April 2013 Sightings

Michael Diederich

Edith Macy Girl Scout Center, Old Chappaqua Road, Chappaqua, New York
Westchester County, NY

First Butterfly seen in Chappaqua area for 2013.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Michael Diederich

Gedney Park, Millwood
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Vincent Corsello

Appalachian Trail Lands From County Route 517 To State Route 94,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Michael Diederich

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

First Butterfly seen for 2013 for this Location

  • Mourning Cloak 1

John Lampkin

Lily Pond, Harriman St. Park
Rockland County, NY

58 degrees, Sunny, Windy
With Jane Lampkin

  • Mourning Cloak 3

Jim Flynn

Vantage
Kittitas County, WA

Large group nectaring on willow catkins of a shrubby willow. Amazing sight!

  • Mourning Cloak 25

Michael Diederich

Whipporwill Park, Whipporwill Road, Chappaqua, New York
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Andrew Block

I-287, Boonton
Morris County, NJ

First butterfly of season. Seen along side of road near Boonton Reservoir.

  • Cabbage White 1

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Cloak

Rick Borchelt

Patuxent National Wildlife Research Refuge, North Tract
Anne Arundel County, MD

Henry’s Elfin seen basking on dirt road through pine-sand barrens; all the Mourning Cloaks were flushed up from sun-warmed asphalt along the Wildlife Drive. Sunny but still cool, about 55F.

  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4

Henry's Elfin

Marybeth Murphy

Bob Jones Park
Dallas County, TX

3 mile walk on the west side of Grapevine Lake.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1

Mike Reese

Blue River Bluffs SNA
Grant County, WI

My first Wisconsin butterfly in 182 days!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Bart Jones

Short Springs State Natural Area
Coffee County, TN

West Virginia White was sipping moisture from a rotten log. The contrast of the ghostly white butterfly against the dark wood was spectacular.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • West Virginia White 9
  • Falcate Orangetip 25+
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Brown Elfin 2
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Goatweed Leafwing 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 1

Brown Elfin

West Virginia White

Falcate Orangetip

Michael Diederich

Edith Macy Girl Scout Center, Old Chappaqua Road, Chappaqua, New York
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 3

Vincent Corsello

Appalachian Trail Lands From Canal Rd To County Rt 517,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ

  • Mourning Cloak 2

John Lampkin

Skylands Botanical Gardens
Passaic County, NJ

With Jane Lampkin

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mourning Cloak

Brenda Inskeep, Tom Fiore

Allison Pond Park, Staten Island
Richmond County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Larry Meade

Merrimac Farm WMA
Prince William County, VA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Question Mark 3

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

Duskywing species

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1

Falcate Orangetip

Tom Fiore, Kristine Wallstrom

Hook Mt., Nyack
Rockland County, NY

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail was a surprise on this first really warm and sunny day of spring. No whites or azures seen but soon… the temp. today up to about 70F., light cloud cover & a lot of sun.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 5

Robert Grosek

Ely Park Trails, Binghamton, NY
Broome County, NY

My first butterfly of 2013

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mourning Cloak

Walter P. Gould

Riverdale Park
Prince George's County, MD

Butterflies seen along the path / trail that runs along the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River between River Road and Paint Branch Parkway. The Falcate Orange Tips were all males.

  • Falcate Orangetip 3-4
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 2

Nils Helstrom

Parsippany
Morris County, NJ

First Cabbage Whites of the season! First (counted here) in an industrial park in Parsippany, NJ, another alongside Route 287 in Boonton. To paraphrase Jeffrey Glassberg, they certainly bring life to the most dismal of places!

  • Cabbage White 1

Brenda Inskeep

Private Residence, Shippan Point
Fairfield County, CT

  • Cabbage White 1

Allan R. Loudell

Driving along Shipley Road, Brandywine Hundred north of Wilmington
New Castle County, DE

My first butterfly sighting of 2013… Very tardy, because of chilly, windy weather (until this week!)… Last year, saw my first Cabbage White around this location by March 12th!

In a typical year, first Cabbage Whites observed in range of March 28th—April 1st.

Delaware Nature Society reported Cabbage Whites a few days ago; also Mourning Cloaks & Question Marks!

  • Cabbage White 1

Vincent Corsello

Appalachian Trail Lands From County Rt 517 To The Base Of Wawayanda Mountain,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ

  • Eastern Comma 3
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 1

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

Small bright yellow sulphur observed through 8.5 X 42 binoculars as it flew close to ground in grassy meadow. Color closer to bright yellow of Little Yellow, not lemon-yellow of Clouded Sulphur, but this date is unusually early for a Little Yellow

  • Cabbage White 12
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Falcate Orangetip

Question Mark

Vincent Corsello

Backyard,Nutley
Essex County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 2

Matthew O'Donnell

Meadowood Special Recreation Area
Fairfax County, VA

Includes butterflies from multiple areas within the site

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 13
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Jim Wilkinson

Patapsco State Park, Glen Artney Area
Baltimore County, MD

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Spring Azure 1

Walter P. Gould

Riverdale Park
Prince George's County, MD

First Zebra’s of the year

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 4
  • Clouded Sulphur 4
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 3

Mary Alice Koeneke

Manassas National Battlefield
Prince William County, VA

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Falcate Orangetip 10
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Question Mark 1

Jeanette Klodzen

Road into Leeds Canyon (along first 8.5miles)
Washington County, UT

Whites, Duskywings, Checkerspots, Yellow Swallowtails flying but would not stop for identification.

  • Desert Elfin 5
  • Variable Checkerspot 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Juba Skipper 1

Desert Elfin

Warren A. Jacobs

Old Church Rd. Harleysville
Montgomery County, PA

  • Spring Azure 1

Spring Azure

Matthew O'Donnell

Sky Meadows State Park
Fauquier County, VA

Some bigger and bluer azures might be a spring flight of Summer Azures

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 10
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Matthew O'Donnell

Thompson WMA
Fauquier County, VA

Azure sp.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Rob Santry

Cline Gulch BLM, east of French Gulch
Shasta County, CA

Cline Gulch is near the old gold mining town of French Gulch in Shasta County. I saw a very early Common Roadside-Skipper nectaring on a violet along the road. This is an early record for this species in the State of California.

  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
  • Mustard White 12
  • Sara Orangetip 10
  • Brown Elfin 8
  • Boisduval's Blue 4
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 4
  • California Tortoiseshell 2
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Common Ringlet 12
  • Propertius Duskywing Abundant
  • Common Roadside-Skipper 1

Brett Budach

Big Buffalo Creek Conservation Area
Benton County, MO

The floral and Lepidopteran phenology is roughly one week behind the seasonal average. Still had some neat sightings. Habitat is typical of the northern Ozarks.

  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Mourning Cloak abundant
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing common

Jeanette Klodzen

Snow Canyon State Park
Washington County, UT

Loop trail on the Petrified Dunes, 3 Pond, Lava Flow, Butterfly Trails

Saw whites, yellow swallowtails as well but could not ID.

  • Sagebrush Checkerspot 1
  • Rocky Mountain Duskywing 3

Harry Zirlin

lakehurst
Ocean County, NJ

Phenology 2 weeks behind an average year and about a month behind last year.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 3

Kevin Hintsa

East Ridge Trail , Redwood Regional Park
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Western Pine Elfin 3+

Allan R. Loudell

White Clay Creek Preserve
Chester County, PA

Under 65 degrees, breezy… Doubtless some Anglewings, Mourning Cloaks didn’t come out!

  • Cabbage White 5

Allan R. Loudell

Driving in Bear Area -- Routes 7 & 273
New Castle County, DE

Under 65 degrees, breezy

  • Cabbage White 4

Matthew O'Donnell

Leesylvania SP
Prince William County, VA

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Question Mark 1

Matthew O'Donnell

Occoquan Bay NWR
Prince William County, VA

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Matthew O'Donnell

Julie Metz Wetland Mitigation area
Prince William County, VA

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Glenn Koppel

Leesylvania State Park, Powell's Creek Trail
Prince William County, VA

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Glenn Koppel

Bristow Battlefield
Prince William County, VA

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 8
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Glenn Koppel

Limestone School Road
Loudoun County, VA

Plus one moth species, Grape Epimenis

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 12
  • Spring Azure 2

Brett Budach

Hopewell Prairie - Private
Miami County, KS

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Henry's Elfin 8
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 5
  • Goatweed Leafwing 5
  • Hackberry Emperor 2

Nils Helstrom

Ringwood Manor Section of Ringwood State Park
Passaic County, NJ

Temperatures barely above 50 degrees and windy, many of the butterflies seen earlier in the week were absent. Numerous unidentified leafroller moths were still out.

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Tom Fiore

Hook Mt., Nyack
Rockland County, NY

E. Tiger already out here for over a week. Whites, Falcates are over 2 weeks later than in 2012. All of the butterflies aside from Mourning Cloaks were staying low, in a stiff wind, grudging sun and below-60F. temp. Wildflowers mostly still in very early stages.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 4
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 7

Rich Kelly, Mary Normandia, Eric Miller

Hook Mountain
Rockland County, NY

Falcate Orangetips all males.

  • Falcate Orangetip 6
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Mourning Cloak 5

Falcate Orangetip

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Falcate Orangetip 5
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 1

Falcate Orangetip

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Vincent Corsello

Backyard On Palisades Ave,Jersey City
Hudson County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Mourning Cloak 1

John Lampkin

Lily Pond, Harriman St. Park
Rockland County, NY

Weekly survey with Alan Wells
60 degrees. Sunny.
Late start for the Spring Azure.

  • Spring Azure 2
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Nils Helstrom

Ringwood Manor section of Ringwood State Park
Passaic County, NJ

First truly warm day, temps in the upper 60s. Cabbage Whites out in force and first Spring Azures. Interestingly, many of the Cabbage Whites seemed to be headed due North without resting.

  • Cabbage White 20+
  • Spring Azure 2

Rick Borchelt

Governor Bridge Natural Area, Patuxent River Park
Anne Arundel County, MD

Late afternoon, sunny and hot following a mostly cloudy, muggy day. Strong flight of Zebra Swallowtails and Eastern Tailed-blue; FOY Juniper Hairstreak. Four Azure spp. as well not identified to species.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 9
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 9
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 20
  • Question Mark 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Rick Borchelt

Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, South Tract
Prince George's County, MD

Elfins were in the utility powerline at the end of Cash Lake that parallels MD197, nectaring on Vaccinium corymbosum.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 4
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Eastern Pine Elfin

Dennis Holmes

About 6 miles west of Redding, CA in the Clear Creek Greenway off of Cloverdale Rd.
Shasta County, CA

The local population of CA Marbles (Euchloe hyantis) are now on the wing. The Jewel Flowers are just beginning to bloom. Saw 4-6 individuals today.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail common
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Pearly Marble 4-6
  • Common Ringlet abundant
  • Propertius Duskywing 2

Pearly Marble

Linda Cooper, Buck Cooper

Three Lakes WMA - Williams Rd. Unit
Osceola County, FL

Arogos Skipper very worn. He was on the same thistle when we returned a few hours later but the wind was blowing so hard it was hard to get anything other than this image. Most thistles past bloom. Area very dry.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 6
  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 14
  • Checkered White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 12
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 13
  • Arogos Skipper 1
  • Delaware Skipper 4
  • Palmetto Skipper 3
  • Dun Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 5

Arogos Skipper

Andrew Block

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx County, NY

  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Steve Rosenthal, Steve Walter

Hook Mountain, Nyack
Rockland County, NY

no action until ca 1:30 when we got some direct sun, 52-53 degrees; american ladies showed up at hilltop late in the afternoon

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 7
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4
  • American Lady 3

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 8
  • Falcate Orangetip 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 1

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Falcate Orangetip

Jim Flynn and MJ Benavente

Twisp River Rd. and Shaw Lake
Okanogan County, WA

Good variety for early in the butterfly year.

  • Sara Orangetip 5
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 7
  • Satyr Comma 1
  • Green Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 15
  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1

Dennis Holmes

Near Grapevine flat and Barrel Spring just west of Baldy Mt. N39* 08.803' W122* 28.702'
Lake County, CA

Wide range of wear on about 8 individual Muirs’ Hairstreaks. The one pictured was the freshest. They were nectaring on shrubby low willows and staying mainly near the few water puddles still in the stream bed. Walk downstream (north) in and next to the stream bed.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Brown Elfin 4
  • Juniper Hairstreak 8
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Common Ringlet 6
  • Rural Skipper 1

'Muir's' Juniper Hairstreak

Michael Drake

Glassboro Woods WMA
Burlington County, NJ

Cool but sunny pm. Very few leps moving.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Allan R. Loudell

Nottingham County Park (Serpentine Barrens)
Chester County, PA

4–5 p.m., Temperatures in 52—54 degree range.
Hoped to see Falcate Orangetips, but found none.
But did see a rather small Zebra Swallowtail, which is uncommon at Nottingham any time of the year, despite being just north of Cecil County, MD.
Except for Cabbage Whites, all butterflies were my first such sightings of 2013.
Exceptionally fresh Zebra Swallowtail & Juvenal’s Duskywing.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

JOHN DAVID COWSAR JR

Government Canyon Wildlife Area
Bexar County, TX

Sunny, low 70’s Image of ‘Olive’ Juniper Hairstreak- I am unsure of wildflower ID

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Juniper Hairstreak 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2

Juniper Hairstreak

Rick Borchelt

Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary
Prince George's County, MD

Despite the cool temps, we were able to score a couple of FOY butterflies along the Critical Area Driving Tour through mostly upland woods along the Patuxent River/Jug Bay. Beth Johnson and Tom Stock also came along. Zebra Swallowtails were common, and the Eastern Tiger Swallowtails included 2 dark-form females. The Variegated Fritillary and American Copper were both surprisingly early for this slow spring.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 7
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • American Copper 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

American Copper

Harry Zirlin

Ward Pound Ridge
Westchester County, NY

Second weekend in a row and second state where only one species of native butterfly was on the wing.

  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Jim Wilkinson

Baltimore Zoo
Baltimore city, MD

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Spring Azure 1

Spring Azure

Mike A Rickard

Estero Llano Grande SP
Hidalgo County, TX

Hammock Skipper. These seem to show up periodically in April, and then again in late summer-fall.

  • Hammock Skipper

Hammock Skipper

Michael Diederich

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

  • Cabbage White 3

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 10
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Juniper Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
  • Variegated Fritillary 1

Juniper Hairstreak

Matthew O'Donnell

Occoquan Bay NWR
Prince William County, VA

Also Hummingbird and Snowberry Clearwing moths and a Mournful Thyris moth

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 75
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 6

Sleepy Orange

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Jim Wilkinson

High Ridge Park
Howard County, MD

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 10
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 3

Mourning Cloak

Matthew O'Donnell

Occoquan Regional Park
Fairfax County, VA

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Vincent Corsello

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge,Queens
Queens County, NY

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 4
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

John Lampkin

Lily Pond, Harriman St. Park
Rockland County, NY

Weekly survey. Temps in the high 60’s, bright sun
With Barry Babcock, Peter Johnson, and Carol Weiss
Significant are the no-shows, especially Duskywings and Brown Elfins

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Spring Azure 11
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Matthew O'Donnell

Meadowood Special Recreation Area
Fairfax County, VA

~4 hour survey around the area

also a duskywing sp.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 125
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Jeanette Klodzen

Corner Canyon Trails - Draper
Salt Lake County, UT

1 unknown Comma

  • Sara Orangetip 10
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Mylitta Crescent 2
  • Mourning Cloak 3
  • Rocky Mountain Duskywing 5

Michael Diederich

Ward Pound Ridge Preserve, Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, NY

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Mourning Cloak 4

Allan R. Loudell

Goat Hill Serptentine Barrens (William Penn State Forest)
Chester County, PA

Falcate Orangetips out, but missing Juniper ‘Olive’ Hairstreaks; unfortunately, stands of Red Cedar near entrance were cut down about 2 years ago. Also missed Cobweb Skipper, which is a specialty of bluestem fields here.
Falcate Orangetips, Meadow Fritillaries, & Pearl Crescents first for me in 2013.

  • Cabbage White 8
  • Falcate Orangetip 11
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • Meadow Fritillary 3
  • Pearl Crescent 32
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Rich Kelly

Heckscher State Park
Suffolk County, NY

  • Cabbage White 4
  • American Copper 5
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

White M Hairstreak

Warren A. Jacobs

Marlboro Twp
Montgomery County, PA

This isolated population continues to hang in there despite several factors that have impacted it.

  • Falcate Orangetip 3

John Lampkin

Kakiat Mountail & Sky Meadow
Rockland County, NY

A few female Orangetips
No Dreamy Duskywings yet
No Brown Elfins yet and the blueberry bushes haven’t bloomed yet.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 15
  • Falcate Orangetip 11
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 15

Matthew O'Donnell

G. Richard Thompson WMA
Fauquier County, VA

Also many azures and duskywings unidentified. Some azures seemed to be large and bluer than others, some were smaller and darker. Some of the tiger swallowtails seemed larger than others.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4

Juvenal's Duskywing

Dennis Holmes

About 3 miles west of Whiskeytown NRA
Shasta County, CA

Weather warming fast - low 90’s in Redding. Activity picking up nicely!

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 10
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spring White 2
  • Pearly Marble 6
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Brown Elfin 15
  • Western Pine Elfin 4
  • Silvery Blue 2
  • Northern Checkerspot 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Common Ringlet 7
  • Propertius Duskywing 3

Northern Checkerspot

Western Pine Elfin

Pearly Marble

Jeanette Klodzen

Rock Canyon (Provo)
Utah County, UT

There were both Hoary and Satyr Commas flying — hard to tell them apart in flight but number reflects what I’ve ID’d.

  • Anise Swallowtail 6
  • Sara Orangetip 7
  • Desert Elfin 1
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 2
  • Satyr Comma 4+
  • Hoary Comma 3+
  • Mourning Cloak 10
  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1
  • Rocky Mountain Duskywing 2

Harry Zirlin

Warren Grove, Chatsworth and Lakehurst
Ocean County, NJ

All Falcate O-ts were males. Azures were fresh making me think they may have been different form from worn ones seen two weeks ago. Year still seems late and generally poor for butterflies both from diversity and number of individuals perspective. After outbreak
of Red Admirals last spring, I have not seen one yet this year.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 20+
  • American Copper 5
  • Brown Elfin 13
  • Hoary Elfin 20+
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 7
  • Juniper Hairstreak 6
  • Spring Azure 6
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3

Inga Kemp

Hardwick, NJ
Warren County, NJ

First butterflies of Spring; Sunny, 61 degrees with light breeze.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White

Allan R. Loudell

Dirt road off Jakes Landing Road (Belleplain State Forest)
Cape May County, NJ

My first Eastern Tiger Swallowtail & my first Elfins of 2013.
Eastern Tailed-Blue included one mating pair.
Temperatures, 66—70 degrees.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Brown Elfin 40+
  • Henry's Elfin 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 32
  • Spring Azure 12
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 30+

Thomas Jantscher

Donnellson Unit, Shimek State Forest
Lee County, IA

Sightings recorded over 2.75 hours.
Weather: 65-75 deg. F
Habitat: Paths and roads through hilly mature woods.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Mourning Cloak 4
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Rob Santry/ Dennis Holmes

Sargent's Cypress Grove on Walker Ridge
Lake County, CA

Dennis and I went to the known locale for Muir’s Hairstreak. This is the same spot Robert Pyle wrote about in his book “Mariposa Road”.

Our sightings of Muir’s Hairstreak are listed under the Juniper Hairstreak listing.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Brown Elfin 3
  • Juniper Hairstreak 6
  • Acmon Blue 15
  • Northern Checkerspot 1
  • Edith's Checkerspot 3
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Lorquin's Admiral 1
  • Propertius Duskywing 1

Northern Checkerspot

'Muir's' Juniper Hairstreak

Rick Borchelt

Frederick Municipal Watershed Forest
Frederick County, MD

A cool morning, 55F, with limited bright sun at about 10 am before a cloud bank rolled in at about 11 am bringing mist and rain. All sightings were on a ridgeline utility right-of-way through scrub oak and mountain laurel. Photo by Walter Gould.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Brown Elfin 4
  • White M Hairstreak 9
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

White M Hairstreak

Harry Zirlin

Ward Pound Ridge
Westchester County, NY

Brown Elfin was a first for me at this locality although it has been recorded her by others. The spot I saw it is not the spot where it has been seen by others in past.

  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 7

Andrew Block

10 Commerce Dr., New Rochelle
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Vincent Corsello

Carlton Village Apts,Hardyston
Sussex County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 11
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Carole Mebus

Mariton Wildlife Preserve - near the Delaware River
Northampton County, PA

While birding this morning, we came upon an Eastern tiger swallowtail sunning itself on a May apple! We butterfliers in the group all went “Awww…”.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

John Lampkin

Lily Pond, Harriman St. Park
Rockland County, NY

Weekly survey.
Sunny with tempos in the low 60’s

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 7