Sighting for August 15, 2016
Chris Blazo
Bricker Rd. State Game Lands
Franklin County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Cabbage White 13
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 19
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- American Snout 3
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Silvery Checkerspot 21
- Pearl Crescent 40
- Question Mark 4
- Eastern Comma 2
- Gray Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Hackberry Emperor 80+
- Tawny Emperor 6
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Common Sootywing 2
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 5
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 1
Very hot & extremely humid. 94 degrees but some clouds sure did help. If I had to estimate how many Hackberry Emperors I saw throughout my travels today, it would be around 300. It was unbelievable and yes, most of them landed on me at some point.