Sighting for October 3, 2014
David L. Amadio
Blackwater NWR
Dorchester County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 23
- Bronze Copper 6
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 12
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 46
- American Lady 4
- Painted Lady 9
- Common Buckeye 47
- Monarch 11
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Common Buckeye
Bronze Copper
Common Buckeye
Bronze Copper
Far fewer than avg. Buckeyes for this time of year here. Had several “rosa” form buckeyes. The reported Fiery Skipper was found just outside ot the NWR on private land.