Sighting for August 27, 2017
Denis C. Quinn
2 miles south of Kirkwood, PA 17536
Lancaster County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 12
- Clouded Sulphur 12
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 28
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Meadow Fritillary 14
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 29
- Common Checkered-Skipper 38
- Common Sootywing 2
- Least Skipper 36
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 5
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Meadow Fritillary
Peck's Skipper
Common Sootywing
Fiery Skipper
Least Skipper
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Common Checkered-Skipper
Most seen in Chicken pasture in the belly or water retention area of contoured fields 11:00 to noon that have already been mowed this season. A very wet late summer period here, showing typical knee high vegatation in this area. Fiery Skipper is rare here.