Recent sightings
Jim Wilkinson
Columbia Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Eastern Comma 1
Steven Glynn
Quitobaquito Springs
Pima County, AZ
- Checkered White common
- Southern Dogface 6
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Dainty Sulphur 4
- Western Pygmy-Blue common
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Painted Lady 4
- Tropical Leafwing 1
- Queen 3
- Mojave Sootywing 4
- Orange Skipperling 1
Ron Smith
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Pinellas County, FL
(20-166). Warm and partly sunny. With J & I Gibbons. FL96
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 11
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Orange-barred Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow 5
- Dainty Sulphur 4
- Oak Hairstreak 4
- Cassius Blue 3
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 18
- Phaon Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 4
- White Peacock 60
- Monarch 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 21
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 12
Michael Diederich
19 Chappaqua Mountain Road Butterfly Garden, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY
1:30 PM. First butterfly for 2022 at this location.
- Mourning Cloak 1
Brian Ahern
Fremont Older Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA
Seven Springs Loop Trail 1145-1530, 4 miles. Finally some sunny weather in California! Temps still in the high 50’s-low 60’s in the afternoon. “Lotus” Bramble Hairstreak was a Lifer for me.
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Bramble Hairstreak 3
- Spring Azure 1
- Acmon Blue 1
- California Tortoiseshell 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
David H. Bartholomew
Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA
Season is getting a slow start, with all the rain and more on the way. But today was sunny, mid-60s. Western Brown Elfin and Propertius Duskywing, First-of-Season. Also saw a single Variable Checkerspot caterpillar marching across the road.
- Sara Orangetip 1
- Brown Elfin 1
- Spring Azure 7
- California Tortoiseshell 2
- Mourning Cloak 3
- Red Admiral 1
- Propertius Duskywing 1
Steven Glynn
Montosa Canyon
Santa Cruz County, AZ
Sunny, breezy, 68 degrees. Still slow and very little nectar in bloom as yet.
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 2
- Southern Dogface 1
- Spring Azure 1
- Bordered Patch 1
- Texan Crescent 2
- Tropical Leafwing 1
- Golden-headed Scallopwing 1
Greg Prelich
Richloam WMA
Sumter County, FL
There’s always surprises out there. Today it was the number of Appalachian Browns and finally seeing an Elfin in Florida.
- Zebra Swallowtail 6
- Palamedes Swallowtail 15
- Cloudless Sulphur 7
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Henry's Elfin 1
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 30
- Common Buckeye 1
- Appalachian Brown 4
- Carolina Satyr 4
- Little Wood-Satyr 8
- Northern Cloudywing 4
- Whirlabout 2
- Monk Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 2
Clifford Hence
John Heinz NWR Rt 420 entrance
Delaware County, PA
Cabbage White was in very poor shape must have had a rough winter.
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Polydamas Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 1
- Cassius Blue 3
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Monarch 2
- Monk Skipper 1
Scott Singer
Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary
Northampton County, PA
- Eastern Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 2
Linda Cooper
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL
Friends of Kissimmee Prairie butterfly walks 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 74°-91°, partly cloudy, winds 9-13 mph. 22 participants. Nectar: thistle, daisy fleabane, spermacoce, Spanish needles.
- Zebra Swallowtail 3
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 7
- Great Southern White 36
- Little Yellow 9
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Little Metalmark 10
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 16
- Pearl Crescent 21
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 12
- White Peacock 6
- Carolina Satyr 3
- Georgia Satyr 8
- Monarch 1
- Queen 1
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 15
- Southern Broken-Dash 4
- Delaware Skipper 3
- Palmetto Skipper 2
- Berry's Skipper 1
- Monk Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 4
- Twin-spot Skipper 5
Paul Strauss
Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area
Martin County, FL
Nectaring on Shrubby False Buttonweed ((Spermacoce verticillata).
- Fiery Skipper 2
Bart Jones
Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA
Hempstead County, AR
The Frosted Elfins are the subspecies hadros that is found in the Arklatex region.
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Falcate Orangetip
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Southern Dogface
- Little Yellow
- Frosted Elfin 17
- Gray Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Spring Azure
- American Snout
- Pearl Crescent
- American Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Goatweed Leafwing
- Gemmed Satyr
- Monarch
- Juvenal's Duskywing
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Zebra Swallowtail 5
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 16
- Spicebush Swallowtail 14
- Palamedes Swallowtail 45
- Cloudless Sulphur 12
- Juniper Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 15
- Pearl Crescent 33
- Red Admiral 4
- Viceroy 7
- Carolina Satyr 3
- Little Wood-Satyr 6
- Monarch 4
- Queen 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Northern Cloudywing 2
- Whirlabout 14
- Sachem 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
- Palatka Skipper 3
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 15
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Dun Skipper 2
Linda Cooper
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL
Scouting for upcoming butterfly walks. 10 a.m.-4 pm. 71°-84°, winds 10-14. Area very dry with few wildflowers. Nectar: thistle, fleabane, Spanish needles. ACreager, KNieves, LCooper. Last hour with JBoxall, EPoropat.
- Zebra Swallowtail 4
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Great Southern White 6
- Little Yellow 3
- Little Metalmark 3
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Phaon Crescent 15
- Pearl Crescent 30
- Common Buckeye 5
- White Peacock 10
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Georgia Satyr 7
- Monarch 1
- Queen 1
- Swarthy Skipper 3
- Whirlabout 11
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 3
- Aaron's Skipper 3
- Palmetto Skipper 3
- Palatka Skipper 1
- Berry's Skipper 3
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
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