November 2015 Sightings

Mark and Holly Salvato

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Giant White 1
  • Southern Dogface
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Tailed Orange
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • Red-bordered Metalmark
  • American Snout abundant
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Bordered Patch
  • Pale-banded Crescent 3
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Red Admiral
  • White Peacock
  • Mexican Bluewing 2
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Empress Leilia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Carolina Satyr
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 1
  • Mimosa Skipper
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Desert Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • East Mexican White-Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Common Mellana
  • Eufala Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper

Desert Checkered-Skipper

East Mexican White-Skipper

Desert Checkered-Skipper

White-striped Longtail

Tailed Orange

Mimosa Skipper

East Mexican White-Skipper

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Even with the all day soaking rain a couple of butterflies still were sighted.

  • Little Yellow 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Estero Llana Grande State Park, Frontera Audubon, Valley Nature Center in Weslaco, TX
Hidalgo County, TX

These are the results of the Texas Butterfly Festival field trip to Weslaco.
Highlights included Giant White, Silver-banded and Lantana Hairstreaks, Red-bordered Metalmark, White Peacock, Mexican Bluewing, Soldier, Guava Skipper, Two-barred Flasher, Falcate Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Common Mellana, and Brazilian Skipper. (Also a probable female Orange-barred Sulphur flew around at Valley but never landed (as is their won’t).

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 5
  • Giant White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Large Orange Sulphur 6
  • Lyside Sulphur 3
  • Tailed Orange 1
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • Cassius Blue 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Rounded Metalmark 6
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 2
  • American Snout 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Bordered Patch 6
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 5
  • Mexican Bluewing 2
  • Tawny Emperor 3
  • Monarch 3
  • Queen 16
  • Soldier 3
  • Guava Skipper 1
  • Brown Longtail 5
  • Two-barred Flasher 1
  • Falcate Skipper 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 8
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 4
  • Clouded Skipper common
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Sachem common
  • Common Mellana 1
  • Eufala Skipper 3
  • Brazilian Skipper 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Howard Hoople

Hugh Ramsey Nature Park
Cameron County, TX

Mike Rickard, leading a walk for the Texas Butterfly Festival, found an exciting and very different butterfly at Hugh Ramsey Park at around 5pm on the afternoon of November 1, 2015. Analysis of photos confirmed this to be the first US record of Michaelus ira (Shadowed Hairstreak).

  • Shadowed Hairstreak 1

Shadowed Hairstreak

John Lampkin

Rhodine Scrub Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

With Jane Lampkin & Robert Epstein
Hi 80’s. 10:30-12:30
Pic shows reflection of flower, Carphephorus corymbosus on the white underbelly of Fiery Skipper.

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 9
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Phaon Crescent 9
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • White Peacock 3
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 23
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Sachem 1
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 9

Fiery Skipper

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Eastern Comma

Sandy-Crystal Vaughn

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

I was on a field trip and the group was in the “back 70” at NBC after lunch. An offer was made to take those of us who wanted to the Visitor’s Center. I walked the Hackberry Trail after getting back and at the end of it and to the right was a storage area. The Ruddy Daggerwing was on the other side with a couple of folks excitedly taking images. This butterfly had been on my list to be seen for a very long time. What a great way to end a day of butterfly chasing!

  • Ruddy Daggerwing 1

Ruddy Daggerwing

Ruddy Daggerwing

Michael Sandell

Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Visitor Centre
Hidalgo County, TX

Found by Kelly around 5:30 pm about 25 feet up in a tree across from tram stop.

  • White Scrub-Hairstreak 1

White Scrub-Hairstreak

Jim Egbert

Roscoe Rd and Russian Rd Orange Beach
Baldwin County, AL

A little sun, but everything was wet, and not enough sun to dry things out.

  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Little Yellow common
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • Carolina Satyr 5
  • Monarch 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 5

Steven Glynn

Santa Ana NWR
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Lyside Sulphur 9
  • Tailed Orange 1
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout common
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Bordered Patch 4
  • Pale-banded Crescent 1
  • White Peacock 6
  • Blue-eyed Sailor 1
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Tawny Emperor 3
  • Monarch 3
  • Queen common
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 4
  • Potrillo Skipper 1
  • Mimosa Skipper 3
  • Glazed Pellicia 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper common
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper common
  • Clouded Skipper common
  • Eufala Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 4

Blue-eyed Sailor

Blue-eyed Sailor

Potrillo Skipper

Tailed Orange

Steven Glynn

Bentsen State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur 6
  • Mimosa Yellow 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 4
  • Malachite 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 1
  • Tawny Emperor 4
  • Silver Emperor 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen common
  • Soldier 1
  • Brown Longtail 3
  • Glazed Pellicia 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper common
  • Brown-banded Skipper 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper common
  • Clouded Skipper common
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Southern Broken-Dash 4
  • Sachem 3
  • Common Mellana 2
  • Eufala Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 3

Brown-banded Skipper

Glazed Pellicia

Mimosa Yellow

Southern Skipperling

Silver Emperor

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Eastern Comma
  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Mark and Holly Salvato

National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Giant White 1
  • Southern Dogface
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Tailed Orange
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Bordered Patch
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock
  • Mexican Bluewing 2
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Empress Leilia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Silver Emperor 1
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail
  • Two-barred Flasher 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Southern Skipperling 2
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Violet-banded Skipper 1

Silver Emperor

Silver Emperor

Silver Emperor

Silver Emperor

Sandy-Crystal Vaughn

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

I was on a field trip with a group led by Linda and Buck Cooper. We were having lunch at McAllen Nature Center and Linda received a notification on her phone that the Silver Emperor had been spotted in the back garden at NBC. It was still there when our group arrived and we were treated to a real beauty. I learned the angle and light has to be just so to capture the blue flash!

  • Silver Emperor 1

Silver Emperor

Silver Emperor

Silver Emperor

Chip Krilowicz

Glassboro WMA
Gloucester County, NJ

Not many blooms, bugs just sunning

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1

Variegated Fritillary

Chip Krilowicz

Haddonfield yard
Camden County, NJ

ON Butterfly Bush

  • Sachem 1

Dennis Holmes

City of Redding
Shasta County, CA

The Monarch was fresh and immaculate.

  • Monarch 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Jim Egbert

Upper Delta WMA. Tensaw
Baldwin County, AL

In the south end of the county the day started partly cloudy with potential for a good of sightings.This is a large county, and the WMA is 65 miles away, it was cloudy and misty rain when I arrived then the rain stopped but the clouds stayed.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Little Yellow 11
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 9
  • American Snout 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 12
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent abundant
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Viceroy 2
  • Carolina Satyr 12
  • Monarch 4
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 6
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 6
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Murrysville
Westmoreland County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Eastern Comma

Jim Wilkinson

Doctor Patel Drive, Elkridge
Howard County, MD

Azure observed perched and in flight; no tails or orange spots on hind wings as would be seen in Eastern Tailed Blues; also very bright pale blue above

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Common Buckeye 2

Common Buckeye

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jim Wilkinson

Elkhorn Garden Plots
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 8
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Sachem

Common Checkered-Skipper

Melissa Bruesehoff

Warren
Macomb County, MI

Around 11:30am, saw a monarch flying south all by itself. Temp was 68 at the time and on a very sunny day.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Monarch 1

Sarah Hille

Stowe
Montgomery County, PA

  • Monarch 1

Mark and Holly Salvato

Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Brownsville
Cameron County, TX

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Tailed Orange
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • Red-bordered Metalmark
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Bordered Patch
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Red Admiral
  • White Peacock
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Carolina Satyr
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail
  • Mazans Scallopwing
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Double-dotted Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash

Double-dotted Skipper

Double-dotted Skipper

Jim Egbert

Oyster Bay Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny,light SE breeze;nice Indian Summer with temps in the low 80s.The weather predictions with a strong El Nino should make thinks interesting this winter as I track the winter butterfly activity.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Little Yellow 15
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • American Snout 1
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Monarch 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 6
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Ocola Skipper common

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur

Melissa Bruesehoff

Warren
Macomb County, MI

  • Cabbage White 1

John Lampkin

Fred and Ida Schulz Preserve, Apollo Beach
Hillsborough County, FL

9 - 12; 84-88 and sunny
Terrific bayside habitat in a little-visited preserve.
Soldier is uncommon for this area.
First Dainty Sulphurs seen since the spring.
Unusual mating posture for the Clouded Skippers

  • Great Southern White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Barred Yellow 27
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Sleepy Orange 5
  • Dainty Sulphur 7
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 14
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Mangrove Buckeye 7
  • White Peacock 50+
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Queen 2
  • Soldier 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 11
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Dainty Sulphur

Soldier

Clouded Skipper

Mark and Holly Salvato

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo
Hidalgo County, TX

Frosted Flasher found by Steve Abbey’s party.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Southern Dogface
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Tailed Orange
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Bordered Patch
  • Red Admiral
  • White Peacock
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Empress Leilia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Carolina Satyr
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail
  • Frosted Flasher 1
  • Mimosa Skipper
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Evans' Skipper 1

Frosted Flasher

Frosted Flasher

Frosted Flasher

Mark and Holly Salvato

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

This report combines observations made on November 5th, around the Park’s Visitor Center, during mid-morning and late afternoon visits.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Southern Dogface
  • Yellow Angled-Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Ruddy Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • Clytie Ministreak
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Reakirt's Blue 2
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • Red-bordered Metalmark
  • Red-bordered Pixie
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian 2
  • Bordered Patch
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • White Peacock
  • Malachite 1
  • Band-celled Sister 1
  • Empress Leilia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White-patched Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Julia's Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Southern Skipperling
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Common Mellana
  • Eufala Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper

Yellow Angled-Sulphur

Yellow Angled-Sulphur

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

In the lawn flowers,or flying through were the sightings for the low 80 degree day.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Monarch 5
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 3

John Lampkin

Alderman's Ford Nature Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

With Jane Lampkin
8:30 - 11:30; 80 - 86, Sunny and hot
Terrific well-maintained scrub, riparian & hammock habitat
3.8 miles covered.

  • Great Southern White 39
  • Cloudless Sulphur 16
  • Barred Yellow 59
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 43
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Variegated Fritillary 7
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Common Buckeye 11
  • White Peacock 2
  • Viceroy 1
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Queen 5
  • Dorantes Longtail 23
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 23
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Sachem 1
  • Eufala Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Tani Kruseski Gonzalez

Storm King State Park - parking lot for Stillman trailhead
Orange County, NY

I wish I could have snapped a photo, but frankly, I was too stunned. My daughter and I just watched in awe -with a touch of worry- that it was not further into migration!

  • Monarch 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Rich Kelly, Al Lindberg, Andy Greller

Massapequa Preserve
Nassau County, NY

  • Monarch 1
  • Sachem 1

Chip Krilowicz

Scotland Run
Gloucester County, NJ

Not many blooms

  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny and mid 80’s. I did a walk around the property (Thorny Olive hedges are in bloom) which were holding many more of the Long-tailed and Ocola Skippers than the lawn.

  • Clouded Sulphur 11
  • Little Yellow 9
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Monarch 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper common
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Ocola Skipper common

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

This is the latest date I have ever seen a Silver-spotted Skipper. It has been an unusually warm first week of November.

  • Cabbage White
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Mike A Rickard

Mission yard.
Hidalgo County, TX

2 new yard records for us.

  • Strophius Hairstreak 1
  • Common Bluevent 1

Strophius Hairstreak

Common Bluevent

Ron Smith

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 19
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 6
  • Barred Yellow 9
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • White Peacock 73
  • Long-tailed Skipper 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 20
  • Monk Skipper 2

Miles Brengle

Cogswell Street, Ipswich
Essex County, MA

I was surprised to see a Monarch on such a late date, but it makes sense due to the SW winds we’ve had lately.

  • Monarch 1

Elizabeth Carter

Our front yard in New Orleans
Orleans Parish, LA

We have lots of monarch butterflies and caterpillars in our yard here in New Orleans.

  • Monarch 1

Monarch

Mark and Holly Salvato

National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

Emerald Aguna found by John and Nancy Crosby

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Giant White
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Southern Dogface
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • Clytie Ministreak
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Cassius Blue 2
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • Red-bordered Pixie
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian
  • Bordered Patch
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Pearl Crescent
  • American Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock
  • Mexican Bluewing
  • Empress Leilia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail
  • Two-barred Flasher
  • Glazed Pellicia
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Southern Skipperling
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Common Mellana
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 1
  • Eufala Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Hecebolus Skipper 1
  • Purple-washed Skipper 2
  • Evans' Skipper 1
  • Violet-banded Skipper 1

Emerald Aguna

Emerald Aguna

Robert A. Behrstock & Karen LeMay

SE Huachuca Mts, residential yard, lower Ash Canyon, Hereford
Cochise County, AZ

The Silver-banded Hairstreaks were new for the yard after 12 years. Boisduval’s and Mimosa yellows locally rare. Mimosa Yellow, first seen several days ago, was the 19th pierid for the yard.

Also seen on previous day (7th):
White-patched Skipper
and the following day (9th):
Variegated Fritillary
Mexican Fritillary
Dorantes Longtail
Mournful Duskywing
Common/White Checkered-Skipper

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Southern Dogface common
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Boisduval's Yellow 1
  • Mexican Yellow 5
  • Tailed Orange 1
  • Mimosa Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Leda Ministreak 1
  • Marine Blue 8
  • Ceraunus Blue 5
  • Reakirt's Blue 8
  • American Snout 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Texan Crescent 5
  • American Lady 10
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Tropical Buckeye 1
  • California Sister 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 6
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Pahaska Skipper 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Boisduval's Yellow

Mimosa Yellow

Silver-banded Hairstreak

Michael Drake

Dixon Meadow Preserve
Montgomery County, PA

Bright, sunny, 58 degree day

  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Allan R. Loudell

Driving at Landau Way / School Bell Road, Bear
New Castle County, DE

After several days of seeing no butterflies, observed a Cabbage White flying, then nectaring, around 2:30 p.m., 58 degrees.

  • Cabbage White 1

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Cloudy upper 70s with gusty SW wind.

  • Long-tailed Skipper 2

John Heyse

St. Matthew's Church, San Francisco
San Francisco County, CA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1

Jeanette Klodzen

White Rock Trail Loop (Antelope Island)
Davis County, UT

All bflys seen on the lower stretch along the lake.

  • Checkered White 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 60+

John Lampkin

Alderman's Ford Nature Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

With Jane Lampkin & Robert Epstein
9 -12; 80 -86; 3.0 miles
Pic is Variegated Fritillary on Passiflora incarnata

  • Sachem 1

Variegated Fritillary caterpillar

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Michael Diederich

River Road, Piermont
Rockland County, NY

  • Cabbage White 1

Michael Diederich

Piermont Pier, Piermont
Rockland County, NY

Flying west along Piermont Pier condominiums.

  • Cabbage White 1

Andrew Block

192 Macy Rd., Briarcliff Manor,
Westchester County, NY

Chrysalis on overhang of front door finally hatched. My friend gave the adult male a trip to NC via mail and it survived! His sister let it go in her yard and it started feeding on her flowers. Hopefully it will make it to Mexico or FL. Pretty neat.

  • Monarch 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Scott Anderson

Home certified butterfly garden #1427, Marietta
Cobb County, GA

  • Gulf Fritillary 3

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Cloudy with occasional mist; only in the mid 60s

  • Monarch 3

Mark and Holly Salvato

National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

Yellow-tipped Flasher found by Tom Gagnon.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Southern Dogface
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Little Yellow
  • Mimosa Yellow
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • White Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • Clytie Ministreak
  • Western Pygmy-Blue
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Bordered Patch
  • Phaon Crescent
  • American Lady
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock
  • Malachite 1
  • Red Rim 1
  • Tropical Leafwing
  • Empress Leilia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Silver Emperor 1
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail
  • Yellow-tipped Flasher 1
  • Coyote Cloudywing 1
  • Glazed Pellicia
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Southern Skipperling
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Common Mellana
  • Eufala Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Purple-washed Skipper

Yellow-tipped Flasher

White Scrub-Hairstreak

White Scrub-Hairstreak

Yellow-tipped Flasher

Victoria A Graham

Maryville
Blount County, TN

Present for about 1 week nectaring on Lantana. Last seen 11/19/15.

  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Long-tailed Skipper

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Much nicer today sun was out and temps made it to upper 70s.Monarchs and Gulf Fritillary were common,with the numbers of Fritillary seemed to be down,with a slightly larger number of Monarchs than last week.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Monarch common
  • Fiery Skipper 9
  • Ocola Skipper 7

Scott Anderson

Home certified butterfly garden #1427, Marietta
Cobb County, GA

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Mark Adams

Piedmont Store, Clark Rd, Brown's Gap Turnpike, Sugar Hollow, Jarmans Gap Rd, Jones Mill Rd
Albemarle County, VA

An excellent, pleasant late season day (11:40 - 15:45 EST): mostly sunny (30-50% thin to moderate cirrus), 63-68 deg F, wind 5-10 mph. Best location was a farm field with 4 late-blooming thistle on Clark Rd. Was surprised to not see an E. Comma or Question Mark.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 3
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 13
  • Sachem 1

Common Checkered-Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Orange Sulphur

Jim Egbert

NW 92nd Ct & NW 39th Ave , Gainesville
Alachua County, FL

Lunch and fuel break; large oaks and empty lot next door. We were having a picnic when I noticed some activity under the oaks. It turned out to be a colony of blues, larger butterflies were also sighted.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Barred Yellow 5
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Ceraunus Blue 24+
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 7

Jean Evoy

Myakka River State Park
Sarasota County, FL

Attendees: Mike Stanfield, Fred Allen, Steve Freedman, Susy d’Hoot, Heather & Camille Hill , Karen Finch, John Lampkin, Jane Lampkin and Jean Evoy. 3.5 hours, 80-90F, mostly sunny, with light to moderate winds. Photos: John Lampkin, Steve Freedman, Karen Finch, and Jean Evoy

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 12
  • Barred Yellow abundant
  • Little Yellow 4
  • Dainty Sulphur common
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 13
  • Little Metalmark 15
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Common Buckeye 13
  • White Peacock abundant
  • Viceroy 1
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Queen 8
  • Dorantes Longtail 4
  • Clouded Skipper 7
  • Southern Skipperling common
  • Fiery Skipper 6
  • Dun Skipper 3
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1
  • Brazilian Skipper 4
  • Ocola Skipper 9

Ocola Skipper

Little Yellow

Brazilian Skipper

Little Metalmark

John Heyse

at home Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Gulf Fritillary 1

Jim Egbert

Black Lake Rd & Sherbeth Rd, Kissimmee
Osceola County, FL

The retention pond at the of the property was over grown and provided a nice environment for a few sightings.

  • Little Yellow 2
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • White Peacock 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Monk Skipper 1

Jim Wilkinson

Shriver Road
Frederick County, MD

  • Orange Sulphur 5

Scott Anderson

Folly Beach, mile north of pier
Charleston County, SC

Very magical day today. Witnessed the fall mass migration of Monarchs and Gulf Fritillaries. We didn’t have to move. For more than 5 hours the Monarchs and Fritillaries moved down along the beach over the wild grasses, plants and sand dunes. Conservative estimate by two of us was 5-10 per minute sustained for the whole time. Easily saw a thousand of each species. I saw more of these two species today than the accumulation of all the other days of my life. There were so many butterflies we were laughing trying to count them.

  • Gulf Fritillary 1000+
  • Monarch 1000+

Jim Egbert

Magic Kingdom, Bay Lake
Orange County, FL

Disney his used the color of flowers to help with making it a magical place and they draw in butterflies which also adds to the theme of the parks.

  • Zebra Heliconian 10
  • White Peacock 1

Linda Cooper

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

List of butterflies I saw today, not a complete list of everything seen. Sunny till 2:30 with pleasant temps then clouds moved in.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Common Melwhite 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Large Orange Sulphur common
  • Lyside Sulphur
  • Mexican Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • White Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak
  • Clytie Ministreak
  • Western Pygmy-Blue
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Fatal Metalmark 2
  • Red-bordered Pixie 1
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Julia Heliconian 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Theona Checkerspot 1
  • Bordered Patch
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 5
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock common
  • Malachite 3
  • Four-spotted Sailor 1
  • Red Rim 1
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Hackberry Emperor 1
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Pavon Emperor 2
  • Monarch
  • Queen common
  • Soldier
  • Brown Longtail common
  • Glazed Pellicia
  • Sickle-winged Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Julia's Skipper 1
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper common
  • Clouded Skipper common
  • Southern Skipperling common
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Sachem
  • Common Mellana
  • Eufala Skipper common
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Purple-washed Skipper 2

Common Melwhite

Mexican Yellow

Scott Anderson

Folly Beach area
Charleston County, SC

Cold front came through and broke yesterday’s migratory activity although butterflies were still plentiful for certain species.

  • Little Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 150+
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 75+
  • Monarch 100+
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Linda Cooper

Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

Only here later in day to see Four-spotted Sailor.

  • Four-spotted Sailor 1

Four-spotted Sailor

Four-spotted Sailor

Chris Tenney, Linda Cooper, Deb and Bill Marsh, et al.

National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

sunny 80 F until 1:30 PM, then overcast
windy AM

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Common Melwhite 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 25
  • Lyside Sulphur 3
  • Mexican Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 7
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 3
  • Marius Hairstreak 1
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 4
  • White Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 20
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 3
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 10
  • Clytie Ministreak 3
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 2
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Ceraunus Blue 5
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Fatal Metalmark 15
  • Red-bordered Pixie 3
  • American Snout 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Theona Checkerspot 1
  • Bordered Patch 12
  • Vesta Crescent 2
  • Phaon Crescent 10
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 2
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock 6
  • Malachite 2
  • Red Rim 1
  • Tropical Leafwing 3
  • Tawny Emperor 25
  • Pavon Emperor 1
  • Silver Emperor 2
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Queen common
  • Soldier 7
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Brown Longtail 8
  • Two-barred Flasher 1
  • Glazed Pellicia 7
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 6
  • White Checkered-Skipper 8
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 30
  • Laviana White-Skipper 12
  • Julia's Skipper 2
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 25
  • Clouded Skipper 15
  • Southern Skipperling 30
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Whirlabout 5
  • Southern Broken-Dash 5
  • Sachem common
  • Common Mellana 3
  • Eufala Skipper 20
  • Brazilian Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 9
  • Purple-washed Skipper 5
  • Violet-banded Skipper 1

White Scrub-Hairstreak

Pavon Emperor

Marius Hairstreak

Common Melwhite

Marius Hairstreak

Robert A. Behrstock

Behrstock/LeMay yard, lower Ash Canyon, Hereford, SE Huachuca Mts.
Cochise County, AZ

Butterfly garden, 5,010’ elev.
Observers: Bob Behrstock, Karen LeMay, Noel and Helen Snyder, Narca Moore-Craig, Alan Craig. High 60’s, little wind, a few clouds. Barred Yellow (rare) and Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak and a few other things photographed. Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak new for 12 year yard list.

  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Southern Dogface common
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Mexican Yellow 5
  • Tailed Orange 1
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Leda Ministreak 1
  • Marine Blue
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Reakirt's Blue
  • American Snout 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Texan Crescent
  • American Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • California Sister 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 4
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Jim Egbert

Disney's Hollywood Studios,Bay Lake
Orange County, FL

The light rain for the night before move on and the cloudy morning turned into a partly cloudy by mid day.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Estero Llano Grande State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

A lot of the crucitas are done blooming.

  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Southern Dogface 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Large Orange Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 6
  • Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Rounded Metalmark 3
  • American Snout 4
  • White Peacock 4
  • Mexican Bluewing 4
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 12
  • Soldier 6
  • Brown Longtail 6
  • Falcate Skipper 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 5
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Julia's Skipper 1
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 4
  • Clouded Skipper common
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Sachem 2
  • Common Mellana 1
  • Eufala Skipper common
  • Brazilian Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 5
  • Purple-washed Skipper 2

Southern Dogface

Andrew Block

Silver Sands S.P., Milford,
New Haven County, CT

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Andrew Block

Hammonasset Beach S.P., Madison,
New Haven County, CT

  • Cabbage White 1

Allan R. Loudell

Along School Bell Road -- Bear
New Castle County, DE

First butterfly seen in several days.

  • Orange Sulphur 1

Craig Marks

Burbank Soccer Complex
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

not a lot of nectar sources, mostly low growing asters

  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 8
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 19
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 5

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 2

Jeanette Klodzen

Sentry Trail - Antelope Island
Davis County, UT

  • Checkered White 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 5+
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 2

Mike Reese

Baxter Lane
Grant County, WI

I also saw 2 Common Green Darners!

  • Orange Sulphur 1

Orange Sulphur

Jim Wilkinson

Doctor Patel Drive, Elkridge
Howard County, MD

  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Common Buckeye 1

Pearl Crescent

Common Buckeye

Jim Egbert

Kennedy Space Center.
Brevard County, FL

Not much time for sightings, but managed to see a few.

  • Great Southern White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Monarch 1

Jim Egbert

Black Lake Ct & Sherberth Rd ,Kissimmee
Osceola County, FL

I had a little time before check out. Next stop Kennedy Space Center.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • Monk Skipper 1

Michael Drake

Morris Arboretum
Philadelphia County, PA

63 degrees, sunny

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Monarch 1

James L. Monroe

Blackhawk Golf Course
Beaver County, PA

exceptionally warm fall so far

  • Common Buckeye 1

Curtis A. Lehman

White Oak Park
Allegheny County, PA

  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White
  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Joan Olsen Adams

Hermosa Beach backyard tree
Los Angeles County, CA

Giant swallowtail larva on dwarf mandarin tree

  • Giant Swallowtail 1

Giant Swallowtail

Steven Rosenthal

Fireman's Memorial Park, Point Lookout
Nassau County, NY

sunny, breezy, lower 60s. One hour visit.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Orange Sulphur 1-2
  • Common Buckeye 2

Jim Wilkinson

Schooley Mill Park
Howard County, MD

Variegated Fritillaries making brief stops but flying south. Eastern Comma feeding on wild grapes.

  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Eastern Comma

Common Checkered-Skipper

Eastern Comma

Variegated Fritillary

Orange Sulphur

Common Buckeye

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny but strong SW wind.

  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Whirlabout 1

Jim Wilkinson

Oxford Square, Elkridge
Howard County, MD

  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Common Buckeye 5

Common Buckeye

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

Unusually warm weather - still hasn’t gotten below 65 yet this fall - produced a good number of late afternoon leps. I saw my first Dainty in Pinellas since early September.

  • Barred Yellow 4
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 5
  • Ceraunus Blue 18
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Mangrove Buckeye 3
  • White Peacock 15
  • White Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 12

Phaon Crescent

Mangrove Buckeye

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Dainty Sulphur

Barred Yellow

Jim Wilkinson

Blandair Park, Columbia
Howard County, MD

Monarch heading southeast at treetop height

  • Monarch 1

Karl and Dorothy Legler and Tom Nix

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Common Melwhite 1
  • Great Southern White 2
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 6
  • Tailed Orange 1
  • Little Yellow 8
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 2
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Rounded Metalmark 2
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout common
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Bordered Patch 3
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Red Admiral 4
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 4
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Tawny Emperor 2
  • Monarch 3
  • Queen 6
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Mimosa Skipper 2
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Clouded Skipper common
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Common Mellana 1
  • Eufala Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Melanie Link Taylor

Apple Valley, California, Residence
San Bernardino County, CA

A large, beautiful Monarch flew across my Butterfly Garden late this morning—my first sighting of a Monarch at home. It didn’t light on any plant. I’ve plans for milkweed in the garden for spring.

  • Monarch 1

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Light northerly wind and sunny, upper 70s. Monarchs and Gulf Fritillaries were moving to the west.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch common
  • Fiery Skipper 3

Scott Anderson

Home certified butterfly garden #1427, Marietta
Cobb County, GA

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Orange Sulphur
  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Jim Egbert

Roscoe Rd,& Russian Rd Orange Beach,and James Rd Foley
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny, lower 50s AM, into the upper 70s early afternoon; wind was light and easterly.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Little Yellow 4
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Monarch 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Rich Kelly, Mary Normandia, Barbara Conolly

Stillwell Woods Park, Syosset
Nassau County, NY

…..or so I think.

  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 2

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny and lower 60s AM; mostly cloudy and mid 70s after lunch. Wind was light and from SW.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Monarch common
  • Long-tailed Skipper 4
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

Overcast day with no sun at all.

  • Barred Yellow 13
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 21
  • Ceraunus Blue 35
  • Gulf Fritillary 11
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Mangrove Buckeye 3
  • White Peacock 81
  • Monarch 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Three-spotted Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Obscure Skipper 8
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Three-spotted Skipper

Obscure Skipper

Gulf Fritillary

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Tom Palmer

Lake Blue Scrub
Polk County, FL

Cloudy day preceding a cold front

  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Little Yellow 27
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 7
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Viceroy 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Jim Egbert

Gulf State Park,Fishing Pier
Baldwin County, AL

Winter for us has arrived;low 40s AM and only mid 50s afternoon,with strong North wind.The tertiary dunes provide dense cover for sheltering the night,and the earliest sun exposure in the morning.That wind break provided for a few sightings.

  • Common Buckeye common
  • Monarch 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Ron Smith

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

Lots of action on a day when the temps finally dropped below 65 in Pinellas.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 6
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Common Buckeye x
  • Mangrove Buckeye 3
  • White Peacock 174
  • Monarch 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Three-spotted Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 33

Orange-barred Sulphur

Three-spotted Skipper

Clouded Skipper

Mangrove Buckeye

Jim Egbert

Regency Rd and Ft Morgan Rd
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny, cold start mid 30s;warmed into lower 60s.

  • Monarch 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Randy Harrod

Ft DeSoto Park
Pinellas County, FL

Sunny, Cool Temps Low 70’s, Windy

  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue common
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Mangrove Buckeye 3
  • White Peacock common
  • Monarch 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Obscure Skipper 1

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Dorantes Longtail

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Monarch

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Common Checkered-Skipper

Jim Egbert

Ft Morgan State Historic Site
Baldwin County, AL

Lantana around the site provided sighting opportunities.

  • Gulf Fritillary 12+
  • Monarch 24+
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

While trying to re-locate R.Harrod’s Mallow Scrub-Hairstreaks from the previous day I lucked into a Hammock Skipper, Pinellas’ second-ever record and second one at the park this year! The first was in January. Today’s was nectaring on sleepy morning (Waitheria indica).

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Barred Yellow 12
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 2
  • Cassius Blue 12
  • Ceraunus Blue 9
  • Gulf Fritillary 22
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 15
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • Mangrove Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 42
  • Monarch 7
  • Mangrove Skipper 1
  • Hammock Skipper 1 (rarity)
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Fiery Skipper 6
  • Obscure Skipper 1

Cloudless Sulphur

Mangrove Skipper

Hammock Skipper

Elizabeth Golden

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne
Miami-Dade County, FL

Windy, low 70s, partly cloudy.

  • Barred Yellow 5
  • Cassius Blue 33
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 17
  • Phaon Crescent 6
  • White Peacock 79
  • Monarch 6
  • Mangrove Skipper 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 17

Jim Wilkinson

Hearthside Way, Jessup
Howard County, MD

  • Orange Sulphur 1

Orange Sulphur

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Orange Sulphur

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Mid 70s,and a bright Fall day,wind was from the SE,strong AM, but was light by late afternoon. Monarch are still coming to the coast along with fewer Gulf Fritillary, Long-tailed Skippers numbers are rapidly diminishing.

  • Gulf Fritillary 9
  • American Lady 1
  • Monarch common

John Gorey

Near Uniontown
Summit County, OH

Sunny and temps around 57 degrees.

  • Orange Sulphur 1

John Lampkin

Fort DeSoto Park
Pinellas County, FL

With Jane Lampkin
Mid-70’s, bright sun
Ron Smith had alerted us to a Hammock Skipper he saw yesterday. We found two nectaring on Sleepy Morning (Waitheria indica). They are far north of their usual range, but this is a record warm November.

  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Barred Yellow
  • Little Yellow
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue
  • Cassius Blue
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Common Buckeye
  • Mangrove Buckeye
  • White Peacock
  • Monarch
  • Mangrove Skipper
  • Hammock Skipper 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Sachem
  • Obscure Skipper

Mangrove Skipper

Hammock Skipper

Hammock Skipper

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd.Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny warm fall and windy,temps in upper 50s AM into mid 70s along the beach.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch common
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Craig Marks

Between Beach Club and Jeff Friend Trailhead
Baldwin County, AL

  • Cloudless Sulphur 9
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 22
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Monarch 6

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Orange Sulphur 2

Steven Rosenthal

Firemen's Memorial Park, Pt Lookout NY
Nassau County, NY

1 hour visit, temps in upper 50s, two warm days after two cold days which brought our first (light to moderate) frost.

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Common Buckeye 1

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Red Admiral 1

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

mostly sunny, wind was a little calmer,temps 50s into 70s

  • Little Yellow 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 7
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Allan R. Loudell

Just outside Crooked Hammock Brewery, off Kings Highway, Lewes
Sussex County, DE

Next to the entrance of this brewpub on “Black Friday”, very pleased to see my first butterfly in nearly two weeks, a Cabbage White, nectaring on the exotic flowers planted just outside!
Temperature near 70 degrees.

  • Cabbage White 1

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 12
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 6
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Scott Anderson

Home certified butterfly garden #1427, Marietta
Cobb County, GA

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1

Craig Marks

Between Beach Club and Jeff Friend Trailhead
Baldwin County, AL

  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 12
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Monarch 12
  • Long-tailed Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Tom Palmer

Saddle Creek Park
Polk County, FL

Record number of White Peacock, which is typical for late November here, according to my records.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 7
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 9
  • Gulf Fritillary 8
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • White Peacock 96
  • Long-tailed Skipper 4
  • Dorantes Longtail 8
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 3

White Peacock

Jim Egbert

Plantation Rd Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 12+
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 4
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Brazilian Skipper 1

Laurel Rhodes

Carlton Reserve, Venice FL
Sarasota County, FL

With Dusty Rhodes (photos). Full sun, 78F, light breeze. 2 hours. We expected to see a few species given the time of year, but the lure of plentiful Richardia grandiflora by the Carlton entrance was irresistible to a good variety of species.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Barred Yellow 6
  • Little Yellow 4
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 7
  • Gulf Fritillary abundant
  • Common Buckeye 20
  • White Peacock abundant
  • Monarch 5
  • Queen 7
  • Long-tailed Skipper 35
  • Dorantes Longtail 20
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Three-spotted Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 28
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 4

Sleepy Orange

Queen

Jim Egbert

Roscoe Rd Orange Beach and Upper Delta WMA Tensaw
Baldwin County, AL

The Upper Delta had a light freeze about a week ago while the beach didn’t get cold enough for frost. Barred Yellow was a surprise in Upper Delta.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 10
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1