December 2022 Sightings
Jack Miller
Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ
Midday flyover.
[This is the 12th year in a row we have logged a monarch in December.]
- Monarch 1
Kathy Horn
Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ
This was a nice bright surprise on this 44° morning at the Point.
[Red admirals are showing their toughness once again – our log has recorded December reports of the species in 11 of our 14 seasons and have had at least one December report every year since 2017. jc]
- Red Admiral
Jack Miller
CMPSP
Cape May County, NJ
Mid 40's; sun filtered through high cirrus. Lone bfly seen in 90 minutes and 3 locations.
- Common Buckeye 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
Tom Bailey
Palmyra Cove Nature Park
Burlington County, NJ
Sighting at 12:50 pm. Sunny, breezy, temperature 45 degrees.
- Red Admiral 1
Harvey Tomlinson
Higbee WMA
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny, Breezy, 44
Two sulphurs in the air but could only find one.
[This find gives us five species for December (so far): red admiral, monarch, common buckeye, clouded sulphur, and orange sulphur. Can we find another? jc]
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
Jesse Amesbury
My Yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
1pm. 58°F. Full sun & calm winds. Anglewing was floating around the top of an oak and briefly landed on the sunny side of the trunk. Pretty distant binocular view so no photos.
[Congratulations, Jesse, on what looks like the last South Jersey butterfly of 2022. jc]
- Anglewing sp. 1
Fluttering along the sand
[Like red admiral, common buckeye is resilient to cold, a sometimes-underappreciated fall migrant, and found pretty regularly at coastal areas in late November/early December. We have had December reports of buckeyes in 11 of our 14 log seasons. jc]