August 2022 Sightings

Brief time in garden.

Late afternoon sightings while working in the yard.

Big showing of Red-banded Hairstreaks at 5:30 pm (18).

[That's our highest count of red-banded since 5/18/22 when Barbara Sendelbach found 28 in Woodland Township. jc]

10am - 5pm. Although it seems that butterflies have been hard to come by this year, with the addition of Delaware Skipper today, we are only one species behind last year’s cumulative total for this date in the yard.

[Excellent news. Dolores. Thank you! jc]

9:30-11:45 am. Sunny, mid 80s, light breeze.

Very hot & humid. Conservative count since I butterflied a lot from the car. Was happy to see all the Sleepy Oranges and the early Cloudless Sulphur. Less happy to see the narrow-winged mantis devouring the still-struggling swallowtail.

Variegated frit new for this season—interested in small passion vine starts and violets but mostly sunning itself.

45 mins. Both sides of the bike path. Horribly dry with very little activity. 17 Common Buckeye and not a single Mangrove.

Large patch of milkweed on grassy section of field along road

Jersey fresh right from the garden.

Brief observation: 1:00-1:30. Ironweed is in full bloom.

First Zabulon I've seen in weeks. I've been scouring the sweet pepperbushes, as they are usually near them now. I expect they will switch to Swamp Loosestrife soon as it starts to bloom.

Late afternoon, also a monarch egg found.

6:15 to 6:45 pm. Incidental sightings while birding.

Incidental sightings while in the yard.

Found my first RB Hairstreak of the year for this garden tonight. Eastern Tiger was a stunningly fresh female.

4:15 to 6:15 pm. Sunny & hot.

Around 7:30 pm–have seen so few hairstreaks.

Monarch stopped by at noon.

Numerous butterflies on the Purple Loose Strife planting outside of the diner. Most seemed to be Broadwing Skipprs.

[Welcome to the South Jersey Butterfly Project, Clifford. jc]

American Lady seen at Lion’s Lake in Voorhees. Dark morph tiger and others at my residence.

Very brief strolls through garden. Sightings while watering.

Observation: 9.00-12.00
Hot and humid.

High count at LL for Spicebush Swallowtail.

Early evening walk from 5 to 7 pm. Mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm & brief shower. Temps in the upper 80s.

Late afternoon incidental sightings.

Sunny, 86 degrees. Winds SSE, 78% humidity