Sighting for August 16, 2017
Kathy Barylski
Antietam Natl Battlefield
Washington County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 10
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 12
- Gray Hairstreak 100+
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 90
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 47
- Silvery Checkerspot 9
- Pearl Crescent 15
- Eastern Comma 2
- Red Admiral 4-5
- Common Buckeye 30
- Hackberry Emperor 28
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 15
- Common Sootywing 12
- Swarthy Skipper 10-15
- Least Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 40+
- Crossline Skipper 12-15
- Sachem 25
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 1
Common Buckeye
Crossline Skipper
Eastern Comma
Gray Hairstreak
Hackberry Emperor
Ocola Skipper
Red Admiral
Red-banded Hairstreak
Silvery Checkerspot
Tawny-edged Skipper
Variegated Fritillary
Zabulon Skipper
Covered the southern section - Burnside Bridge, Otto Farm, Final Attack trail, most of Snively Ford trail. Conditions upper 70s rising to mid-80s; mostly sunny. 3.5 hours in the afternoon alone. Additional minimum 10 unid grass skippers. My first field day over 500 individuals!