Sighting for September 10, 2014
Allen Belden
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Washington County, NC
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 26
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 18
- Red-banded Hairstreak 15
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Painted Lady 3
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 27
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Whirlabout 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Dion Skipper 4
- Berry's Skipper 4
- Dun Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 5
Whirlabout
Southern Broken-Dash
Berry's Skipper
Berry's Skipper
Painted Lady
Red-banded Hairstreak
Whirlabout
Southern Broken-Dash
Three male and one female Berry’s Skipper seen. Female larger, redder, and more skittish than the males. Berry’s Skippers and most other skippers nectaring on blue mistflower.