Sighting for June 7, 2022

the majority of ‘Karner’ Blues were seen at Wilton, NY, with far fewer at other locations. We also stopped in to the Albany Pine Bush preserve, in county of same name, where Karners were mostly done for a 1st-brood flight. We did not visit the prime sites for poss. Mottled Duskywing. At Albany P.B. preserve, some very recent burns had temporarily changed habitats. Also seen was poss. Wild Indigo Duskywing (not in our checklist though), and a few grass-skippers too briefly to call beyond family and type, “smaller orange-based skipper sp.” Good amounts of nectaring flowers were available, including types of dogbanes, and Rubus spp. Our weather was variable, not hot, and threatened rain at times. The trip was actually over 2 days, starting on June 6 to reach 2 counties of NY. Most photos were by K. Wallstrom.
Also noted were 4 spp. of tiger beetles (Cicindelidae).