November 2022 Sightings

Sunny and 70degrees! One white cabbage flying around in busy traffic

Field 4 Gardens and Wild Play Area, sunny, steady north wind, ca. 11:15 -12:45, upper 60s. Ample goldenrod still in bloom.

Some individuals (copper, hairsteak, several buckeyes and 1 sulphur) were quite fresh.

Also had 1 Monarch and 1 Orange Sulphur separately along the Park’s West End roadway before here.

With Jane Lampkin and Eagle Audubon Club field trip participants. 9:30 - 12; 80’s hot and humid. Highlight was the female Julia spotted by Jane L. The last Julia sighting here was 6/20/2020.

Sunny day with temps in the 80’s.

Clear day, but chilly mid-50s. Pleased to see two hill-topping Red Admirals.

Sunny and warm with drought conditions. Everywhere we found wildflowers we found butterflies. In the closeup photo of a Coudless Sulphur it appears to have two probiscus. When we reached the small planted pines in the sandhills near the Altamaha River we only covered about 1 acre of approximately 75 acres and found Southern Dogface in good numbers but only a fraction of what we saw last year in October. The wildflowers were all yellow composites.

Temp in mid to high 60’s F. Sunny; cloudless. 12:55-2:20pm. 6 species. Time covers lake circuit and branches, but all butterflies seen were around the construction staging site south of the lake. (Bees and pollinating flies were active in other areas without butterflies present.)

November butterflying continues

3:00 - 3:40 PM, sunny, 72 degrees.

lots of flowers still in bloom, no evidence of any frost damage anywhere

(16-186). Checked all the August places for Western Pygmy-Blues without success.

75 degrees, sunny, drought conditions with a few blooms available.

76 degrees, sunny. Several acres of newly planted pines had only a few wildflowers left blooming but we found a ditch full of lavendar composites with most of the butterflies.

Mainly heath or white aster is providing nectar at this location; some goldenrod still blooming but not attracting many pollinators. Site also has plenty of puddling opportunities for butterflies. Temp around 70 F.

It just seems so late for a Swallowtail, although I had Black Swallowtail cats on Rue three weeks ago. This individual does not look fresh but beat up.

November butterflying continues on our final ultra-warm day; short mid-afternoon visit, West End and Field 4 (no time to try Wild Play area)…. 79 degrees….looking for vagrants, and got one at the Field 4 plantings, in very fresh condition as was the buckeye seen there.

Monarch was very fresh

(15-521) - Lots flying. The Painted Lady was a new site species.

Williamsburg Wetlands/Bike Trail and field. Sunny, 66 degrees, 1-2pm. Not as many butterflies as previous visits, but nice to see a Viceroy in November.

Sunny, breezy, 70 degrees. Beautiful last couple of days, however several days of hard frosts and cold, damp weather pretty much ended the season locally. Southern PA seems to still be holding strong in some locations late in the season…

Temp up to 76 F this afternoon. Lake circuit and branches, including construction staging site along south branch (modest activity there compared to recent visits). Painted Lady and Sachems were on pansies which replaced summer zinnias in the Lakefront flowerbeds.

only saw one species - perhaps 2 individuals, but definitely the one

I was not keeping a list. Posting a few pictures, since it seems no one else has.

Sunny, temps in low 60s, ca. 1-2:20 PM
goldenrod still blooming. Less diversity than a few days ago.

One very small fresh American Lady, not seen at prior visit.

The only viable nectar source here is Tithonia, quite a few other varieties are still in bloom but ignored.

Monarch seen in heavy rain at noon today attempting to what appeared to be roost, but few leaves are left on trees here.

Last day of warm weather: 70 degrees, steady breeze, 1:00 - 2:15

Painted lady was a nice surprise, I haven’t seen one of these for at least the last two butterfly seasons if not longer. Perhaps pushed up this way from the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole the last two days? Sachem had not been noticed at this site for several visits over several weeks. Most of the buckeyes seen were puny, but fresh. The smallest was about the size of a snout butterfly, several others were not much bigger than that.

Totals include 1 cabbage and 1 sulphur seen on Bay Parkway before entrance to Field 4 parking.

Lights out for leps after today: Daytime temperatures are not forecast to exceed low 50s for the next 1-2 weeks at least.

Unusually warm day for the area. Temps were in the upper 60s. Butterfly spent a lot of time walking along crushed stone path. Maybe laying eggs?

(17-567). Warm and sunny. Few Monarchs migrating through, but lots of others to see.

80 degrees and sunny after Hurricane-Tropical Storm Ian came through with 2 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 45 mph for two days.

Temp about 67 F. Sunny; partly cloudy. All butterflies seen were either on Lakefront pansies or at the construction staging site south of the lake.

Mostly cloudy, 82 degrees, no wind.

Visited from 11/11/22 thru 11/15/22.

This visit was a hopeful sign. This spring I saw only about 3 of them, rather than as many as 30 or 40 a day. Maybe they’re coming back.

Late season, but a beautiful day to enjoy butterflies still.

(10-181) Results following a slight cold front bringing the morning temps down to the lower 50s. More Monarchs than a week ago, all feeding on sleepy morning flowers.

35 degrees and sunny. Near the vegetable gardens.

A couple of days after nearly 2 weeks of mostly cold, cloudy, windy, rainy weather. But there were plenty of butterflies here! In a few hours walk, we found 37 species.

Yard butterflies.

78 degrees and sunny. The only nectar source we saw was wild turnip. Individuals were very fresh elosed after recent rain.