlinson and Jack Miller
North Railroad Ave
Cape May County, NJ
The Cloudless Sulphur pictured below has not been altered in anyway but cropped. Thoughts about its coloring would be welcomed. Red-banded Hairstreak was a treat.
[That is certainly a weird-looking beast! Anyone out there who has seen a similar individual please let us hear from you. jc]
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 15
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 6
- American Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 11
- Monarch 5
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
Eileen Bennett
Waretown backyard - Monarch Waystation# 10016
Ocean County, NJ
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- Sachem 2
Meredith Koenig
My garden East Vineland
Cumberland County, NJ
On Conoclinium coestinum, a perennial Blue Mist plant, 12 noon 70 degrees, warmed by stone walk.
- Common Buckeye 1
Karen Thompson
Home, Lower Township
Cape May County, NJ
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 3
Harvey Tomlinson and Jack Miller
Beanery
Cape May County, NJ
Jack and I both believe the Sulphur below is Clouded. A rare find South of the Canal. The other a white form sp.
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
[Good work Karen. Nice to log two species on the first day of November – despite recent wet and cold. jc]