Sighting for September 12, 2012
Rich Kelly, Mary Normandia
Planting Fields Arboretum
Nassau County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 40
- Orange Sulphur 10
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 3
- Painted Lady 50
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 20
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Peck's Skipper 15
- Tawny-edged Skipper 20
- Sachem 65
Long-tailed Skipper
Fiery Skipper
A large portion of the natural areas of the arboretum were not open to the public due to a closed set for a movie shoot (Noah’s Ark, and, yes, there is an enormous set piece ark there).
My first Long-tail in Nassau County.