Sighting for July 3, 2020

Karlo and Alison Mirth

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Westchester County, NY

We hadn’t planned on going to Ward Pound Ridge this weekend but after hearing Harry Zirlin’s report of six Dion Skippers! the day before, we had to go.
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Overcast with some sunny breaks, humid, high 80s.

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • American Copper 8
  • Striped Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Great Spangled Fritillary 5
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Appalachian Brown 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr common
  • Common Wood-Nymph 15
  • Monarch 5
  • Silver-spotted Skipper common
  • Hoary Edge 2
  • Southern Cloudywing 10+
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Least Skipper 5
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 4
  • Crossline Skipper 2
  • Northern Broken-Dash 3
  • Little Glassywing common
  • Delaware Skipper 15
  • Dion Skipper 3
  • Black Dash 3
  • Dun Skipper 10

Southern Cloudywing

Common Wood-Nymph

Hoary Edge

Black Dash

Dion Skipper