Recent sightings

Trail from picnic area to campground.

Variable Checkerspots shown are “Sacramento Mountain” sub-species (Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti, imperiled).

A rather slow day afield.

The female fritillary was twice the size of the male.

Sunny low humidity and 68 degrees when this swallowtail visited

Beautiful day up in the mountains today. nice breeze and 68F to 70 F. out from 10 am to noon.

9:00am-12:00pm, mostly from the road, clear in beginning going over to mostly cloudy, windy, 66F.

Earliest seasonal sighting of a Monarch in this park.

Also had two Ultronia Underwings in the woods. Might have had a Rare Skipper but wasn’t sure.

86 degrees, sun and humid. One un-identified anglewing.

several sites in the county.

Family farm.

One-hour walk, 4—5 p.m. Mostly sunny.

Highlight, of course, was the Bronze Copper.

I went strictly for Edward’s Hairstreak and found 4. In a week or so there will be tons! Elevation, sandy soil, many ant colonies with scrub oak.

1:30 to 2:45PM
partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy
68 degrees

8:45 AM - 10:45 AM

My wife and I butterflied this awesome meadow right on top of the Ochoco National Forest and got two lifers! Silver-Bordered Fritillary and Common Alpine. Both are beautiful butterflies.

Off and on sun with temps in the mid 80’s.

6th record for TN for Reakirt’s Blue.

Orange Milkweed just starting to blossom. Not much Common Milkweed this year. Hoary Edge seemed to be most common species.

Family Farm off Danube Drive. Butterflies passively seen in the yard.

It’s almost the 1 year anniversary of the wildfire. The area this trail goes through was totally burned (except for a few small sections).

The Checkered White and Sulphers were found at the start of the trail which is across the road from unburned landscape.

Beautiful, sunny, humid but hot! Many Fulvous Hairstreaks, but the gem was the Amethyst of course!

The Small Blues are located in the pumice flats of Sand Creek. We timed the trip perfectly for Small Blue as the butterflies were fresh and the females were laying eggs on their hostplant, spurry buckwheat(Eriogonum spergulinum).

Sunny - started 4pm

6600 - 8100 ft

94 degrees, sunny

Numbers still low despite adequate nectar sources.

Family farm down toward Locust Creek Covered Bridge. 2 hours.

Male monarch on white barberry bush early afternoon. Low humidity, 73 degrees and partly sunny.

Sunny - 75 degrees - started after 4pm

7800 - 8400ft

82 degrees, sunny, 12:25 to 2:45pm

9:45 to 10:40am, sunny, 70 to 72 degrees

Full sun, 84F. Flowers scarce but this yellow thing attracted hoards!

89-90F Part of Benicia Butterfly Count

73-86F Part of Benicia Count

82-97F Part of Benicia Count

72F Part of Benicia Count

Family Farm off Danube Drive. 45 minutes before a front came in.

No sightings recently so I was happy to have this Snout! Very wet for the past 4 days…sun peeked out a bit today….Also had a Gulf Fritillary zoom by

Several sites accessible from Skyline Drive. Also Greene and Page counties. Photo of Appalachian Azure shows egg deposition among the buds of Black Cohosh (Cimicifuega racemosa). Aphrodite Fritillaries apparently not yet flying.

Wow!!!!!

Between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Low 80’s and very humid

Observations made from 9-5:25 p.m. Part sun most of the day with high temp just over 80 degrees. Abundant Common Milkweed. Buttonbush blooming earlier than usual, with mostly bee activity.

85F with David Rawlinson and John Hibbard
John Hibbard likely saw a western sulphur

This is the Bull Creek NABA count - 4 teams on 3 properties. Sun a.m. - 0%, p.m. - 70%; 83-93 degrees, winds 8-10 mph. DCutler, MCutler, JDuBois, SClendenin, SFarnsworth, EPerry, NPrine, RWarner, LCooper compiler. Astonishing numbers of Gray Hairstreaks! Just about every blossom had them. Meske’s Skipper was new to the count.

As I was unloading the car after a day of counting butterflies for NABA, this Orange-barred sulphur flew up to the Cassia fistula tree in my yard and starting laying eggs.

Full sun 80F

Saw a Black Swallowtail today enjoying the white barberry shrub. Was 78 degrees with low humidity and mostly sunny.

Only one swallowtail today and few butterfly species, as it has been dry for a month here. Yesterday we did get .76 of an inch of rain that really should help. Black form ETS a first here too.

White Admirals and Red-spotted Purples forever

Went out early this morning before upper 90’s arrived. I was out for 1.75 hours. Mostly in the forested area. Very surprised to see a Mourning Cloak.

Warm and sunny
No swallowtails

The Cabbage White was the first I’d seen in the area and it was a rather ragged looking individual.

Sunny, warm, little wind. The San Bernardinos have been good to me!

Scouting for weekend NABA count

Partly cloudy, 82 degrees, 1445-1530. White and red clover main nectar sources, the very few common milkweed plants in bloom were also attractive.

Partly cloudy, 82 degrees, 1315-1400. Butterflyweed main nectar source.

Clear, 74-80 degrees, slight breeze. Butterflyweed, dogbane main nectar sources.

Clear, 74-80 degrees, slight breeze. Butterflyweed main nectar source, Dogbane also used.

On a very warm day (over 105F) this butterfly kept to the salvia and lantana.

We were very fortunate to get to see a regal fritillary today. I followed if for quite a while but could not get a picture of it. It was around 85 degrees, sunny. We were out for 1.5 hours

sunny, 81 to 83 degrees

Sunny, 80 degrees

Finally, saw a few butterflies visiting my Buddlaeia flowers.

Chalcedon Checkerspot on California Buckwheat

Full sun up to 94 degrees in some areas. Some roadside flowers and streambeds had swarms of butterflies

overcast breezy and warm.

Chilly (high 72), windy, and mostly cloudy. First Banded Hairstreak of the year at the park, and European Skippers continue to multiply, congregating in huge numbers on the foot paths.

Flying near yellow flowering perennials.

Nice day, 75 degrees, little windy 14mph, humidity 44%. on Friday had a huge storm with high winds and over 1.5 inches of rain. Wondering how butterflies would be but saw lots. Went out for 2 hours. Saw first little yellow

One-and-a-half hour walk from 4 p.m.; alternating mostly sunny, mostly cloudy; 90 degrees.

I realize others have seen Monarchs, but my first Monarch of the year! Between Monarchs and Great Spangled Fritillary, the big orange butterflies are flying!

Many Forage Looper Moths & Grape Leaffolder Moths flying.

Beautiful Ebony Jewelwing Damselflies & Common Whitetail Dragonflies.

5 minute walk from beach back to my car, buckeyes have been at this spot continuously since at least May 7th

9:30-12:30, clouds and sun, 75-80.
Tremendous emergence of American Ladies, which were counted with a clicker. Most were nectaring on Canada Thistle and Dogbane.

Lots of rain the past week. Mostly overcast during this mid-day, 2-hr survey.

The Weidermeyer’s intergrade with Lorquin’s Admiral I listed under Weidermeyer’s. There were four.

Walked Green trail & around the Pond

Marine Blue on Red Fairy Duster

Also see 2 caterpillars one on each plant. Hopefully they survive and can become adult butterflies.

This is the first sighting of an Edwards Hairstreak at this location and the 70th species now counted in my backyard garden. This location is at the very southern edge of this butterflies range so is very unusual. An excellent and surprising find!

This area has gone from drought to flood in 2-3 weeks. This is part of a NABA butterfly count. Sunny most of the day with temps from 76-89 degrees. DCutler, MCutler, TPalmer, BSmith, EPerry, RWarner, LCooper. Northern Broken-dash averages less than 5 seen any given year during the past 23 years of count and many years we see none. We were astonished to find 37!

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Annual NABA count 0900-1615

Sunny, 79 degrees, visited 1045-1200.

Walking with my son Bill.Mostly Cloudy-12:00-5:00
Some sun and some light rain.Low 70’s
Also saw 1 unidentified White.

First sighting of Colorado Hairstreaks this year for me. Hairstreaks when active perching in both silverleaf and netleaf oak trees; and most active at 5pm.

Very humid with spots of sun through the overcast. 84 degrees.

1:00-3:00pm
Cloudy & rain

A single female flattering over the commercial buildings.

A new Blue first time in my yard. When they were flying I saw nice bue colorss but no picture.
Also the Caterillars 2 are growing fast.

The dog bane and ceanothus are incredibly full of butterfly life!

Beautiful clear day, but hot!

David Rawlinson did this count. I was too tired.
part of Berkeley Count.

with David Rawlinson, part of Berkeley Count

with David Rawlinson, part of Berkeley Count

with David Rawlinson, part of Berkeley Butterfly Count.
Anise swallowtails at play.

EPerry & RWarner. Started out sunny, hot, humid and ended in extremely heavy rains by 3 pm. Area is becoming very wet!

first swallowtail caters for the summer.

A new butterfly for me Variegated Fritillary.

79 degrees, partly cloudy

Only saw one today as walked by Now that my milkweeds have stopped blooming [some temporarily] it’s been quiet.

Partly cloudy, 82, Milkweed about to open

Partly cloudy , 82, milkweed just beginning

Male Monarch in our yard for the past 2 days.

Full sun 89F, It was 80 degrees when I started at 9:00. One unidentified skipper which i’m pretty sure is a Sachem but i’m not 100% certain.

1:00 - 4:00 pm. Hundreds of Cabbage Whites in each of the fields surrounding the Community Garden & elsewhere.

Spicebush Swallowtail newly deposited egg

It was sunny and hot even early morning.

We were out for 3.5 hours walking Lauritzen Gardens which is a little over 100 acres. Since June been seeing lots of butterflies. We saw Eastern Tailed-Blue, Hackberry Emperor and Giant Swallowtails for the first time this year at the gardens.

Amazing amount of buckeyes for this early in the year.

Excited to have a new life Butterfly, new yard butterfly #44 and I believe a new record for the Southern New Jersey. I found a Great Purple Hairstreak nectaring on Coreopsis about 45 minutes ago. He stayed around for 1/2 hr before flying across the street so hopefully, he’ll be back.