Sighting for August 18, 2014
Rich Kelly, Al Lindberg, Mary Normandia, Seth Ausubel
Muttontown Preserve
Nassau County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 12
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 45
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
Extensive mowing of trails and fields has negatively impacted butterfly numbers.
Also; 1 Black Swallowtail larva on Queen-Anne’s-Lace and 1 Silver-spotted Skipper larva on Black Locust.