Sighting for August 20, 2017
Denis C. Quinn
2 miles south of Kirkwood, PA 17536
Lancaster County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 66
- Clouded Sulphur 78
- Orange Sulphur 56
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 18
- Variegated Fritillary 46
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Meadow Fritillary 24
- Pearl Crescent 6
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 35
- Common Buckeye 42
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 18
- Silver-spotted Skipper 89
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5
- Common Sootywing 5
- Least Skipper 5
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 3
- Zabulon Skipper 5
Black Swallowtail
Variegated Fritillary
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Common Checkered-Skipper
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Meadow Fritillary
Seen in a pasture with a thick clover patch about 400 feet long and 40 feet wide, at 10:00 in sunny and breezy conditions 78°-80°. Unusual not to see; Spicebush, S Azure here and Black Swallowtails have been scarce this season.