Recent sightings

Staying low in breezy, sunny conditions with a low of 28° and a high of only 56° and seemingly nectaring on Purple Deadnettle, Roadside Penny-cress, Hairy Bittercress and Speedwell. Even a mile plus walk in woods and edges produced no more sightings.

With just under a hundred acres of rotational grass/legume pasture and meadows this is the only butterfly seen today. I was working in the fields for three hours for this single sighting.

Finally a 50 degree day!

On Sunday we had snow and a high of 33. Tuesday we got to 45 degrees on on my weekly hike looking for butterflies at Lauritzen Garden I was surprised to find an Eastern Comma and then just down the path a pile of snow

09:00-12:00, walked 4 miles along the entire dike perimeter of the island. Butterflies noted while conducting a shorebird survey. Temps in low 70’s, windy and sunny. Very little in bloom except for Sweet Clover and Bidens.

cool day, checking under logs and struck gold🦋🦋

This has been a very cool and moist April. Today was the first day that the temperatures hit 62 degrees and no rain! Flowering plants are starting to flower and butterflies are starting to show up. This was an exceptionally good day for Pearly Marbles!

Wonderful warm day, first of the season butterflies

One PM at home and tried in our county park for other early butterflies to no avail, nor any others in the nearby fields edges.

Noontime while driving along Amish farmlands

Driving towards Nottingham, PA, saw a Cabbage White — my first butterfly of the year — about 10 A.M. In short order, saw Cabbage Whites behind the Wawa in Nottingham, PA, and then driving along Route 40 in New Castle County, DE

11:00 - 16:45 EDT (break 13:40-14:20).
Sunny to partly cloudy, 73 - 83 deg F.
South wind 5-10 mph early, increasing to 10-15 mph by early afternoon. Falcate Orangetips were all males.

48-53 degrees
Partly sunny

Sunny with cold wind until afternoon. very dry conditions

Low 80’s, bright sun.
2-4 pm

Mostly sunny, 84 degrees during a late morning and early afternoon visit.

Spring is delayed here as well, as very few butterflies were on the wing.

Trailside vegetation has been recently mowed to lawn height. Western Pygmy-Blues were still finding a few tiny flowers among the wreckage.

Lots of Cloaks and Commas. Commas we’re flying too fast🦋

Tons of nettle, lantana and spiderwort growing in this field/lot. Skippers present, didn’t get positive IDs.

First Butterfly since weather weirdness🦋

Sunny, warm day. <5mph winds.

With R. Epstein, S. Shaull D. Miller

60F

Sunny, low 70s.

It was around 60 degrees and cloudy

60F, sun, and 30 mph winds. i was surprised to see anything at all. three Hoary Commas braved the wind.

Mostly sunny, high around 60.

61F

Gray Hairstreak - my first of the year

Mostly sunny, humid, high 70’s. Checkerspots were only along the High Meadow Trail.

Sunny, upper 70s, and breezy. Conditions remain quite dry in this region. Most places not in the mountains have gotten less than 1.5 inches of rain this water season. Hardly any nectar was seen. Water was absent at higher elevations.

70F
Northern Checkerspot on Euryops daisy

Surprised to find butterflies today — it was 48 degrees, mostly cloudy (spotty showers) and super windy.

Sunny, warm and dry conditions

Hot, windy and very dry.

Seen mid afternoon after I was done work outside and eating my lunch. I had walked the woods’ edge and paths finding no other butterfly until this time today. Later in Nottingham Park a Comma.

The only butterfly seen here on this 60° sunny afternoon, flying high and nectaring on Red Maple Pistl and staymens today.