Sighting for July 24, 2013
Steven Glynn
PA State Game Lands, north of Rickett's Glen SP, along PA-487
Sullivan County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail common
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure common
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 8
- Aphrodite Fritillary 2
- Atlantis Fritillary 2
- Silver-bordered Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent common
- Baltimore Checkerspot 7
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 8
- Eyed Brown 3
- Appalachian Brown common
- Common Wood-Nymph abundant
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Northern Cloudywing 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing common
- European Skipper common
- Peck's Skipper common
- Long Dash 4
- Northern Broken-Dash common
- Little Glassywing common
- Delaware Skipper abundant
- Dion Skipper 6
- Dun Skipper abundant
Silver-bordered Fritillary
Aphrodite Fritillary
Atlantis Fritillary
Eyed Brown
Baltimore Checkerspot
Weather was cool (65 to 72 degrees) during time spent (Noon-3pm) and wind was steady & breezy (10-15mph). A great deal of the butterflies were hunkered down on milkweed or burried in deep grass. Challenging!