Sighting for August 29, 2012
Matthew O'Donnell
VRE trail in Burke Centre
Fairfax County, VA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 15
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Silvery Checkerspot 7
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 20
- Zabulon Skipper 4
Peck's Skipper
Silvery Checkerspot
Spring Azure
Lots of nectaring activity on ironweed. Courtship behavior by Silvery Checkerspots noted.