Sighting for July 15, 2021
James L. Monroe
Buzzard Swamp
Forest County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail common
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur common
- Banded Hairstreak 1
- Striped Hairstreak common
- Great Spangled Fritillary common
- Aphrodite Fritillary several
- Atlantis Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent common
- Question Mark 1
- Mourning Cloak 3
- Red Admiral 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 5
- Monarch 12
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- European Skipper 4
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper several
- Northern Broken-Dash several
- Little Glassywing common
- Delaware Skipper several
- Dun Skipper abundant
Great Spangled Fritillary
Banded Hairstreak
Dun Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Atlantis Fritillary
Aphrodite Fritillary
sunny to partly cloudy, high 70’s low 80’s, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Large patches of Milkweed was everywhere along entry road with 100’s of butterflies. Big numbers of large fritillaries, mostly Great Spangle Fritillaries. Only Atlantis is in photograph. Photo show blowup of grayish-blue eyes in upper right corner. Grass skippers galore, impossible to say how many of most species.