February 2012 Sightings

R & J Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

Gulf Fritillary and Pearl Crescents were 1st of the year

  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Sleepy Orange 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1

R & J Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

Question Mark and Mourning Cloak were 1st of the year butterflies.

  • Clouded Sulphur 4
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Common Buckeye 1

Kathy C. Malone

Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas
Orange County, FL

  • Texan Crescent 1

Texan Crescent

R & J Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Juvenal’s Duskywing were 1st of the year.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Sleepy Orange 6
  • Question Mark 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Tom Palmer

Green Swamp West
Pasco County, FL

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 4
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Carolina Satyr 5

A Anderson

La Llorona City Park
Dona Ana County, NM

First sighting of the year!

  • Spring White 5

Charles Rogers

Richland
Benton County, WA

  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1

Jerry & Rose Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

1st American Lady of the year.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1

Jerry & Rose Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

1st Gray Hairstreak of the year.

  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 1

Mara Meisel, Rick Frederick, Sue Schaefer & Paul Dennison

Shenk Hollow near Luray
Page County, VA

1st butterfly of the season!

  • Cabbage White 1

Kevin Hintsa

Redwood Regional Park near Oakland
Alameda County, CA

Fresh painted ladies are uncommon this early in the year here in the bay area.

  • Painted Lady 1
  • West Coast Lady 1

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Warren A. Jacobs

Fulmer Rd
Montgomery County, PA

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Jerry & Rose Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

1st Falcate Orangetip of the year.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1

Andrew Block

parking lot of Somnia, Inc., 10 Commerce Dr., New Rochelle
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

B. Stewart

along Rt. 669 (Jewell Hollow Rd.), Luray
Page County, VA

  • Mourning Cloak 1

James Fleullan

Piedmont NWR
Jones County, GA

  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 1

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Yucca Giant-Skipper