Sighting for May 30, 2012
Vincent Corsello
Appalachain Trail Lands From County Route 517 To The Base Of Wawayanda Mountain,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 8
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 11
- Cabbage White 125+
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 36
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Spring Azure 9
- Great Spangled Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Question Mark 8
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 3
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 11
- Red-spotted Admiral 1
- Viceroy 5
- Hackberry Emperor 3
- Little Wood-Satyr 37
- Common Ringlet 11
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Northern Cloudywing 2
- Dreamy Duskywing 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 24
- European Skipper 43
- Indian Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 7
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Hobomok Skipper 11
- Zabulon Skipper 22
Dreamy Duskywings are rare at this location and this one was fresh. Tawny-edged Skippers are rare here too and these two were a mating pair.The Giant Swallowtails were all worn and the Great Spangled Fritillaries are early. The Red-spotted Admiral was road killed.