March 2012 Sightings

Jerry & Rose Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Sleepy Orange 9
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 7
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

James Monroe

Lucky Hammock
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Julia Heliconian 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 15
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • White Peacock 6
  • Ruddy Daggerwing 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 3
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 11
  • Clouded Skipper 5

Craig Marks

Kisatchie NF
Natchitoches Parish, LA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail common
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail common
  • Palamedes Swallowtail common
  • Falcate Orangetip 7
  • Orange Sulphur 5
  • Frosted Elfin 4
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye abundant
  • Goatweed Leafwing 2
  • Gemmed Satyr 7
  • Sleepy Duskywing 4
  • Mottled Duskywing 1
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing common
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

James Monroe

Everglades NP, south end near Ecopond
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Great Southern White 5000
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 7
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 2
  • Cassius Blue 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 28
  • Julia Heliconian 80
  • Zebra Heliconian 100
  • Mangrove Buckeye 8
  • White Peacock 7
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Sachem 4
  • Dun Skipper 3
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 6
  • Obscure Skipper 8

Obscure Skipper

Cassius Blue

Mangrove Buckeye

Mark Schwartz

Caumsett State Park, Lloyd Neck
Suffolk County, NY

  • Eastern Comma 1

Tom Palmer

Saddle Creek Park
Polk County, FL

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 5
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Barred Yellow 6
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Cassius Blue 2
  • American Snout 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 8
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 1
  • Viceroy 3
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Queen 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 4
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Sachem 2

Bob Grosek

Binghamton
Broome County, NY

1st butterflies of the year!

  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Rob Santry

Auburn
Placer County, CA

Sonoran Blue Colony located east of Sacramento about 40 miles to the historic gold-mining town of Auburn. Take Hwy 49 south to the bridge over the American River. Don’t cross the bridge but park in a wide area on Old Foresthill Road. The colony is on a rock wall along Old Foresthill Road. On 3/7/2010, I counted 30 Sonoran Blues at this locale!

  • Mustard White 1
  • Sonoran Blue 3
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 2
  • California Tortoiseshell 1
  • Lorquin's Admiral 1
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1

Sonoran Blue

Craig Marks

Sisily Island Hills WMA
Catahoula Parish, LA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak abundant
  • Question Mark 5
  • Mourning Cloak 5
  • Red Admiral 6
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1
  • Southern Pearly-eye 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 4
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 6
  • Horace's Duskywing common
  • Pepper and Salt Skipper abundant
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2

Jerry & Rose Payne

Sand Hills Natural Area (East)
Taylor County, GA

1st Fiery Skipper of the year.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Sleepy Orange 12
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 12
  • Common Buckeye 91
  • Sleepy Duskywing 14
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 33
  • Fiery Skipper 1

North Central Florida, NABA Chapter Field Trip

along the length of a 7-mile road, Cow Creek Road, Goethe State Forest
Levy County, FL

Photo by Kathy C. Malone

  • Henry's Elfin 500-1000

Henry's Elfin

Steve Walter

Hook Mountain
Rockland County, NY

Very early record!

  • White M Hairstreak 1

Andrew Block

Van Saun Park, Paramus
Bergen County, NJ

  • Orange Sulphur 1

Vinny Corsello

Carlton Village Apts,Hardyston,NJ
Sussex County, NJ

My first butterfly of the season

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Bob Grosek

Binghamton
Broome County, NY

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mark Schwartz

Caumsett S.P., Lloyd Neck
Suffolk County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Andrew Block

Rockwood Hall section, Rockefeller S.P.P., Pocantico Hills
Westchester County, NY

  • Cabbage White 1

Allan Loudell

Along driveway to WDEL/WSTW Radio, off Shipley Road, North Wilmington
New Castle County, DE

First butterfly of the season.

  • Cabbage White 2

Andrew Block

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

  • Cabbage White 1

Allan Loudell

Between transmitting towers of WDEL/WSTW, off Shipley Road, North Wilmington
New Castle County, DE

1st Sulphur of the year.

  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Susan Hoffman

Devil's Lake State Park
Sauk County, WI

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Andrew Block

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

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mike Diederich

66 Spring Rd., Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY

First butterfly of the year!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Meena Haribal

Cornell Campus, Ithaca
Tompkins County, NY

First butterfly of the year.

  • Cabbage White 1

Yvonne Homeyer

Columbia Bottom Conservation Area
St. Louis County, MO

Early for this species.

  • Variegated Fritillary 1

Variegated Fritillary

Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke

Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
Loudoun County, VA

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Harry Zirlin

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Westchester County, NY

Gray Hairstreak is early at this location.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Craig Marks

Kisatchie NF
Rapides Parish, LA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 10
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail common
  • Palamedes Swallowtail abundant
  • Falcate Orangetip 4
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Frosted Elfin 7
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak common
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • Pearl Crescent abundant
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Southern Pearly-eye 6
  • Gemmed Satyr 3
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Little Wood-Satyr abundant
  • Northern Cloudywing 9
  • Sleepy Duskywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 4
  • Clouded Skipper 4
  • Dusted Skipper 7
  • Pepper and Salt Skipper 2

Alfred Adamo

Humber College Arboreturn, Toronto
York Regional Municipality, ON

  • Eastern Comma 6
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mike Diederich

Saw Mill River Parkway, Mt. Kisco (Exit 34)
Westchester County, NY

  • Cabbage White 1

Mike Diederich

Spring Road Butterfly Garden, Spring Road, Chappaqua NY
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mike Diederich

Millwood Garden Center, Millwood, NY
Westchester County, NY

  • Cabbage White 2

Mike Diederich

Spring Road Butterfly Garden, Spring Road, Chappaqua NY
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Charles DeWitt

Norton Shores leaf dump
Muskegon County, MI

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4

Linda Cooper, John Lampkin

Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL

Nectar source: Cirsium horridulum
Photo by Linda Cooper

  • Zebra Swallowtail 9
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 9
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 45
  • Southern Dogface 35
  • Little Yellow 17
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • Question Mark 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Viceroy 1
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Monarch 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 4
  • Swarthy Skipper 2
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 35
  • Delaware Skipper 6
  • Palmetto Skipper 7
  • Palatka Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 41

Palmetto Skipper

Bob Grosek

Jones Park Vestal Center
Broome County, NY

  • Question Mark 1

Mike Diederich

Power Cut off Old Chappaqua Road, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY

All are earliest sightings ever for this location.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 9
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Mike Diederich

66 Spring Road, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY

Earliest sighting ever at this location.

  • Orange Sulphur 1

Andrew Block

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River
Westchester County, NY

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Rich Kelly

Norman Levy Park
Nassau County, NY

Very early date.

  • Checkered White 1

David Amadio

Glassboro WMA, Clayton
Gloucester County, NJ

Falcate Orangetip was a fresh male. Also saw a Duskywing sp., probably a Juvenal’s Duskywing.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Brown Elfin
  • Henry's Elfin 20
  • Eastern Pine Elfin
  • Spring Azure 17
  • Question Mark
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Jim Springer

Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Passaic County, NJ

Brown Elfin is early for northern NJ.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 17
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Mourning Cloak 9

Brown Elfin

Jim Monroe

Paleo Hammock
St. Lucie County, FL

  • Giant Swallowtail 15
  • Great Southern White 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 7
  • Zebra Heliconian 40
  • Carolina Satyr 35
  • Monarch 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 40
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 8
  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Whirlabout 5
  • Southern Broken-Dash 5
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 8

Whirlabout

Long-tailed Skipper

Mike Reese, Ken Tennessen

Brockway Rd.
Jackson County, WI

Both Elfins were early records for Wisconsin.

  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1

Spring Azure

Brown Elfin

Craig Marks

Blackwater River State Forest
Santa Rosa County, FL

Thanks to Mary Ann Friedman for directions.

  • Polydamas Swallowtail abundant
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Brown Elfin 3
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 5-10
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 5
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Dusky Roadside-Skipper 1

Harry Zirlin

Pelham Bay
Bronx County, NY

White M Hairstreak is early and unusual in NYC

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • White M Hairstreak 1

Bart Jones

Eagle Lake Wildlife Management Area
Shelby County, TN

This is a full 3 months earlier than previous first of year date for the Phaon Crescent.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 7
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Clouded Sulphur 8
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
  • American Snout 1
  • Phaon Crescent 10
  • Pearl Crescent 100+
  • Question Mark 2
  • American Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1
  • Monarch 4
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 2

Phaon Crescent

Zebra Swallowtail

James Fleullan

Piedmont NWR, Little Falling Creek
Jones County, GA

Lifer: Juniper Hairstreak

  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 1

Dan Sonnenberg

Page Creek SNA
Marquette County, WI

Early date

  • Olympia Marble 4

Olympia Marble

Ann Thering

Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County, WI

  • Olympia Marble 35+
  • Spring Azure 4

Rose and Jerry Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

Southern Cloudywing was a 1st of the year. Yucca Giant-Skipper was observed laying eggs.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 11
  • Sleepy Orange 12
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 31
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 35
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • Gemmed Satyr 5
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 4

Mara Meisel

Rose River Fire Road, within 1.5 mile from boundary, Shenandoah National Park
Madison County, VA

Rick Frederick & I saw these butterflies today. The White-M Hairstreak (photo) is uncommon here; Silver-Spotted Skipper was first of season, & early.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • West Virginia White 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 5
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

White M Hairstreak

Tom Fiore

Nyack; Hook Mt.
Rockland County, NY

A new earliest date for Falcate Orangetip in NY state (previously, at same location, Mar. 30, 2002), by just one day. The numbers seen this day indicate they had emerged some days earlier however, likely due to the record heat in the entire region in the previous week or so.

  • Cabbage White few
  • Falcate Orangetip 20+
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure few
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 4+

Jim Springer

Woodland Twp
Burlington County, NJ

White M Hairstreak is rare at this location.

  • Brown Elfin 6
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Jim Springer

Warren Grove Recreation Area
Ocean County, NJ

New early date for Hoary Elfin in the state.

  • Brown Elfin 12
  • Hoary Elfin 7
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 3

Steven Rosenthal

sand dunes at the turnaround, West End of Jones Beach State Park
Nassau County, NY

spring form “vernalis” fide Rich Kelly; windy with temperatures in the low 50s

  • Checkered White 4

David L. Amadio

Riverwinds Scenic Trail, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Falcate Orangetips included 6 males & 1 female. Also observed an anglewing sp., likely E.Comma

  • Cabbage White 17
  • Falcate Orangetip 7
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • American Copper 21
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Mourning Cloak 5
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3

David L. Amadio

Wheelabrator Refuge, Westville
Gloucester County, NJ

Both Orangetips were males

  • Cabbage White 26
  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Mourning Cloak 5
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Tom Palmer

Okalocoochee Slough State Forest
Hendry County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 22
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 9
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 13
  • Viceroy 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 26
  • Soldier 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Zarucco Duskywing 2
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 23
  • Southern Broken-Dash 13
  • Sachem 4
  • Delaware Skipper 11
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Palmetto Skipper 7
  • Dun Skipper 7
  • Monk Skipper 2
  • Dusted Skipper 2
  • Twin-spot Skipper 18
  • Ocola Skipper 1

James Fleullan

Cooper's Furnace Day Use Area, Cartersville
Bartow County, GA

Early documentation of Gorgone Checkerspot at this location.

  • Gorgone Checkerspot 1
  • American Lady 1