Sighting for June 22, 2013
Rich Kelly, Seth Ausubel, Mary Normandia, Patricia Aitken
Caumsett State Park
Suffolk County, NY
- Cabbage White 30
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Baltimore Checkerspot 1500
- Silver-spotted Skipper 25
- European Skipper 6
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Dun Skipper 1
Just a quick visit to see the Baltimores. So numerous they were hard to count. Just a rough estimate, and probably quite conservative. Also saw 2 pupae and one larva.
See American Butterflies Vol.17 No. 4 for my article on the colonization at this site.