Sighting for September 7, 2014
Harry Zirlin
NY Botanical Gardens
Bronx County, NY
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Harvester 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 2
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Common Sootywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 20+
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 15+
All species recorded as part of the Macaulay Honors College BioBlitz. I took some pains explaining to the student participants on the Lepidoptera team how lucky they were to see Giant Swallowtail and Harvester on the same day. I’m sure I never did so in NYC before yesterday.