Sighting for August 1, 2020
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Snout 3
- Question Mark 2
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Sachem 11
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
Silver-spotted Skipper (aberrant)?
Silver-spotted Skipper (aberrant)?
Going out this AM first saw a butterfly that I couldn’t ID sitting on a canna leaf. I went back inside to my references and while it looked similar to a Silver-spotted Skipper, the markings are different. Later, I could directly compare them as both ended up together on a flower. Images below and thoughts on ID always appreciated. Increase in number of Sachems with at least 3 sets mating. FOY Painted Lady for the yard. In addition Brazilian Skipper, Cloudless Sulphur, Spicebush Swallowtail and American Snout caterpillars all continue on their host plants.