Sighting for July 27, 2021
Jeff Gesell
Plainfield and Bushkill Townships
Northampton County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail 9
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 17
- Orange Sulphur 22
- Sleepy Orange 11
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue common
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 6
- American Snout 3
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent common
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Viceroy 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Common Ringlet 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 2
- Monarch 11
- Silver-spotted Skipper common
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 8
- Dun Skipper 1
Two separate locations…sunny, light breeze, 90 degrees. Both regular and dark female Eastern Tiger Swallowtails present, as well as an intermediate form (see photo). Finally had a couple of Sleepy Oranges cooperate for a photo…