Sighting for August 11, 2016
Tom Fiore
preserve lands & back roads, Somerville & nearby
Lincoln County, ME
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 12+
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Harvester 1
- American Copper 20+
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Great Spangled Fritillary 6+
- Atlantis Fritillary 8+
- Silver-bordered Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 10+
- Eastern Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- White Admiral 1
- Viceroy 4
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Eyed Brown 3
- Common Ringlet 8+
- Common Wood-Nymph 20+
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 2
Firstly, comment on a sighting from farther north in Maine by Steve Glynn the day before: form of “Dorcas” Copper in that location is known as “Clayton’s” and is (at least) form L.d. claytoni - which some accept as a full species in Maine & New Brunswick Canada. Here in mid-south Maine, the 11th was hot, 90+ with humidity & sun. Recently out in new broods here were Blk. Swallowtail, Amer. Copper, Pearl Crescent, Common Ringlet (which last was also being seen at least 3 days prior to then.) Despite decent species-variety, overall no’s. of butterflies continue on mostly-low side. It is dry in southern Maine, a mild drought.