Sighting for September 20, 2015
Mark Adams
Browns Gap Turnpike, Clark Rd (west end), Jones Mill Rd, Piedmont Store / Garth Rd.
Albemarle County, VA
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 33
- Orange Sulphur 16
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 16
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Question Mark 2
- Eastern Comma 3
- Red Admiral 4
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 27
1:00 - 3:45 pm EDT. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, 75 – 79 deg F, wind 5 – 10 mph. Good diversity (22 species) with not unexpected relatively small numbers other than the sulphurs, Variegated Fritillary, & Sachem (though the Sachem horde was much diminished from 2 weeks ago). I was surprised that I did not see a Monarch or two.