Sighting for May 26, 2020
Harry Zirlin
Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Unit 7
Albany County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- American Copper 40+
- Frosted Elfin 20+
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- 'Karner' Melissa Blue 12+
- Pearl Crescent 12+
- Common Ringlet 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Dreamy Duskywing 3
- Juvenal's Duskywing 4
- Mottled Duskywing 1
'Karner' Melissa Blue
Frosted Elfin
Much more Lupine than my last visits in 2012. Clearly a good job clearing areas for Lupine to grow in unshaded areas. There were more Duskywings than I could identify to species so the numbers reflect only those I got a good look at.