Sighting for September 24, 2015
Denis C. Quinn
My home/garden/farm, on MD/PA line, 2 miles west of US route 1
Chester County, PA
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 9
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 17
- Least Skipper 6
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 1
Common Checkered-Skipper
Fiery Skipper
ocola
Fiery Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Fiery Skipper
My first Ocola Skipper in years, here at home. Monarchs have since moved on after the winds changed to northerly. Before that on Sept.18th I had 37 Monarchs, mostly nectaring on Mexican Sunflowers. Now a half dozen a day is average