Sighting for April 17, 2012
Tom Fiore, Kristine Wallstrom
Dover Plains & Wassaic
Dutchess County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 8+
- Orange Sulphur 4+
- Juniper Hairstreak 15+
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Spring Azure 20+
- Meadow Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Question Mark 3
- Eastern Comma 5+
- Mourning Cloak 2
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 15+
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 8+
Giant Swallowtail photographed by TF; in a preserve where it had occurred in 2011.
Many butterflies continue to be seen well ahead of expected earliest dates in the northeast.