Sighting for August 28, 2016
Tom Fiore, Mike Freeman
CentraI Park, Manhattan
New York County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 20+
- Orange Sulphur 12+
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Spring Azure 2
- American Snout 4+
- Pearl Crescent 10+
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 10+
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Common Sootywing 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 12+
- Zabulon Skipper 2
Common Buckeye
Cloudless Sulphur
Sun, warm, good day for species-diversity; Cloudless Sulphur is fairly rare in Manhattan, even if not so on nearby outer coast; Common Buckeye is uncommon in Central Park; Fiery Skipper was first-of-year to T.F. Snouts were near Celtis, a not-rare tree in this city. Photo is Cloudless by T.F., & of Buckeye by Mike Freeman who had allowed the worn butterfly sit on a finger-tip. Zabulon & Tawny-edged Skippers were both a bit worn, many Sachems were fresh.