Sighting for August 5, 2016
David & Pat Amadio
Eastern Neck NWR
Kent County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 33
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 27
- Cabbage White 19
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 31
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 11
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
- American Snout 3
- Variegated Fritillary 11
- Pearl Crescent 37
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 6
- Common Buckeye 10
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper abundant
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 6
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Little Glassywing 8
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 23
- Broad-winged Skipper 12
- Dun Skipper 5
- Salt Marsh Skipper 4
Hayhurst's Scallopwing
Zebra Swallowtail
Red-banded Hairstreak
Southern Broken-Dash
Silver-spotted Skipper
Horace's Duskywing
Variegated Fritillary
Zebra Swallowtail
Monarch
Observations made from 9:15 to 6 p.m.Cloudy morning with several hours of partial sun in the afternoon.High temp 82 with 4-13 mph S-SSE winds.Most active area today was the formal garden with Joe-Pye weed, NY Ironweed, and Sweet Pepperbush the most attractive nectar sources. A fairly extensive search of the other parts of the refuge were made as well.Most of the R.B.Hairstreaks were on partially blooming Devil’s walkingstick.One unfortunate Zebra was the victim of a very large Argiope spider.