Sighting for July 27, 2013
Allan R. Loudell
Elk Neck State Park
Cecil County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 230+
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 30+
- Spicebush Swallowtail 15
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Silvery Checkerspot 60+
- Eastern Comma 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 60+
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 20+
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 2
New Sighting
Abundant Swallowtails & Silvery Checkerspots, but Cabbage Whites, Sulphurs, Vanessa species, & Monarchs notably absent…
Hour-and-a-half walk, about 10:15–11:45 a.m.
Many, many Eastern Tigers Swallowtails flying over Route 40 in Cecil County, also New Castle County, Delaware