Sighting for June 15, 2013
Rick Borchelt
Eastern Neck NWR, Rock Hall
Kent County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail common
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White abundant
- Orange Sulphur common
- Coral Hairstreak 1
- Banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue abundant
- 'Summer' Spring Azure common
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Silvery Checkerspot 3
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 3
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Little Wood-Satyr common
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper abundant
- Common Sootywing 1
- Swarthy Skipper common
- Least Skipper common
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Little Glassywing common
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper common
- Aaron's Skipper common
- Broad-winged Skipper abundant
- Salt Marsh Skipper common
Coral Hairstreak
Broad
Beth Johnson, Tom Stock and I had a great day today at Eastern Neck NWR in Rock Hall MD (Kent Co.). Most of the leps we saw were in the Refuge butterfly garden, where nectar sources included white clover, common milkweed, orange milkweed (butterfly weed), pickerel week, coreopsis, and dogbane. The Coral Hairstreak was on common milkweed. We had 31 species for the day, including 7 FOYs in common for both me and Tom and Tom also got his FOY Red Admiral. Tom’s pics of Aaron’s Skipper and Coral Hairstreak are below.