April 2023 Sightings

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

Late afternoon walk in the woods.

  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Eastern Comma

Scott McConnell

Whitesboro
Cape May County, NJ

Anglewing very worn

[Could this Henry's be ovipositing on that American holly leaf? If so, it is the only logged ovipositing photo of Henry's (on any plant) I can remember. jc]

  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Anglewing sp. 1

Henry's Elfin

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

First butterfly observed here this year. Flushed it from among some daffodils.

  • Cabbage White 1

Tom Bailey

Wharton SF
Burlington County, NJ

Friendship area.

  • Blueberry Azure 6

Tom Bailey

Brendan Byrne SF
Burlington County, NJ

Disjunct section in Chatsworth off of Jones Rd.

  • Blueberry Azure 1

Therese Hurter

EHT Nature Reserve
Atlantic County, NJ

Noon. Sunny and windy. Mourning Cloak was a fly-by on one of the wooded trails.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Jesse Amesbury

Garrett Family Preserve (TNC)
Cape May County, NJ

Late afternoon when wind died down and sun was strong.

  • Anglewing sp. 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • American Lady 2

Jeanine Apgar, Joan Detyna, Peggy Jamet

Lenape Farms WMA
Atlantic County, NJ

  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • Blueberry Azure 7
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Blueberry Azure

Blueberry Azure

Henry's Elfin

Chip Krilowicz

Wharton SF - Fleming Pike
Camden County, NJ

Sunny Windy

  • Spring Azure 1
  • Anglewing sp. 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Mourning Cloak

Jeanine Apgar, Joan Detyna, Peggy Jamet

Estelle Manor AC Park
Atlantic County, NJ

Sunny, high 50's.

  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Blueberry Azure 3
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Question Mark

Scott McConnell

Whitesboro
Cape May County, NJ

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Chip Krilowicz

Wharton SF - Pump Branch
Camden County, NJ

Sunny Windy seen one Blue Corporal.

[Our 2nd Juvenal's report for 2023 and the first from CAM. jc]

  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Juvenal's Duskywing

Jack Miller

Steelman Landing rd
Atlantic County, NJ

  • Henry's Elfin 3
  • Blueberry Azure 1
  • Question Mark 1

Jack Miller

dirt road south of Stephen Lake rt 50
Atlantic County, NJ

This sulphur's appearance is what I would expect in the winter. I spent a modest amount of time looking through the SJBP Recent Sightings and saw that we have few photos of spring sulphurs. Might be nice to get some more.

[I second the motion! jc]

  • Sulphur sp. 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Blueberry Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Sulphur sp.

Jack McDonough & Savanna Berg

Dennisville RR & Gatzmer Ave
Cape May County, NJ

Sunny, 68 degrees, S at 11mph. Walked Dennisville RR north to ponds and then RR south from Petersburg Rd to Gatzmer Ave and up the road to Main St.

[An impressive list, including our log's FOY American lady. jc]

  • Cabbage White 14
  • Sulphur sp. 1
  • Henry's Elfin 3
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 2
  • Blueberry Azure 2
  • Spring Azure 8
  • American Snout 3
  • Question Mark 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4
  • American Lady 1

Harvey Tomlinson

My Garden
Cape May County, NJ

My first garden butterfly of the year and one of my favorites. It is not a "designer" butterfly– all fancy and tricked out…but fills in spaces others don't use and seems to always be around. Keep your eyes out for the 3-spotted flavor.

  • Cabbage White 1

Meredith Koenig

Oldman's Creek Preserve
Salem County, NJ

[Only our 2nd SAL report so far in 2023. jc]

  • Azure, sp. 1

Jack Miller

Woodbine rr
Cape May County, NJ

One long distance shot before the ghs flew off.

[Our log's first gray hairstreak of 2023 and a second report from 4-4-23 of clouded sulphur. The butterfly world is warming up! jc]

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Gray Hairstreak

Jack Miller

Intersection of 610 and rt 50
Cape May County, NJ

As I was turning onto rt 50 south this afternoon, a lady (Almost positive it was American) just about flew into my windshield. I wouldn't normally report such, but knowing that FOY Am Ladies were seen in the Cape today I thought it interesting to add to the number on this day of emergence.

  • American Lady 1

David L. Amadio

Glassboro WMA
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. made from 11:15 to 4:15, Mostly sunny and low 70's. Near perfect weather but few butterflies. Very little opportunity for decent images. Azures afforded little chance for I.D. Glassboro was not too long ago a great place for sorting out the azures, but numbers have been way down in recent years. One Mourning Cloak landed on my hat at least 4 times. It charged at me numerous times. Enjoyed the sound of its wings!

[The sounds of a butterly's wings – a special pleasure appreciated only by the truly attentive ;-)! jc]

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Henry's Elfin 2
  • Azure, sp. 3
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

Mourning Cloak

Henry's Elfin

Juvenal's Duskywing

Jackie Parker

Cape May National Golf Club
Cape May County, NJ

[Our first clouded sulphurs report of 2023. jc]

  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Spring Azure 1

Therese Hurter

front yard, CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

Sunny and breezy, 64 degrees. Cabbage White was a fly-by while I was weeding.

  • Cabbage White 1

Dolores Amesbury

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

As is typically the case this time of year, I had many (at least 8) unidentified fly-bys which is very frustrating. But the E. tailed-blue more than made up for the misses.

[Yes, and it's the FOY for our log in 2023. Nice! jc]

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Anglewing sp. 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Jeanine Apgar

Pestalozzi Ave.
Atlantic County, NJ

Sand road with lots of puddles, afternoon. Orangetip was high in a red cedar. An azure was ovipositing on a highbush blueberry bud.

[Our log's first orangetip of 2023 and our first JUDW in ATL. Good finds, Jeanine! jc]

  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Blueberry Azure 5
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Falcate Orangetip

Juvenal's Duskywing

Tom Bailey

Tabernacle Township yard
Burlington County, NJ

Incidental sighting while in the yard today.

  • Eastern Comma 1

Brian Johnson

Home garden
Cape May County, NJ

First time seeing a Elfin at the UV lights for me. The Moth is a Green-Dusted Zale.

[Cool! – and the lights seem to bring out the green that we see in some Henry's in South Jersey, sometimes considered a subspecies, viridissima…or intermediates between viridissima and all brown individuals. Fun to see! jc]

  • Henry's Elfin 1

Green-dusted Zale

Henry's Elfin

Chris Herz

Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ

  • Anglewing sp. 1

Jennifer Bulava

Amico Island, Delran
Burlington County, NJ

Sunny and approaching 80 degrees!

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Eastern Comma 1

Jeanine Apgar

Home yard, Galloway Township
Atlantic County, NJ

Temps approaching 80 degrees, high humidity. I thought this was another cabbage white, but upon closer inspection, I noted wingtips of orange!

Unidentified elfin, thinking it might be a brown elfin, sorry for bad exposure!

[I am not sure about the elfin. Maybe one of our veterans can chip in on this one. jc]

[Update: after an exchange of emails, Tom Bailey and Jack Miller agreed that this was a brown elfin. That makes it our log's FOY for 2023. Good find and ID, Jeanine! And thanks to Tom and Jack for the assistance! jc]

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Brown Elfin 1

Brown Elfin

Cabbage White

Falcate Orangetip

Chip Krilowicz

Cramer Hill Preserve
Camden County, NJ

First Falcate Orangetip for this location.

[Good find, Chip – only our log's 2nd orangetip in 2023, and the first reported for CAM since 4-21-2020 (Matt Webster). jc]

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Question Mark 3
  • Mourning Cloak 3
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