Sighting for June 15, 2019
David L. Amadio
Eastern Neck NWR
Kent County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 67
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Cabbage White 11
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 10
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Coral Hairstreak 4
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 7
- American Snout 14
- Pearl Crescent 11
- Question Mark 5
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 5
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 7
- Common Buckeye 21
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 3
- Monarch 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 63
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Delaware Skipper 12
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 55
- Dun Skipper 4
Sleepy Orange
Common Buckeye
Common Checkered-Skipper
Hackberry Emperor
Aaron's Skipper
Coral Hairstreak
Zebra Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail
Painted Lady
Obs. made from 9:15 to 5:30 70-82 degrees, mostly cloudy a.m. mostly sunny p.m. 8-15 S-SSW winds with stronger gusts. A very conservative count on Snouts as they seemed to be everywhere. Many fresh 2nd brood Zebra Swallowtails. Common Milkweed & Buttonbush the major nectar source today.Two Eastern Tigers were dark form females.First flight of Silvery Checkerspots appears to be finished.