Sighting for September 16, 2015
Denis C. Quinn
My home/garden/farm, on MD/PA line, 2 miles west of US route 1
Chester County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 19
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Meadow Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 19
- Silver-spotted Skipper 18
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 9
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 7
- Zabulon Skipper 3
Common Checkered-Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Sachem
Sachem
Silver-spotted Skipper
Today I was quite surprised to see 5 Fiery Skippers here at home, as I have not seen any here this year, only at Swan Harbor Farm in Harford County MD about 14 miles SSW of home and on the Chesapeake Bay.