Sighting for July 16, 2013
Henry Kindervatter
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Bucks County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 35
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 15
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 13
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 11
Sachem
Spicebush Swallowtail
Great Spangled Fritillary
Sleepy Orange
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
I walked the outer grounds of the preserve as well as a quick trip inside the gate as far as the pond from 4:00pm to 5:45 pm. The earlier dearth of Eastern tiger-swallowtails appears to have finally been overcome by the second brood. I also had 3 Sleepy oranges, which seem to appear here yearly, though nowhere else in the area. There was a good diversity of species, just in time for the annual count on Saturday.