Sighting for August 5, 2014

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

This European Peacock flew into my garden on 8/3. It roosted under my deck’s overhead structure last night and actively nectared this morning. The butterfly’s condition strongly suggests that it did not fly here on it’s own. Possibly transported or an escapee from a commercial butterfly house.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 5
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Northern Broken-Dash 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 5
  • Broad-winged Skipper 1

European Peacock

European Peacock

European Peacock