Sighting for August 29, 2012
Rick Borchelt
Carville Price Road
Queen Anne's County, MD
- Pipevine Swallowtail superabundant
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail superabundant
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail superabundant
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Checkered White 23
- Cabbage White abundant
- Clouded Sulphur abundant
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue common
- Variegated Fritillary common
- Pearl Crescent common
- American Lady common
- Painted Lady superabundant
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye abundant
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch common
- Silver-spotted Skipper superabundant
- Least Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 3
- Sachem superabundant
Hot, sunny midday (1000 hours - 1230 hours) in the four-mile stretch of right-of-way between Hwy 301 and Carville Price Rd. Abundant nectar: Joe-pye weed, Mikania, ironweed, jewelweed, thistle. Much of the habitat is damp with sedges and turtlehead.