Sighting for September 24, 2019

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA

Quite windy, mid seventies, mixed skies throughout the day. Fiery Skipper most abundant butterfly seen today!? Go figure!

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 9
  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
  • Variegated Fritillary 3
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Red-spotted Purple 5
  • Monarch 5
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Common Sootywing 1
  • Least Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 14
  • Peck's Skipper 3
  • Sachem 4

American Lady

American Lady

Common Checkered-Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Common Checkered-Skipper

Sachem