Sighting for August 12, 2022
David L. Amadio
Eastern Neck NWR, Rock Hall ,MD
Kent County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 17
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 37
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 47
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Sleepy Orange 16
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 7
- American Snout 6
- Variegated Fritillary 13
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 5
- Red Admiral 6
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 8
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Appalachian Brown 4
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Monarch 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 60
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 9
- Little Glassywing 5
- Zabulon Skipper 12
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 6
Silver-spotted Skipper
Zabulon Skipper
Tawny Emperor
Common Wood-Nymph
American Snout
Obs. made from 9:15 to 6:15, partly to mostly sunny and 74-82 degrees. Grass skippers far fewer than normal. Butterfly garden a bit overgrown but still fairly active.