Sighting for September 10, 2019
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 7
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 9
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Question Mark 5
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 8
- Painted Lady 4
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 180
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 9
- Sachem common
- Brazilian Skipper 1
Red-spotted Purple caterpillar
Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar
Variegated Fritillary
Eastern Comma
Common Buckeye
Gray Hairstreak
Sleepy Orange
Orange Sulphur
Long-tailed Skipper
What another wonderful day. Sunny, 75 with 10 MPH wind. Record high number of species. Common Buckeyes everywhere in the yard. Est count of CB. Counts of butterflies from 1:30 to 2PM. Giant Swallowtail back again. FOY Sleepy Orange for my yard. Red-spotted Purple eggs and caterpillars on a potted small cherry tree. These are first I’ve seen here. Continuing Spicebush Swallowtails caterpillars/chrysalis’s, continuing Brazilian caterpillar and chrysalis.