Sighting for August 7, 2016
Mark Adams
Piedmont Store, Clark Rd., Jarman’s Gap Rd.
Albemarle County, VA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 50
- Spicebush Swallowtail 15
- Cabbage White 20
- Clouded Sulphur 20
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 14
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Snout 12
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Great Spangled Fritillary 3
- Silvery Checkerspot 5
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Eastern Comma 3
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 13
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 60
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 3
- Little Glassywing 2
- Sachem 5
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Dun Skipper 2
Horace's Duskywing
Red Admiral
Sleepy Orange
14:00–17:15 EDT, mostly sunny, 83-84 deg F, wind light & variable. Despite a late start and relatively limited field time, I achieved my highest day count this season: 31 species. Skipper diversity improved compared to last weekend, and the recent rain showers and storms yielded butterfly-friendly puddles and mud. Common Buckeye, Fiery & Dun Skippers, and Sleepy Orange were personal first-of-season species.