Sighting for July 5, 2013
Steven Rosenthal
Christie Estate, Muttontown, NY
Nassau County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 25+
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 6
- Pearl Crescent 5
- American Lady 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 18
- Silver-spotted Skipper 20
my first visit to another spot veteran butterflyers say is a shadow of its former self. the county has no money to mow/maintain the large field at the end of the trail- vegetation is chest high. and apparently has crowded out larval host plants over the yrs.it was pretty- hundereds of orange milkweeds in bloom, along with common milkweed, dogbane,, black eyed susan etc and nary a butterfly on them from 10-1130AM..it was hot but not too hot to preclude butterfly activitiy. wood nymphs were definitely staying low in the ground cover to avoid the sun.