Sighting for May 28, 2016
Mark Adams
Browns Gap Turnpike, Clark Rd, Jones Mill Rd, Piedmont Store
Albemarle County, VA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 36
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 13
- Clouded Sulphur 11
- Orange Sulphur 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 5
- Variegated Fritillary 6
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Little Wood-Satyr 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
- Zabulon Skipper 2
Clouded Sulphur
Great Spangled Fritillary
Zabulon Skipper
Little Wood-Satyr
This warm to hot, mostly sunny afternoon was my first opportunity to get outside for butterflies since 8 May. I recorded 17 species, including 5 personal first-of-season butterflies: Great Spangled Fritillary, Little Wood Satyr, Red-spotted Purple, Zabulon Skipper & Least Skipper.