Sighting for September 29, 2019
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Question Mark 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 11
- Ocola Skipper 1
Mourning Cloak
Red-spotted Purple caterpillar
Ocola Skipper
I had my first Mourning Cloak since 2016 here today on rotten fruit. Looked very fresh though had a piece out of one wing. #43 species for garden for 2019. Red-spotted Purple caterpillar amazing to see. Should go into chrysalis soon. Lots of continuing caterpillars and chrysalis of 5-6 species. Many Common Buckeye cats on snapdragons from the many CB butterflies of past 2 weeks. Only species seen listed though not counted.