Sighting for September 8, 2012
David L. Amadio
Great Dismal Swamp NWR including Washington ditch, roadsides along White Marsh & Desert Roads
Suffolk city, VA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 23
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 22
- Painted Lady 9
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 8
- Viceroy 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 4
- Creole Pearly-eye 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 24
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5
- Common Sootywing 3
- Clouded Skipper 10
- Least Skipper 10
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Yehl Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 1
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 6
- Brazilian Skipper 1
Observations made between 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. under mostly cloudy skies. The Yehl skipper was observed along White Marsh Rd.