Sighting for April 29, 2012
Tom Fiore
Harriman SP, West Mt. trails
Orange County, NY
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Brown Elfin 12+
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 4
- Eastern Comma 2
- Mourning Cloak 2
- American Lady 8+
- Red Admiral 6+
- Dreamy Duskywing 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 40+
New Sighting
One of the female E. Tiger Swallowtails was laying eggs on a Crataegus (Hawthorn) species. Brown Elfins doing well on a ridge with much Vaccinium (wild blueberry). Many of the Juvenal’s Duskywings were females; a mated pair of that species was seen also. A Dreamy Duskywing was male, in good-looking condition.