September 2017 Sightings
Andrew Block
22 Myrtle Blvd., Larchmont,
Westchester County, NY
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 1
- Indian Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Jeffrey Rabkin
Forest Park
Queens County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Fred Kahan
Medford Leas
Burlington County, NJ
This may be he first reported sighting of the Giant Swallowtail in Burlington Co. A single sighting was recently reported from Gloucester Co. This location has had a good August for Monarchs; their cats can still be found in the meadows. Sweet!
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Sachem common
John Heyse
Manchester Beach State Park
Mendocino County, CA
82 f with David Rawlinson
plus two orange Mendocino silk moths (they look like butterflies), one impaled on our car.
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Zerene Fritillary 5
- Mylitta Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 3
- Cabbage White 8
- Painted Lady 5
- Common Buckeye 2
- Common Ringlet 20+
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Painted Lady 1
Tom Palmer
SR 471 corridor in Green Swamp
Polk County, FL
10:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Lots of Bidens. Saw 5 Hummingbird Clearwing and one Nessus Sphinx Moth.
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 38
- Barred Yellow 19
- Little Yellow 9
- Sleepy Orange 27
- Dainty Sulphur 4
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 29
- Zebra Heliconian 28
- Phaon Crescent 9
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 5
- White Peacock 83
- Viceroy 17
- Carolina Satyr 5
- Monarch 1
- Queen 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 7
- Dorantes Longtail 29
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 41
- Whirlabout 14
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 11
- Delaware Skipper 5
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Brazilian Skipper 10
- Ocola Skipper 57
Jennifer Cole
back yard
Gwinnett County, GA
First male Monarch I’ve seen in my yard. Breezy, overcast day, partially sunny, temp 80 degrees. See many Gulf Fritillaries and several Painted Ladies daily
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Painted Lady 2
- Monarch 1
Tom Privett
Redland
Miami-Dade County, FL
- Polydamas Swallowtail 43
- Giant Swallowtail 6
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Gulf Fritillary ,.16
- Julia Heliconian 14
- Zebra Heliconian 22
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Common Buckeye 6
- White Peacock 9
- Ruddy Daggerwing 3
- Monarch .5
- Queen 8
- Long-tailed Skipper .3
- Dorantes Longtail 5
Edward Perry IV
Tosohatchee WMA
Orange County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 10
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Palamedes Swallowtail abundant
- Cloudless Sulphur abundant
- Barred Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange abundant
- Dainty Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 9
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Phaon Crescent superabundant
- Pearl Crescent abundant
- Common Buckeye 2
- White Peacock abundant
- Viceroy abundant
- Georgia Satyr 2
- Monarch 6
- Queen 13
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 5
- Dorantes Longtail 5
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- Confused Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Zarucco Duskywing abundant
- White Checkered-Skipper 2
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 6
- Southern Skipperling 6
- Fiery Skipper abundant
- Whirlabout 5
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Byssus Skipper 2
- Monk Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 7
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper abundant
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Common Wood-Nymph
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Zabulon Skipper
Bart Jones
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park and Eagle Lake WMA
Shelby County, TN
The Zebra Swallowtail sighting is a rather late-in-the-season sighting.
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Checkered White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Little Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- American Snout common
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark 2
- Painted Lady abundant
- Common Buckeye
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 4
- Hackberry Emperor common
- Monarch 35
- Silver-spotted Skipper abundant
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper abundant
- Common Sootywing 3
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper
Sylvia Chen
2475 Arcadia Zurich Norris Rd, town of Arcadia
Wayne County, NY
- Giant Swallowtail 1
Venice Kelly
James Peak Wilderness east portal
Gilpin County, CO
10 am to 3:30 pm. sunny day 75F. lots of Green Commas flying today. we don’t usually see that many so that was fun.
- Mustard White 6
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 1
- Edith's Copper 4
- Ruddy Copper 1
- Purplish Copper 7
- Greenish Blue 6
- Arctic Blue 5
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Atlantis Fritillary 8
- Mormon Fritillary 2
- Satyr Comma 1
- Green Comma 20
- Hoary Comma 8
- Mourning Cloak 5
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 7
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
Dennis Holmes
Baltazor Hot Springs 5 mi west of Denio Jct., NV
Humboldt County, NV
- Becker's White 5
- Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 6
- Purplish Copper 2
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Sandhill Skipper 30
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Observed in backyard from 9-2pm
2 Male Black Swallowtails eclosed in garden
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Zabulon Skipper
Bill Berthet
Ralph Simmons Memorial State Forest
Nassau County, FL
Surveyed 3 Bottomland Forest Habitats only where Creole Pearly-eyes fly
Partly Cloudy no wind high 80’s Humid many mosquito’s
Habitat #1 South Side 1:30-2:00 North Side 2:05-2:30
Habitat #2 12:45-1:15
Habitat #3 11:05-12:05
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Southern Pearly-eye 44
- Creole Pearly-eye 8
- Appalachian Brown 2
- Gemmed Satyr 2
- Carolina Satyr 183
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Amelia Grimm
Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
Monroe County, FL
With Leigh Williams. 84 degrees, overcast with occasional light rain. 9:15am - 2:30pm.
- Polydamas Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 2
- Lyside Sulphur 1
- Barred Yellow 17
- Little Yellow 3
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Martial Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Cassius Blue 15
- Ceraunus Blue 4
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 9
- Queen 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Obscure Skipper 6
Judy Molnar
Hoome AKA Monarch Waystation #271
Newport News city, VA
Incidental sightings while briefly in the yard. Male monarch has adopted the yard for the past several weeks. Did not see any courtship between the male and female Duskywings as they flew around and past each other nectaring on Rudbeckia in the back yard.
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Ruddy Copper
- Blue Copper
- Melissa Blue 1
- Mormon Fritillary
- Field Crescent 1
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell
- Painted Lady
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 13
- Black Swallowtail 8
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Barred Yellow 11
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Dainty Sulphur 5
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 6
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 7
- Common Buckeye 4
- White Peacock 10
- Viceroy 4
- Carolina Satyr 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 13
- Long-tailed Skipper 5
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Zarucco Duskywing 2
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Whirlabout 4
- Ocola Skipper 2
Michael Diederich
19 Chappaqua Mountain Road, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Zabulon Skipper 4
Bart Jones
Sunk Lake SNA and Lower Hatchie NWR
Lauderdale County, TN
Painted Ladies have moved en masse into the area in the past week. Hundreds of them are about in any location you look. Silver-spotted Skippers aren’t too far behind them. Sunk Lake is one of the most reliable areas in the state to see Southern Dogfaces and there were dozens flying. A couple were the autumn form with the pink suffusion on the underside. Yehl Skipper is uncommon in the area and the Dainty Sulphurs were FOY.
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Checkered White
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- Southern Dogface
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Little Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Dainty Sulphur 6
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- American Snout
- Gulf Fritillary
- Variegated Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Painted Lady abundant
- Common Buckeye
- Red-spotted Purple
- Viceroy
- Hackberry Emperor
- Tawny Emperor
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper abundant
- Horace's Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Clouded Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Sachem
- Yehl Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 3
Kathy Barylski
Green Ridge State Forest, section north of I-68
Allegany County, MD
11 am - 1 pm; lower 70s, m. sunny.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 13
- Great Spangled Fritillary 38
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 20+
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 27
- Northern Pearly-eye 20+
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 4
- Least Skipper 2
- Leonard's Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Sachem 2
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 2
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- White M Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Jim Wilkinson
Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 8
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem common
- Dun Skipper 1
Andy Birkey
Vermillion Highlands
Dakota County, MN
Very windy, low 70s. 10 am to 1 pm. Many Giant Swallowtails. Quite the sight to see walking down the trails.
- Giant Swallowtail 25+
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 10
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent common
- Eastern Comma 2
- Gray Comma 3
- Painted Lady common
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 20+
- Least Skipper 3
Andy Birkey
Grey Cloud Dunes SNA
Washington County, MN
Very windy. Sunny, low 70s. Massive amounts of Painted Ladies. Little Yellows also very common. Variegated Fritillary was a new one for me at this park.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow common
- American Copper common
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady superabundant
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 16
- Sachem 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 20
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Monarch 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, Nottingham, PA 19362
Chester County, PA
Nectar sources dwindling, with Verbena Bonariensis, Butterfly Bushes, Zinnia, N.Y. Ironweed and a few other minor flowers in bloom. Most fall flowers have not appeared as of now.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 9
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 6
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 4
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Least Skipper 11
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 35
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Red-spotted Admiral 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Sachem 15
- Dun Skipper 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 14
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 102
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Allan R. Loudell
Along Dutch Neck Road south of the C & D Canal, south of Delaware City
New Castle County, DE
Half-hour walk, 10:30—11:00 a.m. Sunny, mild.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Bronze Copper 1 male
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Least Skipper 10
- Sachem 25+
- Broad-winged Skipper 10
Brett Badeaux
Fullerton Arboretum
Orange County, CA
- Giant Swallowtail
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Gray Hairstreak
- Marine Blue common
- Acmon Blue
- Gulf Fritillary
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper common
- Umber Skipper 6
- Eufala Skipper 4
Judy Molnar
Virginia Living Museum
Newport News city, VA
Incidental sightings as I volunteered outdoors in the morning at the museum. SSS was sunning on a Wax Myrtle growing along the lake shore between Amphitheater and Otter Exhibit; RSP flying and landing to find a good basking spot under trees along path across from Amphitheater; Sulphurs seen nectaring on Cardinal Flowers being staged for fall plant sale near a green house and later on Lady-in-Red Salvia in Children’s Learning Garden
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
Morning rain, then mostly cloudy and cool. 70 degrees.
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Zabulon Skipper
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Anise Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Small Checkered-Skipper 1
Mike Reese
Mariners Trail, Manitowoc to Two Rivers
Manitowoc County, WI
First real push of migrating Monarchs along Lake Michigan. Cool temps around 60 degrees and very scattered showers didn’t seem to bother them as I watched five flyby in the rain. This was the highest number of Painted Ladies I have seen in a decade.
- Cabbage White 1
- Painted Lady 8
- Monarch 43
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Partly sunny and 63 degrees when observing around noon. A male Monarch emerged from chrysalis yesterday afternoon. Wings dried around eve when strong storms came through. It calmly waited on my hand about 2 minutes before flying away.
- Cabbage White 4
- Monarch 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Observed in backyard for a few hrs in the am…mid 80’s today and humid
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Gulf Fritillary 13
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Monarch 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
Tom Palmer
Saddle Creek Park
Polk County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 3
- Barred Yellow 3
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- White M Hairstreak 1
- American Snout 1
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Zebra Heliconian 13
- Question Mark 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 133
- Viceroy 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen 1
- Dorantes Longtail 3
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Ocola Skipper 1
Ellen Honeycutt
Canton
Cherokee County, GA
Time spent in the yard and walking around the neighborhood. The monarch that I saw was a male.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 6
- American Snout 1
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Alan Wells
Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY
Thin cloud layer; light breeze; air temperatures ranged from 73-81 F; with Della Wells.
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 5
- American Copper 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Appalachian Brown 5
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 4
David H. Bartholomew
Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA
Six mile hike yielded six species, nothing unexpected. Orange Sulphur was seen as I was driving away.
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Common Ringlet 3
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Woodland Skipper 15
Ron Smith
Payne's Prairie Preserve
Alachua County, FL
W/lORI. Under mostly cloudy skies. The Hackberry’s were found on and around the horse stables at La Chua Trail.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Palamedes Swallowtail 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 25
- Barred Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 22
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Gulf Fritillary abundant
- Zebra Heliconian abundant
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Hackberry Emperor 5
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Carolina Satyr 25
- Queen 21
- Long-tailed Skipper 12
- Horace's Duskywing 7
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Ocola Skipper 2
Jennifer Cole
backyard
Gwinnett County, GA
First Buckeye I’ve seen this season in my yard. A sunny afternoon, mid 80’s with a breeze.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Common Buckeye 1
Steven Glynn
Oakmulgee WMA
Bibb County, AL
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 11
- Little Yellow 6
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Gulf Fritillary 7
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 8
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Carolina Satyr 6
- Mitchell's Satyr 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Southern Cloudywing 2
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Least Skipper 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Byssus Skipper 2
Andrew Block
192 Macy Rd., Briarcliff Manor,
Westchester County, NY
Also saw many Monarch caterpillars on the Asclepias currisavica.
- Giant Swallowtail 1
Lorraine S. Williford
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, on Lighthouse Drive
Wakulla County, FL
While birding at St. Marks NWR, my husband, daughter & I observed this leucistic Gulf Fritillary.
- Gulf Fritillary 1
Joanne Langabee
Fontenelle Forest
Sarpy County, NE
I was out for 2 hours. The Painted Ladies were thick.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 82
- Orange Sulphur 25
- Little Yellow 1
- Dainty Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Eastern Comma 2
- Painted Lady 406
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 3
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 3
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 10
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Cabbage White 2
- Little Yellow 1
- Marine Blue 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Eufala Skipper 1
Ken Wilson
Courthouse Butte, near Village of Oak Creek
Coconino County, AZ
Sunny & warm. Seen about 4 PM.
- Old World Swallowtail
- Painted Lady
- Common Buckeye
Allen Belden
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Washington County, NC
Shore and Allen Drives. Berry’s Skipper a male.
- Palamedes Swallowtail 45
- Cloudless Sulphur 19
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 12
- Viceroy 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Berry's Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
Joanne Langabee
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Sarpy County, NE
A gorgeous day at the gardens. Butterflies everywhere, especially on the goldenrod and boneset. There has been an explosion of Painted Ladies in the area. Yes we saw over 800 and that is conservative.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 228
- Orange Sulphur 63
- Cloudless Sulphur 7
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 14
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 7
- Painted Lady 812
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 13
- Silver-spotted Skipper 13
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 1
Raven Anthony Squire
Washington Park (Palisade & 2nd Street)
Hudson County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- American Lady 3
- Painted Lady 5
- Monarch 6
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Sachem 1
Brett Badeaux
near Descanso
San Diego County, CA
Hot even early, up to 90f. Painted Ladies were a pest
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Checkered White
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Marine Blue 3
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Melissa Blue
- Acmon Blue
- Mormon Metalmark
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Painted Lady abundant
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye
- Lorquin's Admiral
- California Sister
- Monarch
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sandhill Skipper 1
- Sachem 2
- Woodland Skipper
- Umber Skipper 1
David H. Bartholomew
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
San Mateo County, CA
With David Rawlinson and John Hibbard. Not until 3:00 PM did the sun finally overcome the heavy cloud layer, dry out the flowers, and bring out the butterflies.
- Acmon Blue 10
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 8
- Common Ringlet 2
- Woodland Skipper common
- Umber Skipper 1
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Much cooler today….65 to start out the day….butterflies were noticeably later to come out this morning
Observed 4 hrs in am
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Brazilian Skipper 1
Edward Perry IV
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
Noon to 3:30 pm. RWarner & EPerry. Partly sunny, hot, and humid. The calm before the storm. Hurricane Irma is projected to go right through this area in two days. Searched but could not find a single Arogos Skipper, but the blooms of the rayless sunflower, their favorite here, have about another week or two before they reach bloom, buds are reaching for the skies.
- Zebra Swallowtail abundant
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Palamedes Swallowtail 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 17
- Barred Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 19
- Sleepy Orange 6
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Ceraunus Blue 15
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 3
- Pearl Crescent abundant
- Common Buckeye 11
- White Peacock abundant
- Viceroy 15
- Queen 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Zarucco Duskywing 6
- Fiery Skipper abundant
- Whirlabout 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Sachem 7
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 6
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Steven Rosenthal
Pt Lookout , Firemen's Memorail Park
Nassau County, NY
FOY for me up here. Seen as I was walking into the park ca. 2pm, same individual presumably in same area leaving the park 1.5 hours later. Buckeyes still around, also one albinistic orange Sulphur.
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 34
- Orange Sulphur 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 8
- Least Skipper 26
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Sachem 212
- Dun Skipper 3
Tom Palmer
Lake Blue Scrub
Polk County, FL
- Pipevine Swallowtail 3
- Zebra Swallowtail 3
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Barred Yellow 10
- Little Yellow 1
- Ceraunus Blue 23
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Zebra Heliconian 3
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- White Peacock 1
- Viceroy 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Three-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
- Orange Sulphur
- Reakirt's Blue
- Spring Azure
- Painted Crescent
- Mylitta Crescent
- Mourning Cloak
- Painted Lady
- Common Buckeye
- Red-spotted Admiral
- California Sister
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Orange Skipperling
Jeanette Klodzen
Catherine's Pass Trail (Little Cottonwood Canyon)
Salt Lake County, UT
Hike from TH 9,400 ft above Catherine’s Pass and over to the Supreme Lift at 10,550ft.
All of the Clouded Sulphurs, Painted Ladies, Western White, and Acmon Blue were seen at 10,500+ ft.
UnID’d Frits and other bflys were seen at lower elevations.
- Western White 1
- Clouded Sulphur common
- Ruddy Copper
- Blue Copper
- Acmon Blue 1
- Painted Lady 4+
Allen Belden
Palmetto-Peartree Preserve
Tyrrell County, NC
- Palamedes Swallowtail 49
- Cloudless Sulphur 13
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 4
- Common Wood-Nymph 24
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 2
- Dion Skipper 2
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
The umber skippers were chasing each other on my enormous plumbago plant. The pipevine swallowtails ranged from large to very small.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 3
- Anise Swallowtail 1
- Monarch 1
- Small Checkered-Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 3
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Clear and cool…59 at 7:30 am!!
Warmed up nicely….several butterflies in the gardens
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Viceroy 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
Steven Glynn
Enterprise South Nature Park
Hamilton County, TN
- Cloudless Sulphur 7
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Gemmed Satyr 2
- Sachem 3
Steven Glynn
Prentice Cooper WMA
Marion County, TN
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 8
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Diana Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Sachem 2
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
Edward Perry IV
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
The property was closed today due to impending Hurricane Irma (Governor ordered all state agencies to close on Friday), so we surveyed the perimeter of the property and saw much of what we saw inside the day before, with the addition of Clouded Skipper. EPerry & RWarner from 8:30 a to Noon, partly sunny, hot, humid. Bidens alba and purple thistle were the most common nectar sources.
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Palamedes Swallowtail
- Cloudless Sulphur abundant
- Barred Yellow
- Little Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Gray Hairstreak
- Ceraunus Blue
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary
- Phaon Crescent 4
- Pearl Crescent abundant
- Common Buckeye
- White Peacock abundant
- Viceroy
- Monarch 1
- Queen 12
- Long-tailed Skipper
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zarucco Duskywing abundant
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper abundant
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Delaware Skipper 3
- Monk Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 5
Tal Pipkin
Abercrombie park
Pinellas County, FL
…initially was there for birding, however there was a good variety of butterflies as well ;)
- Polydamas Swallowtail 4
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 1
- Barred Yellow 1
- Dainty Sulphur 2
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Zebra Heliconian 3
- Red Admiral 1
- White Peacock 4
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
Judy Molnar
Home garden AKA Monarch Waystation #271
Newport News city, VA
As walked in or out of front door, saw sulphur nectar on Lady-in-Red Salvia.
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
Kathy Barylski
Little Bennett Regional Park
Montgomery County, MD
Only the areas near the golf course and Prescott Rd horse area and trail. About 1-3:40 pm. Conditions - abt 70, p. cloudy (50%), variable light breeze.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3-4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1-2
- Cabbage White 17
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 6
- American Copper 5
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2-3
- Variegated Fritillary 6
- Great Spangled Fritillary 17-18
- Pearl Crescent 25
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 14
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 4
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 16
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Sachem 300
- Zabulon Skipper 1-2
- Dun Skipper 2-3
Ronald Hedden
Back yard
Lubbock County, TX
- Cabbage White 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Marine Blue 1
- Gorgone Checkerspot 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Sachem 5
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Low 60’s again this morning….observed in backyard from 9 until 2 pm
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 15-20
- Question Mark 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Dun Skipper 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 20
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Jeanette Klodzen
Sentry Trail (Antelope Island)
Davis County, UT
Only walked down to Mushroom Springs; a bison herd blocked the trail.
Happy to see the one Melissa Blue as this area was burned by a wildfire last summer.
- Clouded Sulphur 10+
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Melissa Blue 1
- Black Swallowtail
- Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- Variegated Fritillary
- Fulvia Checkerspot
- Painted Lady
- Common Buckeye
Glenn Koppel
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Accomack County, VA
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 10
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 5
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 3
- Least Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
- Gemmed Satyr 1
James Shelton
Pine Island Wildlife Rufuge
Currituck County, NC
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 6
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Question Mark 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 1
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Cloudy, windy and cool…expecting Trop Storm Irma tomorrow.
Observed outside for 3 hrs in the am…only had 1 species
- Gulf Fritillary 3
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Queens County, NY
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- American Snout 1
- Common Buckeye 1
Daniel Jones
Our Progreso Lakes Yard
Hidalgo County, TX
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Large Orange Sulphur 1
- Lyside Sulphur 1
- Little Yellow 6
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- American Snout 1
- Phaon Crescent 1
- White Peacock 1
- Queen 1
- Guava Skipper 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Brown Longtail 2
- Mimosa Skipper 1
- Mournful Duskywing 2
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 6
- Laviana White-Skipper 3
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 6
- Double-dotted Skipper 2
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Eufala Skipper 3
Kathy Barylski
Lilypons Water Gardens
Frederick County, MD
1:10-4:45 pm; temps rising from low 70s to abt 78; mostly sunny dropping to hazy conditions.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 12
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 28
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 18
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 14
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Pearl Crescent 17
- Question Mark 2
- Eastern Comma 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 7
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Monarch 8
- Silver-spotted Skipper 31
- Common Checkered-Skipper 8
- Least Skipper 21
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Sachem 450+
Robert Bell
Rockport State Park
Presque Isle County, MI
Sunny, 68 degrees
Most butterflies found in powerline swath. A few Clouded Sulphurs were found near parking area in Alpena county.
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 24
- Aphrodite Fritillary 8
- Meadow Fritillary 8
- Northern Crescent 7
- Eastern Comma 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 9
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Monarch 1
Jeffrey Rabkin
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Queens County, NY
Checkered White had lost at least 35% of its wings.
- Checkered White 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye
Jim Wilkinson
Oxford Square, Elkridge
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Sachem 20
Jim Wilkinson
Queenstown Park
Anne Arundel County, MD
- Cabbage White 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Sachem 4
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
James Shelton
Kittyhawk Woods - NC Estuarine Research Reserve - Barlow Ln
Dare County, NC
Warm. Overcast. Irma in South.
- Palamedes Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 5
- Creole Pearly-eye 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Mary Lynn Delfino
Mentor Headlands State Park
Lake County, OH
- Cabbage White 3
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
Mary Lynn Delfino
Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve
Lake County, OH
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 18
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Pearl Crescent 25
- Viceroy 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Michael Drake
Dixon Meadow Preserve
Montgomery County, PA
Sunny, low 70’s. Best clouded Sulphur flight I’ve seen this year.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur common
- Orange Sulphur common
- Pearl Crescent 15
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 2
Lynn Hyatt
My garden, Cleveland, Alabama
Blount County, AL
Maps show these just outside of range for my area.
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
Judy Molnar
Virginia Living Museum AKA Monarch Waystation #299
Newport News city, VA
One Female White was in Children’s Learning Garden, other flew by while I was volunteering outdoors at VLM. RSP was basking on boardwalk, skipper seen on Rudbeckia near staff gate to Fire Road. A dark faded swallowtail, possibly a Spicebush Swallowtail, was seen flying over the water near the lake shore moving south as I walked near the raccoon exhibit.
- Cabbage White 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Andrew Block
20 Hancock Ave., Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 1
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
One day after Trop storm Irma came through our area…I was anxious to get outside to check caterpillars…etc. Everything was in good shape!
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Gulf Fritillary 20
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Bronze Copper 2
- Northern Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 7
- Mourning Cloak 6
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Viceroy 4
- Monarch 3
- Least Skipper 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- White M Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 35
Alan Wells
Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY
Thin cloud layer; light breeze, 4-6 mph; air temperatures ranged from 69-75 F; with Della Wells.
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
David H. Bartholomew
Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA
Lots more butterflies this week but fewer species. Best was a Mourning Cloak enjoying the nutrients in a hog wallow.
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- Common Ringlet 9
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Woodland Skipper 60
Jim Wilkinson
Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 15
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Howard County, MD
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 18
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem common
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Low 70’s to start the day….observed in backyard 3 hrs 9am-12pm
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gulf Fritillary 15-20
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
John J. Collins
Wallkill River NWR - Winding Waters Trail
Orange County, NY
Leaderless Walks - 6 participants
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 48
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 10
- Least Skipper 18
David L. Amadio
Clay Hill Rd. & Desert Rd.
Suffolk city, VA
Some white flowering Eupatorium here along the roadside.
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 12
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 1
David L. Amadio
Great Dismal Swamp NWR, Jericho ditch
Suffolk city, VA
Again much of the roadside along the ditch has recently been mowed.Past the parking area and trailhead the edges have been mowed as well leaving little nectar.
- Palamedes Swallowtail 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 12
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Southern Pearly-eye 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 1
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 7
David L. Amadio
White Marsh Rd. between Washington & Jericho ditch trails
Suffolk city, VA
Best nectar in the area today. Nice amounts of mistflower,and Joe-Pye weed. This small bridge roadside is just north of the Washington ditch entrance.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Red-banded Hairstreak 4
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Viceroy 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 18
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 1
David L. Amadio
Great Dismal Swamp NWR, Washington Ditch
Suffolk city, VA
Partly Cloudy and 78 degrees. Sadly most of the nectar along the ditch was recently mowed.I believe the Chrysalis image is that of a Question Mark.Observations made between 10:15 a.m. & 1:15 p.m. with a 15 min. heavy rain shower at 12:30
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Viceroy 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 11
- Least Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 11
Jeffrey Rabkin
Tompkins Square Park
New York County, NY
A Long-tailed Skipper briefly stopped on a Butterfly Bush. I could not re-locate it.
- Cabbage White common
- Monarch 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
The Anise Swallowtail was so small, that I could not identify it until it landed. It was very fresh and about the size of a Cabbage White.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 3
- Anise Swallowtail 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Umber Skipper 2
Andrew Block
20 Hancock Ave., Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Monarch 2
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
Brett Badeaux
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA
Partly cloudy and very windy. This area needs more rain.
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Leda Ministreak 6
- Western Pygmy-Blue 12+
- Marine Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Palmer's Metalmark 5
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Painted Lady abundant
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 3
- Queen 8
- Mojave Sootywing 2
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Eufala Skipper 1
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Observed in backyard for approx 3 hrs in late afternoon….3pm-6pm
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Florida White 2
- Yellow Angled-Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Large Orange Sulphur 2
- Lyside Sulphur 1
- Little Yellow 4
- Mimosa Yellow 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- American Snout 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady 2
- White Peacock 1
- Brown Longtail 2
- Mimosa Skipper 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper 1
- Hermit Skipper 1
- White-patched Skipper 2
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 6
- Laviana White-Skipper 2
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper 1
Joanne Langabee
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Sarpy County, NE
Got above 90 degrees while out and windy. We were out from 10:00 - 1:30. Not near as many Painted Ladies as last week but still lots of Cabbage Whites.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 325
- Orange Sulphur 64
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 15
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady 127
- Common Buckeye 5
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 21
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Jim Wilkinson
Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 10
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 5
- Least Skipper 3
- Sachem 20
David H. Bartholomew
Mount Hamilton
Santa Clara County, CA
With David Rawlinson, John Hibbard, and Nancy Asquith. We were looking for fritillaries, woodnymphs, and Columbia Skippers which this time of year visit the Rabbitbrush at the summit of Mt. Hamilton. It appears that we were a bit early, the rabbitbrush was not yet in full bloom. There were no fritillaries or woodnymphs, but there were Columbia Skippers to be found among the predominant Woodland Skippers.
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Painted Lady 6
- Columbian Skipper 2
- Woodland Skipper common
David H. Bartholomew
Del Puerto Canyon
Stanislaus County, CA
With David Rawlinson, John Hibbard, and Nancy Asquith.
Spring flooding scoured the creek bed; most of the buckwheat and milkweed is gone, clover is predominant now. Goldenrod was attractive to blues and hairstreaks.
Acmon Blue females were much smaller than the males, seems like it is usually the other way around.
- Cabbage White 12
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Acmon Blue 10
- Mormon Metalmark 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 2
- Lorquin's Admiral 3
- California Sister 3
- Common Ringlet 2
- Northern White-Skipper 2
David L. Amadio
Norfolk Botanical Gardens
Norfolk city, VA
Numbers for most species less than what I have found here in the past. Still plenty of action and such an outstanding garden. Much effort has been made to attract butterflies as well as other polinators. Observations made between 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 8
- Black Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Palamedes Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 27
- Sleepy Orange 6
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 8
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 4
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 13
- Common Buckeye 7
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 12
- Silver-spotted Skipper 20
- Long-tailed Skipper 5
- Horace's Duskywing 6
- Clouded Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 28
- Sachem 12
- Brazilian Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 11
David L. Amadio
Great Dismal Swamp NWR, Washington Ditch
Suffolk city, VA
Observations made from 8:30 a.m. till about 10 a.m.
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 7
- Least Skipper 3
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1
Damien Johnson
(39°17'49.2"N 120°21'01.1"W) About 20 west of the rock outcroping that forms the "nest" of the Crow's Nest peak (which is within the Sugar Bowl ski resort)
Placer County, CA
Avid hiker but never seen a butterfly like this in the flesh so thought I should share.
- Black Swallowtail 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gulf Fritillary 15-20
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Sunny, light winds and 78 degrees during the observation. Monarch seen flying at a metro school parking lot.
- Cabbage White 4
- Monarch 1
- Cabbage White 28
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 10
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Least Skipper 28
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Peck's Skipper 22
- Sachem 227
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason/Dixon, 19362
Chester County, PA
Today in a patch of Verbena, 68 Sachens were nectaring, the most I have ever seen here at one time. Butterfly Bush, Verbena b.,Asters and White Clover are the main nectar sources here now.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 19
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 11
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 68
Andrew Block
167 Old Army Rd., Scarsdale,
Westchester County, NY
All seen since 9/4 to 9/15, most in the last few days. The Giant Swallowtail is probably the one seen earlier but worn.
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady 5+
- Monarch 7+
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4+
- Sachem 4+
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Peck's Skipper 10
- Sachem 39
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- White M Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Observed in backyard for several hrs both morning and afternoon
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
Warren A. Jacobs
SGL 217, off Rt 309 at the bottom of the mountain
Lehigh County, PA
Former logging road with nice little meadows all along at the old log landing sites
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- American Copper
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Meadow Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Gray Comma
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Horace's Duskywing
- Zabulon Skipper
David L. Amadio
Great Dismal Swamp NWR Railroad,West,& Interior Ditch to Lake Drummond
Suffolk city, VA
Observations made after 4:30 p.m. Mostly Cloudy and around 78-80 degrees.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 7
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Least Skipper 1
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1
Jeanette Klodzen
White Rock Trail (Antelope Island)
Davis County, UT
Hiked the larger loop.
20 degree temperature drop on Friday. Temperatures now in the upper 50s.
- Painted Lady 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5+
- Common Branded Skipper 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 3
- Statira Sulphur 6
- Barred Yellow 11
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 18
- Mangrove Buckeye 4
- White Peacock 7
- White Checkered-Skipper 13
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 26
Curtis A. Lehman
Round Hill Park
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 26
- Clouded Sulphur 11
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Meadow Fritillary 8
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Pearl Crescent 34
- Question Mark 3
- Eastern Comma 2
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 12
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Joanne Langabee
Jack Sinn Wildlife Management Area
Saunders County, NE
It was windy and hot, around 84 degrees. There were hundreds of Painted Ladies. Too many to count flying around.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 2
- Cabbage White 6
- Orange Sulphur 23
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 2
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 200+
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 5
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Curtis A. Lehman
Roaring Run Recreation Area
Armstrong County, PA
- Cabbage White 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Question Mark 3
- Eastern Comma 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 9
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
slow day compared to the beginning of last week
Hot, not quite as humid…84
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 11
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, on Mason/Dixon--MD/PA-19362
Chester County, PA
Strange day with mostly cloudy conditions, yielding a Broad-winged Skipper-1st here, Pipevine- 2nd for this year and not seen each year and single Silver-spotted Skipper that are my mainstay. Sachems way down today and Peck’s numbers spiked.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 21
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 14
- Peck's Skipper 26
- Sachem 29
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
David H. Bartholomew
Sunnyvale, back yard
Santa Clara County, CA
Friday I drove 128 miles in the hopes of finding a few Coronis Fritillaries, and saw none. Today I had one in my backyard!
- Cabbage White 1
- Coronis Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Mournful Duskywing 1
Mary Lynn Delfino
Quail Hollow State Park
Stark County, OH
Mostly walked the woodland trails. Temps in the mid-to-high 70s. Light winds.
- Cabbage White 10
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Bronze Copper 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Red-spotted Admiral 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 2
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 1
Mary Lynn Delfino
Springfield Bog Metro Park
Summit County, OH
Beautiful late summer day. Highs in the mid-70s. Very light winds.
- Cabbage White 24
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow 2
- Bronze Copper 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 22
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 5
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
Michael Drake
Pennypack Ecological Trust, Bryn Athyn
Montgomery County, PA
Sunny 80, both Swallowtails very fresh
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White X
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur common
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem abundant
John Bergstrom
Green Valley
Pima County, AZ
9:00 a.m. 85 degrees F. clear light breeze nectar sources: Mexican Bird-of-Paradise and Bebbia
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Leda Ministreak 3
- Marine Blue 1
- American Snout common
- Elada Checkerspot 2
- Painted Lady abundant
- Monarch 1
- Queen 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Arizona Powdered-Skipper 1
- Funereal Duskywing 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
Jeanette Klodzen
Lake Solitude - Twin Lakes Loop (Big Cottonwood Canyon)
Salt Lake County, UT
Temperatures 45-52 degrees at 8700-9500ft
First snowfall (a dusting) fell on Friday 9/15.
One UnId’d Fritillary
- Ruddy Copper 1
Tom Palmer
Lake Walkinwater area
Polk County, FL
First outing since Hurricane Irma. Warm, breezy, lots of roadside wildflowers in places. Very wet.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 12
- Barred Yellow 14
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Dainty Sulphur 11
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 20
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 51
- Common Buckeye 2
- White Peacock 12
- Viceroy 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 12
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 10
- Southern Skipperling 4
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Whirlabout 5
- Southern Broken-Dash 4
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 28
James L. Monroe
Croatan National Forest, Catfish Rd.
Craven County, NC
One of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails was a black form female.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Palamedes Swallowtail 21
- Cloudless Sulphur 20
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 5
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 12
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- White M Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
Ron Smith
Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL
At long last the park finally opened after the passing of Hurricane Irma 7 days ago, though only the east end and middle key were actually open, the north end was still closed. Several of the leps were pretty battered-looking. Nice surprises were a Painted Lady, my first-for-fall Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak in the park and my 2nd-ever-for-the-park Spicebush Swallowtail.
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Statira Sulphur 1
- Barred Yellow 24
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Pygmy-Blue 22
- Cassius Blue 12
- Ceraunus Blue 32
- Gulf Fritillary 24
- Phaon Crescent 26
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Mangrove Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 31
- Monarch 1
- Queen 2
- Mangrove Skipper 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 14
- Fiery Skipper 10
- Monk Skipper 4
- Obscure Skipper 21
- Ocola Skipper 4
Curtis A. Lehman
Keystone State Park
Westmoreland County, PA
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 3
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 9
- Question Mark 4
- Eastern Comma 7
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 3
- Appalachian Brown 2
- Monarch 4
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 1
John Christensen
Draper-Houston Meadow Preserve
Washtenaw County, MI
Temperature in the mid 80s. Sachem and Snouts were nice surprises.
- Cabbage White 10
- Clouded Sulphur 20+
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 20+
- American Snout 2
- Pearl Crescent 12
- Painted Lady 8
- Common Buckeye 3
- Viceroy 7
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 9
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
Alan Wells
Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY
Light breeze, 4-9 mph; air temperatures ranged from 72-75 F; with Della Wells.
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 15
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 11
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Gulf Fritillary 12
- Zebra Heliconian 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 3
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Monarch 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 6
- White Checkered-Skipper abundant
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper abundant
- Ocola Skipper 11
- Cabbage White 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Sachem 1
Andy Birkey
Coldwater Spring, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Hennepin County, MN
Surprising amount of diversity given how late it is in the season for Minnesota. Saw the first Gray Hairstreak I’ve seen in the state thus far, and Fiery Skippers are a first for this park… and the county, I believe.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 11
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady common
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 6
- Monarch 20
- Least Skipper 2
Curtis A. Lehman
White Oak Park
Allegheny County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 14
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Silvery Checkerspot 2
- Pearl Crescent 9
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 6
- Monarch 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Sachem 3
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Red Admiral
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 10
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 2
- Least Skipper 1
- Sachem 18
John Heyse
Richmond Hilltop
Contra Costa County, CA
- Painted Lady 1
Dave Hanson, David Bratley
Washburn to Port Wing along CTH C and State Hwy 13
Bayfield County, WI
The Cloudless Sulphur was seen in Herbster. This is the northern most record in WI!
Just the tip of the iceberg so to speak with the Painted Ladies. Every yard with flowers from Washburn to Port Wing had at least a dozen.
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- American Copper 1
- Northern Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 203
James L. Monroe
Along Rte. 45 in Francis Marion NF
Berkeley County, SC
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
- Palamedes Swallowtail common
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Sleepy Orange 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Carolina Satyr 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Long-tailed Skipper common
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Clouded Skipper 6
- Tawny-edged Skipper 3
- Little Glassywing 3
- Dun Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper common
Tom Palmer
Marion Creek
Polk County, FL
Numbers down; relatively few wildflowers; very wet following Hurricane Irma
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Barred Yellow 10
- Little Yellow 1
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 4
- Viceroy 2
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
Joanne Langabee
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Douglas County, NE
Awesome day butterflying. Perfect weather, lots of butterflies. Were out for 4.5 hours and almost 2000 butterflies
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 455
- Orange Sulphur 118
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 6
- Pearl Crescent 12
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady 1246
- Common Buckeye 2
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Monarch 21
- Silver-spotted Skipper 11
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 3
Curtis A. Lehman
Raccoon Creek State Park
Beaver County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Eastern Comma 5
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Peck's Skipper 3
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
very hot and humid conditions today
observed in backyard for 3 hrs 9-12
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, on Mason/Dixon--MD/PA-19362
Chester County, PA
Beefsteak Plant, White Snakeroot, White Clover and Verbena,b, along with Mexican Sunflowers, Lantana being the last nectar sources available now.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 19
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 5
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 44
- Sachem 38
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Monarch 1
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
This is the second time I have seen a Great Purple Hairstreak on the mistletoe on my ash tree in my front yard. It took off right after I tried to focus it.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Bronze Copper 2
- Northern Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 5
- Viceroy 3
- Monarch 2
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 15
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Painted Lady 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 4
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Sachem 25
Judy Molnar
Monarch Waystation #299 AKA Virginia Living Museum
Newport News city, VA
Sightings recorded as I volunteered on the grounds.
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 40
- Clouded Sulphur 18
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Bronze Copper 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 32
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Cabbage White 18
- Clouded Sulphur 6
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 2
- Sachem 2
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
The Gardens exploded today. I have had few Orange Sulphurs this year but 6 here today. FOY Long-tail Skipper for this year.
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 9
- Painted Lady 12
- Common Buckeye 15
- Monarch 24
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper common
- Sachem abundant
Mike Reese
Green Bay Botanical Gardens
Brown County, WI
10:30-12:30. Cloudy and somewhat foggy at the start. I saw some sun as I was leaving. This was a very conservative count of the Painted Ladies.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 9
- Painted Lady 109
Denis C. Quinn
Nottingham County Park, Nottingham, PA 19362
Chester County, PA
Few nectar sources here, with Goldenrod being almost exclusive.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 6
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Meadow Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Painted Lady 14
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 24
- Sachem 29
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, on Mason/Dixon--MD/PA-19362
Chester County, PA
Sunny eighties and now many butterflies are quite worn with numbers shrinking steadily here. Goldenrod, White Snakeroot now in bloom
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 14
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 6
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 26
- Sachem 30
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Jim Wilkinson
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville
Queen Anne's County, MD
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 6
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 12
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 30
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 5
Curtis A. Lehman
Hillman State Park
Washington County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 14
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- Meadow Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 9
- Question Mark 4
- Eastern Comma 17
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Viceroy 2
- Northern Pearly-eye 2
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 7
- Least Skipper 1
James L. Monroe
Wekiva Rd. or NE 77-th Ave, in Bronson
Levy County, FL
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 7
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 12
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
- Ocola Skipper 7
- Palamedes Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Phaon Crescent 4
- Question Mark 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Viceroy 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 6
- Pipevine Swallowtail +
- Giant Swallowtail
- Two-tailed Swallowtail
- Southern Dogface
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Mexican Yellow
- Tailed Orange
- Dainty Sulphur
- Reakirt's Blue
- Spring Azure
- Gulf Fritillary
- Variegated Fritillary
- Bordered Patch
- Mylitta Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Red-spotted Purple
- California Sister
- Nabokov's Satyr
- Red-bordered Satyr
- Queen +
- Dull Firetip
- Mournful Duskywing
- Pacuvius Duskywing
- Orange Skipperling
- Huachuca Giant-Skipper
Myron Newt Newton
Four miles south of the town of Flowery Branch
Hall County, GA
Zebra Heliconian feeding at lantana between 9/24 to 9/27/2017. On 9/25 and 9/26 it would feed for a minute or two, then fly to a neighboring yard and come back a few minutes later. On 9/27 its feeding time per visit was less than one minute and no sightings observed on 9/28. Temps in this are were in the upper 80s to 90 degrees. Managed a poor quality photo on 9/22.
- Zebra Heliconian 1
Catherine Leimbach
St. Paul, near the Mississippi River.
Ramsey County, MN
Could this be an albino painted lady butterfly?
- Painted Lady 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- White M Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
Curtis A. Lehman
Bushy Run Battlefield State Park
Westmoreland County, PA
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 8
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Meadow Fritillary 17
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Question Mark 1
- Northern Pearly-eye 3
- Monarch 1
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Sachem 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Edward Perry IV
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
11:20 am to 3:30 pm, started out sunny but turned to rain in last half of survey time. No liatris but some areas with paintbrush, Bidens, Carolina redroot, Rayless Sunflower, and goldenrod. Signs of Hurricane Irma’s passing are evident in many broken pines, flooded roads (the bridge ares is washed out and closed), and bent vegetation. The first Arogos Skippers of the season are showing on Rayless Sunflower stalks/blooms that were not broken off by Hurricane Irma. This area was as wet as I’ve ever seen it. RWarner & EPerry
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail
- Cloudless Sulphur abundant
- Barred Yellow 1
- Little Yellow 3
- Dainty Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 5
- Ceraunus Blue
- Little Metalmark 3
- Gulf Fritillary
- Phaon Crescent
- Pearl Crescent
- Common Buckeye
- White Peacock
- Viceroy
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen
- Dorantes Longtail 3
- Confused Cloudywing 1
- Zarucco Duskywing abundant
- Swarthy Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper abundant
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Arogos Skipper 7
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper
Ahmet Baytas
Avis Campbell Garden, Montclair.
Essex County, NJ
80 degrees. 2-2:30 pm.
Also, five Monarch caterpillars on Tropical Milkweed.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 4
- Monarch 3
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 11
Andrew Block
192 Macy Rd., Briarcliff Manor,
Westchester County, NY
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White common
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady common
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Sachem 1
Andrew Block
167 Old Army Rd., Scarsdale,
Westchester County, NY
- Monarch 1
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Palamedes Swallowtail
- Great Southern White
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Dainty Sulphur
- Gulf Fritillary
- Zebra Heliconian
- Painted Lady
- White Peacock abundant
- Monarch
- Queen
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Whirlabout
- Sachem
- Brazilian Skipper
Andy Birkey
Grey Cloud Dunes SNA
Washington County, MN
Sunny. Very windy. Very warm (upper 80s). Reakirt’s Blue is a first for me.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur common
- Little Yellow common
- American Copper 5
- Reakirt's Blue 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent common
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady common
- Common Buckeye 20+
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 19
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 5
- Gulf Fritillary abundant
- Painted Lady 7
- Common Buckeye abundant
- Long-tailed Skipper abundant
- Horace's Duskywing 5
- Clouded Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Whirlabout 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 4
- Palmetto Skipper 5
- Palatka Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper abundant
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 40
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Bronze Copper 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Pearl Crescent 24
- Painted Lady 1
- Viceroy 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
Ken Wilson
Pena Blanca Lake and nearby Alamo Canyon
Santa Cruz County, AZ
Sunny, temps were below normal in the mid 80s. It was quite windy.
- Black Swallowtail
- Clouded Sulphur
- Southern Dogface
- Cloudless Sulphur +
- Tailed Orange
- Dainty Sulphur
- Western Pygmy-Blue
- Ceraunus Blue
- Spring Azure
- Arizona Metalmark
- American Snout
- Bordered Patch
- Tiny Checkerspot
- Funereal Duskywing
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper +
- Orange Skipperling
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Carolina Satyr 2
- Monarch 3
- Pipevine Swallowtail 12
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail common
- Cabbage White 6
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Sleepy Orange 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Pearl Crescent 4
- American Lady 4
- Painted Lady abundant
- Common Buckeye common
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 20
- Silver-spotted Skipper 17
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Clouded Skipper 5
- Least Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper common
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem common
- Brazilian Skipper 6
- Ocola Skipper common
Marcus Gray & Family
Clinton WMA
Hunterdon County, NJ
Just made a quick loop for an hour through the dog training area. Warm, 90F & full sun.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 6
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 60
- Red Admiral 25
- Red-spotted Purple 6
- Monarch 17
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
Mike Reese
Superior Municipal Forest
Douglas County, WI
The Painted Ladies have migrated throughout Wisconsin in bunches from the west and were nectaring on whatever they could find including Butter and Eggs, Burdock, and Spotted Knapweed. The Dainty Sulphur was the first in Wisconsin this year.
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Gray Comma 1
- Painted Lady 252
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 1
Mike Reese
The last two westernmost parking areas and roadsides, Wisconsin Point, Superior
Douglas County, WI
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Painted Lady 167
- Common Buckeye 3
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Chris Herz
Longwood Gardens, meadow garden only
Chester County, PA
88 degrees, sunny. New England asters, Thistles, and blue mist flowers the main nectar sources. Sachems on all the NE Asters.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 17
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 29
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 14
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 7
- Monarch 19
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 137
Michael Drake
Morris Arboretum
Philadelphia County, PA
Sunny,hot. Sachems have crashed this week from over 200 to 60.
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 15
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 6
- Sachem 60
Bart Jones
Big Cypress Tree State Park
Weakley County, TN
Observations during a Tennessee Native Plant Society field trip.
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Little Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Pearl Crescent
- Red-spotted Purple
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Monarch
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 8
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 11
- Painted Lady 13
- Common Buckeye 16
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 22
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper common
- Sachem abundant
- Ocola Skipper 1
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Observed in backyard off an on all day…hot and humid
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gulf Fritillary 10-12
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Sunny 87 degrees at noon. Butterflies visiting certified garden #2490.
- Cabbage White 4
- Monarch 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
Edward Perry IV
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
9:45 am to 2:30 pm Partly Sunny and the rain held off for the most part. Was able to find some liatris in some areas that were burned earlier in the year—it should be blooming well in another week or so. EPerry & RWarner
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Palamedes Swallowtail
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Barred Yellow
- Little Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Dainty Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent
- Pearl Crescent
- Common Buckeye
- White Peacock
- Viceroy
- Monarch
- Queen
- Long-tailed Skipper
- Dorantes Longtail
- Zarucco Duskywing
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Swarthy Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Arogos Skipper 5
- Delaware Skipper
- Palmetto Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper
- Ocola Skipper
- Polydamas Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Cloudless Sulphur 35
- Orange-barred Sulphur 7
- Barred Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Gulf Fritillary 9
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- White Peacock 77
- Long-tailed Skipper 12
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 7
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 21
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 4
Joanne Langabee
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Douglas County, NE
Looked at two sights, one had cosmos and the other was butterfly bushes, and catmint. All sorts of butterflies around. Only counted Monarchs, 28
- Monarch 28
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 10
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady 7
- Monarch 4
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Sachem 12
- Ocola Skipper 1
Joanne Langabee
Fontenelle Forest
Sarpy County, NE
- Checkered White 3
- Cabbage White 165
- Orange Sulphur 24
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Little Yellow 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Eastern Comma 13
- Painted Lady 88
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Monarch 15
- Least Skipper 1
Allan R. Loudell
Along marsh along Dutch Neck Road - primarily just south of the "red barn" -- south of the C & D Canal, south of Delaware City
New Castle County, DE
45-minute walk from 12:30 p.m.; sunny, 85 degrees.
Any time the Bronze Copper is the dominant butterfly, that’s a good day!
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Bronze Copper 20+
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 10
- American Lady 1
- Least Skipper 6
- Sachem 5
- Broad-winged Skipper 6
Glenn Koppel
State Game Lands 95
Butler County, PA
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 14
- Clouded Sulphur 6
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Meadow Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 5
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
Rick Cheicante
Yorktown National Battlefield
York County, VA
Sunny, 90 degrees.
10:00 am - noon.
By bike.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 3
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 12
- Cabbage White 10
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 13
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady common
- Common Buckeye common
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 7
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper common
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Sachem 7
- Ocola Skipper 8
Walter Wallenstein
Long Key Natural Area
Broward County, FL
- Palamedes Swallowtail 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Barred Yellow 24
- Cassius Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 16
- Julia Heliconian 2
- Zebra Heliconian 3
- Pearl Crescent 30
- White Peacock 38
- Queen 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 2
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
My yard exploded with 100’s of skippers, dozen’s of American & Painted Ladies, Common Buckeye’s and Monarch’s. Best day ever here in 6 years. 2 pairs of mating Monarch’s. Viceroy, American Snout, both Ladies, Question Marks, Common Buckeyes all on dishes of rotten fruit. Probably more species of skippers had I taken the time to sort through them all.
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 6
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Question Mark 5
- American Lady abundant
- Painted Lady abundant
- Common Buckeye abundant
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch abundant
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper common
- Sachem superabundant
- Ocola Skipper 1
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Floyd Bennett Field
Kings County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 5
- Cabbage White common
- Orange Sulphur common
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 10
- Monarch 5
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Sachem common
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, on Mason/Dixon--MD/PA-19362
Chester County, PA
Full sun, ninety degrees, walked different adjacent fields with much more time today.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 120
- Clouded Sulphur 6
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 5
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 14
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 35
- Sachem 38
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Bill Berthet
Ralph Simmons Memorial WMA
Nassau County, FL
Survey dates Sept. 22-24 2017 11-3 each day 12 hours field time. Partly cloudy to cloudy Mid 80’s NE winds 5-15
Hurricane Irma destroyed the Lake Hampton dam flooding the bottom land forest along Lake Hampton and Scott’s Landing Roads.
The Hurricane also downed huge oaks, and many broken pines.
Some forest roads covered with debris or flooded, along with bent vegetation. Forest is closed.
Habitats surveyed include: Upland Longleaf Pine, Upland Slope Forests, Sandhill, Mesic and wet Longleaf Pine flatwoods, seepage/drainage slopes, and roadside hotspots.
Nectar sources in the following Genera: Elephantopus, Lilium, Carphephorus, Liatris, Clitoria, Verbena, Bidens, Eupatorium, Diodia, Marshallis, Conoclinium, Dalea, and Agalinis.
8 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Females were dark forms.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 16
- Zebra Swallowtail 18
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 78
- Spicebush Swallowtail 9
- Palamedes Swallowtail 48
- Southern Dogface 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 148
- Barred Yellow 42
- Little Yellow 193
- Sleepy Orange 48
- Gray Hairstreak 11
- Red-banded Hairstreak 6
- Ceraunus Blue 15
- Gulf Fritillary 230
- Zebra Heliconian 8
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 2
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Painted Lady 25
- Common Buckeye 106
- White Peacock 1
- Red-spotted Purple 5
- Viceroy 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Creole Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr 35
- Common Wood-Nymph 9
- Monarch 4
- Queen 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 472
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Southern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Zarucco Duskywing 11
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Swarthy Skipper 8
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 29
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 44
- Southern Broken-Dash 6
- Little Glassywing 2
- Sachem 5
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Byssus Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Palmetto Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 5
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 345
Lisa Quartararo
Woodbridge,NJ
Middlesex County, NJ
Monarchs were all over goldenrod, asters, and Mexican sunflower in my yard. I also had a couple of dozen skippers but could not ID them. Boy, they’re fast!
- Cabbage White 3
- Monarch 2
Marcus Gray & Family
Mt. Tammany (Blue Trail), Delaware Water Gap
Warren County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 8
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Eastern Comma 2
Michael Drake
Pennypack Park at Pine Road
Montgomery County, PA
Hot, sunny, Red Admiral seemed freshly minted.
1 unidentified anglewing
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Least Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
Andrew Block
DeKorte Park, Lyndhurst,
Bergen County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- American Lady common
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 2
- Sachem 3
Mary Lynn Delfino
Springfield Bog Metro Park
Summit County, OH
86 degrees. SSE 6. Very dry. Nectar sources wilting from heat and lack of rain.
- Cabbage White 26
- Clouded Sulphur 18
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Bronze Copper 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent 26
- Painted Lady 11
- Common Buckeye 1
- Viceroy 7
- Monarch 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
Matthew Ceplo
Rockland Country Club
Rockland County, NY
unusually warm weather. Mid 80’s and sunny. No Swallowtails but two cats.
- Cabbage White 9
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Painted Lady 9
- Monarch 5
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 13
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny and hot with loads of butterflies and skippers. Saw a Horace’s Duskywing turn their head almost completely around back & forth several times like birds do when checking out their area. Have never seen that behavior in a butterfly before. Monarch Cats continue. Black Swallowtail cats/chrysalis continue.
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady common
- Painted Lady abundant
- Common Buckeye abundant
- Monarch common
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Fiery Skipper common
- Sachem abundant
- Ocola Skipper 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Painted Lady
- Red-spotted Purple
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Nothing too exciting today :)
Cooler and less humid
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Gulf Fritillary 8
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
Ron Smith
Brooker Creek Preserve
Pinellas County, FL
Sun didn’t shine until 10:30 and after that it was partly cloudy.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Polydamas Swallowtail 2
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 15
- Little Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 16
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Phaon Crescent 30
- White Peacock 33
- Viceroy 1
- Queen 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 5
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Horace's Duskywing 5
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 12
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 9
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 19
- Orange Sulphur 10
- Northern Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 3
- Least Skipper 1
Jim Wilkinson
Patuxent Research Refuge, North Tract
Anne Arundel County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 2
- Sachem 2
David H. Bartholomew
Sunnyvale, my backyard
Santa Clara County, CA
A few more butterflies on Buddlaeia
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 1
Andrew Block
167 Old Army Rd., Scarsdale,
Westchester County, NY
- Monarch 3
Glenn Koppel
Home Yard
Butler County, PA
Hot and sunny, Asters in full bloom. Cabbage White laying eggs on Kale, Painted Ladies on Asters.
- Cabbage White 20
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Painted Lady 7
Brett Badeaux
West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail
Los Angeles County, CA
- Giant Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Large Orange Sulphur
- Marine Blue
- Gulf Fritillary
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Mournful Duskywing
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Sachem
- Umber Skipper
- Eufala Skipper
Marcie Daniels
Summerville
Dorchester County, SC
Explored a pollinator garden at a new neighborhood in Summerville SC from 2-4pm
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Brazilian Skipper 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Painted Lady
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
David H. Bartholomew
Sunnyvale, my backyard
Santa Clara County, CA
Crown Fritillary is the second one this month, spending a half hour visiting my Buddlaeia bush from time to time. Gulf Fritillary was a nice surprise but it did not stop for a photo.
- Cabbage White 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Coronis Fritillary 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Umber Skipper 1
Denis C. Quinn
2 miles south of Kirkwood, PA 17536
Lancaster County, PA
With most fields recently being either mowed or grazed, far less nectar sources, hence less butterflies here now. Under fencerows are basically the only untouched areas.
- Cabbage White 11
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 12
- Meadow Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, on Mason/Dixon--MD/PA-19362
Chester County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 23
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 7
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 7
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 36
- Sachem 27
Curtis A. Lehman
Youghiogheny River Trail
Allegheny County, PA
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 26
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Meadow Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 3
- Painted Lady 6
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
Jim Wilkinson
Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 1
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 5
- Sachem 3
Linda Cooper
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.; 81-90 degrees, sunny to partly cloudy, light winds. Scouting for upcoming field trip Oct 7. Not many wildflowers in bloom yet. Nectar sources: Pickerelweed, Bidens alba, Spermacoce, Thalia, Liatris, Mistflower. More damage in Kilpatrick Hammock from Hurricane Irma on top of tornado damage in April is sad to see. Laurel Rhodes, Linda Cooper.
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 8
- Cloudless Sulphur 27
- Barred Yellow 2
- Little Yellow 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Little Metalmark 6
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 8
- White Peacock 10
- Viceroy 1
- Georgia Satyr 2
- Monarch 1
- Queen 6
- Long-tailed Skipper 6
- Dorantes Longtail 6
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
- Swarthy Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Whirlabout 5
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 4
- Delaware Skipper 7
- Palmetto Skipper 4
- Dusted Skipper 4
- Eufala Skipper 2
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 10
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Umber Skipper 2
Bill Berthet
Jennings State Forest and WMA Forest Roads Surveyed: Live Oak Lane, Artesian Farms Rd. Bell Cemetery Rd. Indian Ford Rd. Knights Landing Road, Powell Ford Rd. Turpentine Rd. Sundial Rd. and Nolan Ridge Rd.
Clay County, FL
Field Survey 09-26-27-2017
10:30 - 3:30 10 hours field time
Winds SE 5-10 High 80’s low 90’s
Sunny to Partly Cloudy
Nectar Source Genera: Dalea, Carphephorus, Liatris, Diodia, Eryngium, Solidago, Elephantopus, and Vernonia
One Eastern Tiger Swallowtail was a dark form.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 9
- Zebra Swallowtail 10
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Palamedes Swallowtail 16
- Cloudless Sulphur 78
- Barred Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 90
- Sleepy Orange 14
- Juniper Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Ceraunus Blue 13
- Gulf Fritillary 63
- Zebra Heliconian 4
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 18
- Common Buckeye 65
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr 3
- Monarch 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 110
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Zarucco Duskywing 13
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
- Swarthy Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 12
- Dotted Skipper 2
- Meske's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 16
- Southern Broken-Dash 9
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 2
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Palmetto Skipper 2
- Dion Skipper 5
- Twin-spot Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 38
Curtis A. Lehman
Frick Park, Pittsburgh
Allegheny County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 14
- Sleepy Orange 12
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Question Mark 1
- Painted Lady 7
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 8
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 5
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- White M Hairstreak
- 'Summer' Spring Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
Jeanette Klodzen
Desolation Lake Trail (Big Cottonwood Canyon)
Salt Lake County, UT
Around a foot of snow in the higher elevation last week-end. Snow levels down to 7500ft. This trail is 7300-9200ft.
Butterflies were found between 7300 - 8100 ft,
- Hoary Comma 2
- Mourning Cloak 1
Andy Birkey
Coldwater Spring, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Hennepin County, MN
Sunny. Low 60s.
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Eastern Comma 3
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady common
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 3
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 8
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
Lisa Quartararo
Woodbridge
Middlesex County, NJ
It’s been a long time since I’ve had this many monarchs in my yard. They are all over the Mexican sunflower, asters and goldenrod. Fantastic!
- Monarch 6
Robert Bell
Tawas Point State Park
Iosco County, MI
4 hours. Zero miles. A butterfly big sit.
Monarchs were migrating along the Lake Huron shoreline dunes. Originally intending to scope the lake for waterbirds this turned out to be the most exciting butterfly outing of the year for me.
All butterflies were observed from the deck on the boardwalk.
- American Copper 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 257
Brett Badeaux
Santa Margarita River Trail
San Diego County, CA
1 unidentified sulphur, looked like Harford’s
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 20+
- California Dogface 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Marine Blue 3
- Acmon Blue 1
- Mormon Metalmark 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 4
- Lorquin's Admiral 12+
- California Sister 5
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
Alan Wells
Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY
Moderate breeze, 6-13 mph; air temperatures ranged from 66-72 F; with Della Wells.
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
Joanne Langabee
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, NE
Douglas County, NE
A perfect day for butterflying, around 73 degrees, very little wind, and sunny. I was out for 4.5 hours. The Painted Ladies are still thick. Go by the asters and they will all fly up. Other visitors to the garden were really enjoy watching them.
- Checkered White 12
- Cabbage White 296
- Orange Sulphur 267
- Cloudless Sulphur 15
- Little Yellow 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 17
- Pearl Crescent 27
- Eastern Comma 4
- Painted Lady 1699
- Common Buckeye 14
- Monarch 30
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 11
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Sachem 3
Edward Perry IV
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
Hot, sunny, clear skies. 9 am to 3:45 pm. RWarner & EPerry. Nectar sources included Carphehporus spp, Liatris spp., Bidens alba, Helianthus radula, and Urena lobata.
- Zebra Swallowtail abundant
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 6
- Palamedes Swallowtail abundant
- Great Southern White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur abundant
- Little Yellow 7
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 5
- Little Metalmark 4
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Phaon Crescent 7
- Pearl Crescent 13
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 12
- White Peacock 5
- Viceroy 3
- Queen 3
- Long-tailed Skipper abundant
- Dorantes Longtail 3
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Zarucco Duskywing abundant
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Swarthy Skipper 7
- Fiery Skipper abundant
- Meske's Skipper 8
- Tawny-edged Skipper 5
- Whirlabout 28
- Southern Broken-Dash abundant
- Sachem 2
- Arogos Skipper 11
- Delaware Skipper 13
- Palmetto Skipper 8
- Dusted Skipper 2
- Eufala Skipper 3
- Twin-spot Skipper 3
- Ocola Skipper abundant
Linda Cooper
Tosohatchee WMA
Orange County, FL
9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; 75 - 89 degrees, mostly sunny, light winds. Main Road to Powerline Rd tomFish Hole Rd. Most wildflowers not in bloom yet. Nectar sources: Pickerelweed, Bides alba, Sky Flower, Thistle, Buttonbush. Some hurricane damage visible mostly downed pines. Linda Cooper
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Palamedes Swallowtail 70
- Cloudless Sulphur 28
- Little Yellow 8
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Phaon Crescent 26
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- White Peacock 22
- Viceroy 3
- Georgia Satyr 3
- Queen 8
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 60
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Horace's Duskywing 13
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 2
- Fiery Skipper 22
- Whirlabout 12
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 15
- Palmetto Skipper 1
- Monk Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 17
- Ocola Skipper 26
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1, on Mason/Dixon--MD/PA-19362
Chester County, PA
Weather changes to a much cooler day and windy. Nectar sources changing to Marigolds somewhat. Mexican Sunflowers, Catmint and Verbena bonariensis, a good draw, and Butterfly Bushes almost finished.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 11
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 4
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 20
- Sachem 18
- Ocola Skipper 1
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- White M Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Painted Lady
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Howard County, MD
- Cabbage White 12
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Variegated Fritillary 6
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Painted Lady 24
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 15
- Ocola Skipper 1
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
Butterfly activity picked up again today. Many Monarch Butterflies flying with 21 on one of 2 Lantana bushes in the front and 8 together with many more Monarchs on the Lantana bush in the back. Several Monarch cats on milkweed and many Black Swallowtail Cats (>20) on curly parsley in the yard and about 15 cats in garage along 22 chrysalis as the wasps kept killing them.
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 7
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady common
- Painted Lady common
- Common Buckeye common
- Monarch abundant
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 11
- Sachem abundant
- Ocola Skipper 3
Curtis A. Lehman
Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- Pearl Crescent
- Painted Lady
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Peck's Skipper
- Sachem
John J. Collins
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Pleasant Plains Road
Morris County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Monarch 9
Andrew Block
corner of Central Park Ave. & Clifton Rd., Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY
- Monarch 1
John Heyse
Mt. Hamilton
Santa Clara County, CA
68-77F with D. Rawlinson, D. Bartholomew, N. Asquith, J. Hibbard.
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Great Purple Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 10
- Acmon Blue 8
- Coronis Fritillary 18
- California Tortoiseshell 3
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 10
- Painted Lady 20
- West Coast Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 18
- California Sister 3
- Common Ringlet 6
- Monarch 3
- Common Branded Skipper 1
- Woodland Skipper abundant
- Red-spotted Purple
Andrew Block
167 Old Army Rd., Scarsdale,
Westchester County, NY
- Painted Lady 1
Jeanette Klodzen
Mormon Pioneer Trail
Morgan County, UT
Walked just past the pond - so ~1.25 miles
Sunny - low 60s
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Satyr Comma 5
- California Tortoiseshell 1
- Mourning Cloak 5
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
Andrew Block
corner of Kimball & Vredenberg Aves., Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY
- Monarch 1
Justin Rink
Indian Creek Nursery- Midtown Omaha
Douglas County, NE
BORDERED PATCH may be a first for Douglas Co. (Omaha) Found this vagrant Nebraska checkerspot while watering in greenhouse. Seen in corner with Painted Ladies around 5:40p.m. I instantly recognized this variable species due to leading birding field trips in South Texas. I usually do check out the leps when I am down there as well.
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Bordered Patch 1
- Painted Lady 20
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 4
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Sachem 8
Linda Cooper
Tosohatchee WMA
Orange County, FL
Ocklawaha Valley Audubon Society Field trip. 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Weather: heavy rain overnight and day started out misting rain then clearing to partly cloudy; 73 to 89 degrees, light winds. Nectar sources: pickerelweed, buttonbush, thistles, Bidens alba, duck potato, hempweed, fireflag. Leaders: Ed Perry, Linda Cooper
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Palamedes Swallowtail 52
- Cloudless Sulphur 32
- Barred Yellow 4
- Little Yellow 8
- Juniper Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Phaon Crescent 16
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Buckeye 3
- White Peacock 22
- Viceroy 4
- Georgia Satyr 2
- Monarch 2
- Queen 7
- Long-tailed Skipper 61
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Zarucco Duskywing 8
- White Checkered-Skipper 2
- Swarthy Skipper 4
- Clouded Skipper 6
- Least Skipper 6
- Southern Skipperling 5
- Fiery Skipper 22
- Tawny-edged Skipper 3
- Whirlabout 11
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 6
- Palmetto Skipper 2
- Twin-spot Skipper 8
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 72
John J. Collins
Glenhurst Meadows
Somerset County, NJ
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 12
Joanne Langabee
Fontenelle Forest
Sarpy County, NE
Started out sunny then got cloudy. 72 degrees, wind at 18 mph. Was out from 12:00-1:00
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 107
- Orange Sulphur 13
- Little Yellow 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 14
- Painted Lady 30
- Monarch 7
- Least Skipper 2
Jim Wilkinson
Glendening Nature Preserve, Plummer House
Anne Arundel County, MD
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 5
Three Giant Swallowtails! 1:30 - 3pm, 70 degrees, clear. Thank you, Danny Melore, for telling about these beauties.