Sighting for October 15, 2019
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 5
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady 10
- Painted Lady 6
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 22
- Monarch 22
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 20
- Sachem 50
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 9
Cloudless Sulphur
Long-tailed Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Common Checkered-Skipper
Warm, sunny, winds 7 MPH in low 70’s. Was happy to have 2 Long-tailed Skippers here - one with 1 tail and one with no tails. Common Buckeyes have doubled in numbers as have the Monarch’s. Fiery and Sachem skippers continue to have good numbers and Ocola Skippers were almost in double digits. Pleased to have 17 species flying in the yard at this date. 2019 is the best year I’ve had for butterflies in the yard. Black Swallowtail, Common Buckeye and Monarch caterpillars continue on there host plant. Black Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Common Buckeye, and Red-spotted Purple pupa still here.