Sighting for May 28, 2015
Ahmet Baytas
Mills Reservation
Essex County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Eastern Comma 2
- Mourning Cloak 5
- Red-spotted Admiral 2
- Little Wood-Satyr 7
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 3
- Hobomok Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 6
New Sighting
2-4 pm. Mostly cloudy, warm. My first Giant Swallowtail at Mills Reservation; my 3rd ever in Montclair Township, all during the past two years. All Mourning Cloaks very worn (in “normal” years the new generation of the year emerges around mid-June at this site).