Sighting for August 31, 2014
Allan R. Loudell
Along Dutch Neck Road & path extending along C & D Canal, near red barn, and south of Delaware City
New Castle County, DE
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Cabbage White 4
- Bronze Copper 10
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 10
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 4
- Least Skipper 7
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 4
One-hour walk, 9:30–10:30 a.m.; mostly sunny.
Nice emergence of the second brood of Bronze Coppers; the majority, males…
This time, no Monarchs nor Viceroys…
Also, no Common Buckeyes (common here in other late summers) nor Vanessa species…