Sighting for June 22, 2013
Rick Borchelt
Little Bennett Regional Park
Montgomery County, MD
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 13
- Spicebush Swallowtail 9
- Checkered White 63
- Clouded Sulphur 9
- Orange Sulphur 29
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 25
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 7
- Great Spangled Fritillary 102
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Baltimore Checkerspot 3
- Question Mark 8
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 2
- Little Wood-Satyr 7
- Silver-spotted Skipper 19
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Northern Broken-Dash 4
- Little Glassywing 90
- Mulberry Wing 2
- Hobomok Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
Baltimore Checkerspot
Mulberry Wing
Mulberry Wing
Beth Johnson, Walter Gould, Tom Stock and I covered Sector 11 (mostly Little Bennett Regional Park plus a nearby private bog location) as part of the 25th annual western Montgomery Co. annual count. Highlights were Baltimore Checkerspot, Mulberry Wing, and Hobomok Skipper. Nectar sources included plentiful common milkweed and dogbane. Hairstreaks were almost absent. Overall, the various sectors of the count yielded up 42 species.