Sighting for June 4, 2017
Steven Glynn
Nabb Road field near Millville
Cumberland County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 22
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 29
- American Copper 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- European Skipper 9
Checkered White
American Copper
Though this is a private growing field, with many deep, dangerous holes from plant removal, that I’ve had permission to carefully walk and monitor a colony of Checkered Whites for the past five years here.
The sighting of a female Checkered White today marks the earliest emergence for the site.