July 2022 Sightings
Tom Bailey
Tabernacle Township yard
Burlington County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
Teresa Knipper
Bike trail north of route 83
Cape May County, NJ
Very hot day so didn’t stay very long. The sootywing was a bonus!
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Common Sootywing 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 4
David L. Amadio
Salem WMA
Salem County, NJ
Obs. made at 11:40, sunny and high 80's. Not much action here.
- Cabbage White 17
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
David L. Amadio
Mannington area
Salem County, NJ
Obs. made from 12:10 to 4:15, Sunny at first but south winds 8-18 and increasing clouds and wind gusts after 3. Checked out several areas finding very light activity. A nice exception was a small area with exceptional Bronze Copper activity. One area where I usually find them reliably was void of any activity for no apparent reason. Very localized species. Able to observe and photograph both male & females today from this season's 2nd brood. [FOY Bronze Copper]
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Bronze Copper 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 33
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 1
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Aaron's Skipper 4
- Rare Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 6
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 15
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 8
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 3
- Appalachian Brown 5
- Little Wood-Satyr 2
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Horace's Duskywing 2
Tate Perazzelli
My yard in Collingswood
Camden County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
Lucy Hooper
My backyard in Mickleton.
Gloucester County, NJ
Butterflies have been very scarce so far in our yard. I can always expect to find the Silver-spotted skipper on the Monarda fistulosa when in bloom.
- Cabbage White 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Therese Hurter
EHT Nature Reserve
Atlantic County, NJ
Sunny, hot and humid. Mourning Cloak was nectaring on tree sap in wooded area of the Reserve.
- Mourning Cloak 1
Vicky McErlean
Cloverdale Farm County Park
Ocean County, NJ
One mile walk from 1:00-1:45. 88°, sunny, and humid.
- American Lady 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 1
- Monarch 1
- Azure, sp. 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 1
Cynthia Allen
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
2 Banded Hairstreaks in dogfight up in the sunlit oak leaves in the early evening. Monarch laying eggs on C. MW. No caterpillars yet this year.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Banded Hairstreak 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Question Mark 1
- Monarch 1
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
Jack Miller
my yard Petersburg
Cape May County, NJ
Combined sightings from 7/2 -3 to avoid repetitions. Each species is shown as a 1 day high count. The total number of species is low and the total number of butterflies is terribly low. There are some shocking absences from the list like rare sk. Generally, numbers are way down following the pattern of the last few years.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 10
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Common Sootywing 1
- Sachem 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 20
Lucy Hooper
My backyard in Mickleton
Gloucester County, NJ
Finally a grass-skipper! I did see one on May 21st but was unable to positively identify it.
- Cabbage White 3
- Sachem 1
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
First Monarch this year here.
- Cabbage White 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Monarch 1
Wijbren Huisman
Tall Pines State Preserve, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs: 12.45-2.15
Tall Pines State Preserve, in partnership with the Rutgers Environmentel Stewards Program, has taken up the challenge of installing a native pollinator garden. 1200 native plant plugs will be put in , including milkweed and other hostplants for butterflies. I’ll volunteering this week.
- Cabbage White 11
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- Pearl Crescent 33
- Eastern Comma 2
- Viceroy 2
- Little Wood-Satyr 5
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 4
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
Another lovely day with a very few butterflies at Lumberton Leas. [FOY Cloudless Sulphur]
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Sulphur sp. 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 3
- Sachem 2
Eileen Bennett
Waretown backyard - Monarch Waystation# 10016
Ocean County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Anglewing sp. 1
David L. Amadio
Wheelabrator Refuge, Westville
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. made from 3-5:45, mostly sunny near 90. Decent diversity but low numbers. A nice showing by Wild Indigos.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 22
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Question Mark 2
- Red Admiral 3
- Viceroy 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 3
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 5
- Northern Broken-Dash 3
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
Chris Herz
Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ
Late day observations. A couple of spicebush cats and a couple monarch eggs on c.milkweed.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 0
- Cabbage White 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Monarch 0
Tom Bailey
Greenwood Forest WMA
Ocean County, NJ
9:30 am to 4 pm. Sunny, temps in the low 80s, nice day. Dogbane still blooming and the main nectar source. Also one grass skipper sp. Still low diversity.
- Banded Hairstreak 5
- Gray Hairstreak 9
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 14
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- American Lady 26
- Common Buckeye 15
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Tawny-edged Skipper 4
- Crossline Skipper 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Aaron's Skipper 3
- Salt Marsh Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 14
Wijbren Huisman
SJ Techpark, Glassboro
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs: 1.00-2.15 Temps in the mid 80’s with a little breeze. Most of the BF’s are nectaring on Creeeping Thistle or Spotted Knapweed.
- Black Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 11
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 17
- Anglewing sp. 1
- Pearl Crescent 12
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Sulphur sp. 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
Dolores Amesbury
My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
This diverse list was the result of a concerted effort made throughout the day by two sets of eyes.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Anglewing sp. 1
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Common Sootywing 1
- Aaron's Skipper 8
- Rare Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 8
- Sachem 4
- Broad-winged Skipper 30
Karen Thompson
Home, Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Karen Thompson
South Cape May Meadows
Cape May County, NJ
- Red Admiral 1
Jennifer Bulava
Arney's Mount Park, Springfield Twp
Burlington County, NJ
10am-noon. Sunny mid-80's with wind 10mph.
- Cabbage White 4
- Sulphur sp. 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 5
Incidental sightings late morning.