Sighting for August 8, 2020
David L. Amadio
Eastern Neck NWR
Kent County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 42
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 30
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur common
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- American Snout 5
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Pearl Crescent 18
- Eastern Comma 1
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 6
- Hackberry Emperor 3
- Appalachian Brown 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 2
- Monarch 22
- Silver-spotted Skipper 82
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Little Glassywing 9
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 13
- Broad-winged Skipper 12
- Dun Skipper 6
Delaware Skipper
Zebra Swallowtail
Sleepy Orange
Variegated Fritillary
Dun Skipper
Spicebush Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail
American Snout
Silver-spotted Skipper
Red-banded Hairstreak
Little Glassywing
Obs. made from 9:20 a.m. to 6 p.m. Partly cloudy & 74 to 84 degrees. A fairly extensive search of the NWR today turned up a good showing of butterflies in this otherwise difficult butterfly year. Eupatorium & NY Iromweed the primary nectar sources in the butterfly garden, with sweet pepperbush past it’s peak. Some Common Milkweed that was mowed down in June is now in bloom drawing in some nice activity.