July 2021 Sightings
Eileen Bennett
Waretown backyard - Monarch Waystation# 10016
Ocean County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
Jack McDonough
Backyard in Dennisville
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Salt Marsh Skipper 6
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Jennifer Bulava
Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton
Burlington County, NJ
Butterfly garden only, 8:30am
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Little Glassywing 1
Karen Thompson
Beach Plum Farm
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 3
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Least Skipper 1
Kathy Horn
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny, hot and humid. A lot of nectar here, few butterflies.
- Cabbage White 6
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 2
- Monarch 1
Jack Connor
My PC
Atlantic County, NJ
FYI:
As of this morning, our South Jersey Log's list includes 81 species for 2021. We had 82 species at this time last year.
A quick review of the species with blanks so far for 2021 that we have usually found by this time in past years:
Checkered White: Recorded all years 2019-2012, sometimes not until July but missed last year, 2020 and only a single record (of five individuals) in 2019.
Harvester: Recorded all years 2020 to 2012 but some years not until July or August.
Meadow Fritillary: Recorded all years 2019-2009 but often not until July or August (not recorded at all last year, 2020).
Painted Lady (?!): Recorded all previous years of our log. Only once before have we have not recorded it by this time: 7-17-2015, our latest-ever FOY.
Other "expected" species not yet recorded in 2021 generally first appear in July or later: Giant Swallowtail, Little Yellow, Long-tailed Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Dion Skipper, Brazilian Skipper, and Ocola Skipper. And of course we can hope for some species seen in a few years but too rare to depend on: Zebra Swallowtail, Clouded Skipper, and perhaps a couple of others.
I am compiling this list hastily and may have some errors here. You can check this note and also find more details about our history of Early & Late Dates by going to our blog (https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/) and clicking on "Early & Late Dates All Years 2008-2021").
Let me know if you spot errors. I will correct this note here. Thank you!
And while I am at this, and halfway through our 14th year of this log:
A Big Thank-You to Jack Miller for sharing moderating responsibilities with me!
We would not have made it this far without him.
jc
Wijbren Huisman
James G. Atkinson Memorial Park, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ
- Cabbage White 11
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 8
- American Snout 3
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Question Mark 2
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
Kathy Horn
Head of River
Cumberland County, NJ
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Mulberry Wing 6
Shannon Sharp
TNC, Lummistown Rd, Cedarville
Cumberland County, NJ
Monarch larva on milkweed.
[Welcome to our newest observer/contributor, Shannon Sharp! jc]
- Monarch 0
Kathy Horn
Beach Plum Farm, West Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 7
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Monarch 1
- Least Skipper 1
Karen Thompson
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 1
- Monarch 1
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
After the rains cleared out I found a Hackberry emperor. first one seen here so far this year.
- Cabbage White 2
- Hackberry Emperor 1
Steven Glynn
Wheelabrator garden area
Gloucester County, NJ
With three days of rain, a brief break provided an opportunity to get out, but from 5:10pm to 5:35pm. Not expecting much, I was very surprised with the activity at the garden and immediate area. Ocola skipper is my earliest ever in NJ by more than two months!
[Excellent find! Our 2nd earliest record of Ocola and only the third time we have had our FOY before August 1. jc]
- Cabbage White 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Swarthy Skipper 2
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 1
Tom Bailey
Pinelands Preservation Alliance Headquarters, Southampton Township
Burlington County, NJ
1 to 2:20 pm. Partly sunny, 68 degrees when finished. Cabbage White total is an estimate.
[Our second double-digit count of var frits in past week – this one from BUR, other from CUM. jc]
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 30
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 16
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 24
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 1
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 5
- Common Sootywing 2
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
- Cabbage White 12
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 1
Tom Bailey
Palmyra Cove Nature Park
Burlington County, NJ
Incidental sightings while birding in the park this morning.
- Viceroy 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
Tim Deppa
Cherry Hill
Camden County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
With an absence of Tiger Swallowtails in our garden since mid-June, it was lovely to see a newly emerged female. Clay spotted this full-size Monarch caterpillar on Common Milkweed. So many are preyed upon, that it is good to see some reach full size. Male Monarch going round and round, looking for a female to mate with.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 8
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
Tom Reed
Shunpike Rd yard, Cape May Court House
Cape May County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Sachem 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
Tom Bailey
Greenwood Forest WMA
Ocean County, NJ
7:30 to 12:15 pm. Mostly sunny. Less activity than previous visit.
- American Copper 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 9
- Common Buckeye 14
- Crossline Skipper 3
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Minimal obs. here today, but had my first adult Monarch of the year, a female laying eggs on Common & tropical Milkweed.
- Cabbage White 3
- American Snout 2
- Monarch 1
Lucy Hooper
My backyard in Mickleton.
Gloucester County, NJ
This is the first Monarch I have seen in our yard though my daughter saw one about a week ago. This is only the 2nd Eastern Tiger Swallowtail I have seen (the first was May 1st-over 2 months ago!).
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Monarch 1
David L. Amadio
Salem WMA Rt540
Salem County, NJ
Spent 2-1/2 to 3 hrs in the Salem/Mannington area this afternoon. Part sun 77-83 with about 8-10 mph southerly breeze. Lots of nectar here but little diversity.
- Cabbage White 16
- Viceroy 1
John Adams Jr
Estelle Manor Park butterfly garden
Atlantic County, NJ
Lots of bumble bees not many butterflies. Saw some Monarch eggs on Milkweed.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
David L. Amadio
Mannington area
Salem County, NJ
Checked out various locations looking for 2nd flight Bronze Coppers. Did not have the time to really cover the area well, but found some nice bugs.
- Cabbage White 8
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Bronze Copper 6
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 7
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 4
- Common Sootywing 1
- Least Skipper 7
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 112
Dolores Amesbury
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
The butterflies in the garden today were the only fireworks I needed! The Broad-winged skippers were virtually everywhere and impossible to count.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 1
- Cloudywing sp. 1
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Rare Skipper 4
- Salt Marsh Skipper 6
- Aaron's Skipper 7
- Sachem 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 65
Lucy Hooper
Mickleton Park on Democrat Rd.
Gloucester County, NJ
There is a small slip of a new pollinator garden in Mickleton Park with much of the planting to be done Spring 2022 with the help of some grants. I was excited to see that the small number of native plants there are starting to attract butterflies.
- Variegated Fritillary 1
Wijbren Huisman
South Jersey Technology Park Glassboro (Wildflower meadow)
Gloucester County, NJ
A beautifull day to accomplish the one mile loop.
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 20
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 20
- Pearl Crescent 20
- American Lady 2
- Monarch 8
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Aaron's Skipper 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
Sunny at 77 degrees 3:30pm