Sighting for September 5, 2020
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 14
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Sachem common
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Brazilian Skipper 1
FOY Long-tailed Skipper in yard this AM breaking yard record of 9/7/19. Also FOY for South Jersey Butterfly Blog. Common Checkered-Skipper FOY a month earlier than usual. Only second Variegated Fritillary seen here this year. Mating Monarch’s, Cloudless Sulphur’s, Common Buckeye’s and Sachem’s