Sighting for September 22, 2019
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Question Mark 5
- American Lady 5
- Painted Lady 25
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 18
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 9
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 15
- Sachem 20
- Ocola Skipper 6
Long-tailed Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Today’s special visitors included 3 Long-tailed Skippers and a probable 4th LTS. 3 were seen in the backyard and one in the front yard. I have pictures of all of them which definitely show the 3 different skippers.
whereas the front one could have come around to the back. Seen all between 9:30 AM and 11 AM. Many visitors shown around the gardens. Fiery skippers and Sachems are low estimates. Caterpillars and chrysalis of several species continue.