Sighting for October 19, 2019

Denis C. Quinn

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

31° to 62° changeable skies light breeze. Our first light frost did not kill everything but it is hurting. Today’s sighting of the Red-banded Hairstreak is the first for this year! Extremely slow for any hirstreaks nearby in 2019.

  • Cabbage White 12
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 9
  • Sachem 3

Red-banded Hairstreak

Common Checkered-Skipper

Variegated Fritillary

Red-banded Hairstreak

Silver-spotted Skipper

Cabbage White

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Monarch

Fiery Skipper