Sighting for July 10, 2014
Billy Weber
Hypsy Gap Road (near Long Pond)
Monroe County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail several
- Spicebush Swallowtail common
- Cabbage White several
- Orange Sulphur several
- Coral Hairstreak 1
- Edwards' Hairstreak 16
- Banded Hairstreak 365 (conservative actual count)
- Striped Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue several
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1-2
- Great Spangled Fritillary common
- Aphrodite Fritillary several
- Pearl Crescent several
- Baltimore Checkerspot 4 (small colony)
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple several
- Appalachian Brown 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 3+ (dark, light, intermediate)
- Silver-spotted Skipper several
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper several
- European Skipper several (getting worn)
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Long Dash 2 (worn)
- Northern Broken-Dash several
- Little Glassywing common
- Dion Skipper 15 (fresh, many mineralizing)
- Black Dash 7 (some mineralizing)
- Two-spotted Skipper 1-2 (worn)
- Dun Skipper common
9:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m., 33 species in varied habitats along mostly unpaved road at the edge of the Pocono Plateau; highlights were excellent numbers of hairstreaks (generally on common milkweed), good counts of sedge skippers, and a pair of Horace’s Duskywings (new for me for site)