Sighting for May 12, 2015
Tom Fiore
Mt. Taurus, Hudson Highlands park, Cold Spring
Putnam County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Falcate Orangetip 2
- Brown Elfin 1
- Spring Azure 3
- Pearl Crescent 5+
- Eastern Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 8+
- Red Admiral 3
- Dreamy Duskywing 8+
- Juvenal's Duskywing 25+
Juvenal's Duskywing
Dreamy Duskywing
Pearl Crescent
Brown Elfin
Brown Elfin near the summit; Falcate Orangetips in 2 separate areas of trail; sun & clouds, 80+[F.] with gusty winds. Blackflies also out in force! Lengthy hike, some flowers out, esp. Ericaceae.