Sighting for September 15, 2017
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason/Dixon, 19362
Chester County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 19
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 11
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 68
American Lady
Fiery Skipper
Peck's Skipper
Sachem
Variegated Fritillary
Today in a patch of Verbena, 68 Sachens were nectaring, the most I have ever seen here at one time. Butterfly Bush, Verbena b.,Asters and White Clover are the main nectar sources here now.