Sighting for September 22, 2012
Matthew O'Donnell
Meadowlark Gardens Regional Park
Fairfax County, VA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 10
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Little Yellow 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 25
Lots of activity! Possible White-M Hairstreak (bright blue above visible when flying) but not confirmed—all images of hairstreaks were Gray or Red-banded.
Two Monarch caterpillars on Asclepias curassavica