Sighting for July 18, 2020

Jonathan DeBalko

Ricketts Glen State Park, Hayfields area
Sullivan County, PA

There were perhaps a few butterflies in Luzerne County as well but the vast majority were in Sullivan County. We spent about 3 hours, from 1:30PM-4:30PM butterflying and blueberry picking. Temperature was around 82 degrees Fahrenheit and skies were mostly sunny.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Great Spangled Fritillary 8
  • Atlantis Fritillary abundant
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Baltimore Checkerspot 12
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1
  • Monarch 8
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • European Skipper 4
  • Peck's Skipper 5
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 2
  • Long Dash 10
  • Northern Broken-Dash 2
  • Little Glassywing 3
  • Delaware Skipper 6
  • Dion Skipper 3
  • Two-spotted Skipper 2
  • Dun Skipper 20

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Long Dash

Little Glassywing

Atlantis Fritillary

European Skipper

Dun Skipper

Dion Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Monarch caterpillar

Delaware Skipper

Baltimore Checkerspota