Sighting for August 8, 2017
Kathy Barylski
Antietam Nat'l Battlefield
Washington County, MD
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 25+
- Clouded Sulphur 5-8
- Orange Sulphur 40+
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- American Copper 1
- Juniper Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 5-8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 40+
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Meadow Fritillary 11
- Silvery Checkerspot 15
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady 11-13
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 40+
- Northern Pearly-eye 3
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 40+
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 4-5
- Common Checkered-Skipper 50+
- Common Sootywing 12-15
- Swarthy Skipper 7-8
- Peck's Skipper 10
- Tawny-edged Skipper 5-10
- Crossline Skipper 5
- Little Glassywing 5
- Zabulon Skipper 26-30
- Dun Skipper 6
Common Checkered-Skipper
Juniper Hairstreak
Meadow Fritillary
Northern Pearly-eye
Silvery Checkerspot
Swarthy Skipper
Variegated Fritillary
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Common Buckeye
11:30-4:30, with a lunch break. Temps rising from mid-70s to low 80s; cloudiness decreasing from p/m cloudy to m sunny.
Only covered a small portion of the park - most of West Woods, and Bloody Lane to Roulette Farm and the Nature Trail.