Sighting for July 17, 2022
Jeff Gesell
Jacobsburg State Park
Northampton County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 16
- Spicebush Swallowtail 14
- Cabbage White abundant
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 12
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 19
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
- American Snout 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 12
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 4
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 4
- Little Wood-Satyr 3
- Monarch 23
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Hoary Edge 1
- Northern Cloudywing 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing abundant
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Northern Broken-Dash 2
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 1
Mostly cloudy with occasional filtered sun, light breeze, mid-80s. Awesome day despite dry conditions…over 30 species in about a 2 hour loop! While nothing was a new species for me in the location, it seemed that almost everything possible this time of year was out. Likely more Horace’s Duskywing numbers than the single sighting, however the Wild Indigo numbers became almost overwhelming and it was hard to definitively ID all of them. FOY Sleepy Orange and Sachem, too!