Sighting for October 22, 2017
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 6
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 5
- Eastern Comma 2
- American Lady common
- Painted Lady abundant
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 32
- Monarch abundant
- Fiery Skipper 16
- Sachem common
- Ocola Skipper 4
Monarch
Monarch
Monarch
Warm mid 70’s winds 7 MPH. First Monarch count >150 and they continued coming all day. There were Monarch’s or Ladies nectaring on just about every plant in the gardens. Pictured small roost in the AM with the dew on the Monarch’s. Next picture is part of a Roost that had about 35 Monarch’s but off to the side was another 25 Monarch’s on the same pant. Plus every canna blossom had between 8-12 Monarch’s on them @ 6PM. I feel very blessed to have so many butterflies and lots of nectar plants left. Many, many visitors to the gardens today with lots of education done.