Sighting for April 19, 2012
Tom Fiore
Mount Ivy trail
Rockland County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6+
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4+
- Cabbage White 15+
- Falcate Orangetip 20+
- Juniper Hairstreak 10+
- Gray Hairstreak 12+
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Spring Azure 5+
- Question Mark 8+
- Eastern Comma 6+
- Mourning Cloak 8+
- American Lady 4
- Red Admiral 10+
- Juvenal's Duskywing 8+
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Red-banded Hairstreak photographed by Maha Katnani.
Zabulon Skipper photographed and confirmed as this species; a very early date for it in this region. Many butterflies continue to be seen well ahead of more-expected earliest dates in the northeast.