Sighting for July 11, 2017
Kathy Barylski
Splashdam Pond area and roadsides
Sullivan County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Bog Copper 12
- Striped Hairstreak 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 12
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 7
- Aphrodite Fritillary 5
- Atlantis Fritillary 5
- Baltimore Checkerspot 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Red-spotted Admiral 1
- White Admiral 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Eyed Brown 8
- Common Ringlet 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- European Skipper 20+
- Peck's Skipper 15+
- Long Dash 8
- Northern Broken-Dash 2
- Dion Skipper 2
- Two-spotted Skipper 9
- Dun Skipper 3
1:30-4:30 pm. Conditions upper 70s and mostly sunny. Aided by Dr. David Guzo.
Most or all of the Tiger Swallowtails appeared to be Eastern-Canadian hybrids.
“Red-Spotted Admiral” refers to a hybrid Red-Spotted Purple/White Admiral.