Sighting for August 2, 2017
Allen Belden
Spruce Mountain (Monongahela National Forest)
Pendleton County, WV
- Pipevine Swallowtail common
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail common
- Cabbage White common
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Pink-edged Sulphur 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue common
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 5
- Great Spangled Fritillary common
- Aphrodite Fritillary common
- Atlantis Fritillary common
- Pearl Crescent 9
- American Lady 10
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Common Wood-Nymph common
- Monarch 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper common
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper abundant
Various stops along Forest Routes 104 and 112, including Spruce Knob. Part of the area in Randolph County. Pink-edged Sulphur female observed egg laying on Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry). Orange Sulphur observed attempting to mate (apparently unsuccessfully) with a Pink-edged Sulphur.