August 2022 Sightings
Ethan Brown
Mequon Nature Preserve
Ozaukee County, WI
- Cabbage White X
- Clouded Sulphur X
- Orange Sulphur X
- Eastern Tailed-Blue X
- 'Summer' Spring Azure X
- Great Spangled Fritillary X
- Pearl Crescent X
- Painted Lady X
- Red Admiral X
- Common Buckeye X
- Red-spotted Purple X
- Viceroy X
- Northern Pearly-eye X
- Common Wood-Nymph X
- Monarch X
- Silver-spotted Skipper X
Lisa Quartararo
Woodbridge
Middlesex County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Ashley Gardner
Carvin's Cove
Roanoke County, VA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10+
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Red Admiral 1
Ronda G Spink
Parfet Prairie
Barry County, MI
- Black Swallowtail 7
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 14
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 13
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Harry Zirlin
Deer Isle
Hancock County, ME
- Cabbage White Common
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Harvester 1
- American Copper 6
- Striped Hairstreak 2
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 5
- Aphrodite Fritillary 11
- Atlantis Fritillary 20+
- Silver-bordered Fritillary 20+
- Pearl Crescent 5
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- White Admiral 1
- Common Ringlet 6
- Common Wood-Nymph 15+
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Branded Skipper 5
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 6
Lucy Merrill-Hills
Portions of the West and East Colorow Trails, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
The nectar sources I saw along the trail today were knapweed, bindweed, alfalfa, Rubber rabbitbrush, sweet yellow clover and various grasses.
I saw two blue butterfly species I could not photograph or ID. One was teeny tiny, flying close to the ground and the other was heavily patterned below. I also got a quick look at a possible Milbert’s Tortoiseshell, which I hope to see again.
10AM-11:20AM, partly sunny, mid 70’s
- Checkered White 2
- Cabbage White 3
- Field Crescent 1
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 12
- Common Checkered-Skipper 21
- Woodland Skipper 4
John and Nancy Crosby
Sea Way NE, Shellman Bluff, GA
McIntosh County, GA
97 degrees, sunny. Still seeing new species since we had over 12” of rain in 3.5 weeks but none in a week now. This is our second Queen in a few days, we’d not ever seen one here on the SE GA Coast previously and it looks so fresh I don’t think it could have migrated far! And just look at all that pollen on the Eastern Tiger!
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 6
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
- Sachem 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 16
Karen Canon
Los Poblanos in NW Albuquerque
Bernalillo County, NM
Agricultural fields where corn and alfalfa are grown. Sunny, 70’s, about 9 am.
- Clouded Sulphur 10
- Marine Blue 1
Denis C. Quinn
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Kent County, MD
The sightings were from 08:00 to 11:00 when it became hot at 87 degrees. The main nectar source was Joe-Pye weed holding almost all of the Swallowtails. Most Zebra Swallowtails were along roads and paths today. All sightings were within the island today.
- Zebra Swallowtail 14
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 25
- Spicebush Swallowtail 24
- Cabbage White 9
- Orange Sulphur 14
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 14
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Question Mark 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 6
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 38
- Least Skipper 4
- Little Glassywing 11
- Zabulon Skipper 18
- Broad-winged Skipper 7
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Sunny with temp of 78 late morning. A beautiful colorful tiger swallowtail visited cert butterfly garden #2490. The Monarch - and Question Mark were present also.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Question Mark 1
- Monarch 1
- Peck's Skipper 4
Brett Badeaux
Murrieta creek
Riverside County, CA
- Giant Swallowtail
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
- Checkered White
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- Marine Blue
- Ceraunus Blue
- Mylitta Crescent
- Common Buckeye
- Lorquin's Admiral
- Monarch
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Woodland Skipper
- Umber Skipper
Ron & Lori Smith
North Key Largo
Monroe County, FL
(12-445) Super hot and humid. Flies were minimal but the skeeters were not.
- Giant Swallowtail 4
- Florida White 20
- Large Orange Sulphur 25
- Mimosa Yellow 15
- Cassius Blue 200
- Gulf Fritillary 35
- Julia Heliconian 45
- Zebra Heliconian 30
- Dingy Purplewing 1
- Florida Purplewing 60
- Mangrove Skipper 2
- Hammock Skipper 8
Brian McGurgan
Baxter Bog Park, Anchorage (61.18489° N, 149.75657° W)
Anchorage Municipality, AK
Sunny and 73° as I started at 6:08pm and 72° at 7:05pm when I finished. Only two worn Dorcas Coppers were found tonight as we get late in their flight season, and both were in the southeast part of the bog where activity has consistently been strongest. None were found at the north end of the bog despite a careful search of shrubby cinquefoil patches. I also checked the trail around the bog and a wooded area at the north end for any recently-eclosed Green Commas but didn’t find any.
- Dorcas Copper 2
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
- Cabbage White 16
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Andrew Block
Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson,
Westchester County, NY
All on and around the landfill.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Monarch common
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Broad-winged Skipper common
Jim Wilkinson
Indian Springs WMA, east area
Washington County, MD
Only Harvester seen was a caterpillar on Beech Blight Aphids
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 2
- Eastern Comma 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
Lucy Merrill-Hills
Grand River Park, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
I went for a quick walk along the Colorado River early this afternoon to see what nectar sources were blooming, discovering that I’d missed seeing the knapweed in bloom. I hope the rubber rabbitbrush and sage will attract some butterflies.
12:25-1PM, partly sunny, high 80’s
- Cabbage White 12
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 1
Lucy Merrill-Hills
No Name Trailhead, Glenwood Springs
Garfield County, CO
Today I walked further up into the canyon on this trail, finding large clumps of yellow coneflowers, goldenrod and a few clumps of pussytoes growing along the creek. This report is an undercount; there were butterflies flying above me, next to me and at me all along the trail - what an experience!
10:55-12:25, sunny, mid 80’s, elevation about 6000 ft.
- Anise Swallowtail 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 2
- Mustard White 1
- Cabbage White 6
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 3
- Coronis Fritillary 1
- Great Basin Fritillary 1
- Atlantis Fritillary 8
- Satyr Comma 1
- Hoary Comma 1
- Weidemeyer's Admiral 3
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 9
- Woodland Skipper 8
- Dun Skipper 2
Karen Canon
Villanueva town and park on Pecos River
San Miguel County, NM
Late morning to noon. Partly cloudy, mid 80’s.Few flowers blooming—mostly goldenrod and sundrops.
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Monarch 2
Jeanette Klodzen
Twin Lakes Hike (Big Cottonwood Canyon)
Salt Lake County, UT
There were a few Frits flying
- Variable Checkerspot
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Bronze Copper 2
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Ringlet 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 6
- Monarch 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
Ken Wilson
Roxborough State Park near Littleton
Douglas County, CO
Mostly sunny to increasing cloudy to light sprinkles. The high temp was 100 at 2:30 PM. This area has been ravaged by drought and heat for the past 4 or 5 years. I haven’t had a productive visit at this location since late July 2017. Very little nectar source was seen. No water was seen.
- Common Wood-Nymph
- Woodland Skipper
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Very humid with downpouring rain,with temps in 80s. Had a female Monarch emerge from chrysalis. Another Monarch visited the certified butterfly garden #2490.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Monarch 2
- Peck's Skipper 3
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
- Cabbage White 11
- Monarch 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Jim Wilkinson
Patuxent Research Refuge North Tract
Anne Arundel County, MD
- Zebra Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Appalachian Brown 1
- Monarch 5
David H. Bartholomew
Mt. Umunhum, Sierra Azul Open Space Reserve
Santa Clara County, CA
- Checkered White 6
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Dotted Blue 1
- Acmon Blue 1
- Mormon Metalmark 24
- Common Ringlet 12
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 2
- Mournful Duskywing 2
- Woodland Skipper 1
Ryan MacLean
Greenwich
Fairfield County, CT
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 15
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 10
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 8
Chris Herz
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square
Chester County, PA
Meadow garden primarily, but also areas in the Idea garden and vegetable gardens
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 124
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Question Mark 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 10
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 2
- Zabulon Skipper 3
- Dun Skipper 1
Ken Wilson
Loveland Pass
Summit County, CO
Visited August 4-6. Partly cloudy most of the time. Rained in the afternoons on the 5th & 6th. Temps ranged from 57 to 62 degrees. Winds were not a factor.
- Phoebus Parnassian
- Anise Swallowtail
- Mead's Sulphur
- Scudder's Sulphur
- Lustrous Copper
- Ruddy Copper
- Purplish Copper
- Greenish Blue
- Shasta Blue
- Arctic Blue
- Mormon Fritillary
- Bog Fritillary
- Purplish Fritillary
- Rockslide Checkerspot
- Variable Checkerspot
- Painted Lady
- Common Alpine
- Colorado Alpine
- Draco Skipper
Ken Wilson
Along Hwy 6 up to the north slope of Loveland Pass
Clear Creek County, CO
Visited August 4-6. Partly cloudy most of the time. Rained in the afternoons on the 5th & 6th. Temps ranged from 57 to 62 degrees. Winds were not a factor.
- Phoebus Parnassian
- Anise Swallowtail
- Mustard White
- Scudder's Sulphur
- Ruddy Copper
- Purplish Copper
- Greenish Blue
- Shasta Blue
- Arctic Blue
- Purplish Fritillary
- Field Crescent
- Colorado Alpine
- Draco Skipper
Ken Wilson
Berthoud Pass to Colorado Mines Peak
Clear Creek County, CO
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, temps between 58-60 degrees, breezy at times. Overall activity was slow, especially at the lower elevations. Saw the majority of species near or over 12,000 feet elevation
- Phoebus Parnassian
- Western White
- Mead's Sulphur
- Scudder's Sulphur
- Shasta Blue
- Acmon Blue
- Arctic Blue
- Mormon Fritillary
- Purplish Fritillary
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell
- Colorado Alpine
- Draco Skipper
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Aphrodite Fritillary 1
Lucy Merrill-Hills
Grand River Park, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
12:55-2:05, partly sunny, high 80’s, breezy
- Cabbage White 4
- Viceroy 5
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
- Spicebush Swallowtail 15
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Common Buckeye 8
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Common Ringlet 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 6
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Sachem 1
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
This has been a very big year for Cabbage Whites. It has also been a big year for Checkered Whites, which I had not recorded here before. It seems that the Checkered Whites like to perch, mostly on black mustard, whereas the cabbages perch briefly, if at all. When I see a white perching, almost always it’s a Checkered White.
- Checkered White 2
- Cabbage White 14
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
Lisa Quartararo
Woodbridge
Middlesex County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Monarch 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
Ronda G Spink
Chipman Preserve
Kalamazoo County, MI
Weather was partly cloudy-cloudy, 82°-75°, 8mph wind gusts-A storm chased us out of the preserve.
Surveyed from 11:00am-1:00pm
R. Spink, S. Rutgers, T. Rutgers, K. Rutgers
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 43
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 3
- American Copper 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Buckeye 2
- Viceroy 3
Jeanette Klodzen
Willow Lake (Big Cottonwood Canyon)
San Juan County, UT
Started around 3:30pm
Frits were flying as well.
- Clodius Parnassian
- Mustard White
- Ruddy Copper
- Blue Copper
- Northern Blue
- 'Zephyr' Hoary Comma
- Weidemeyer's Admiral
- Northern Cloudywing
Brant Reif
Private residence on the east slope towards Gore Pass.
Grand County, CO
Spent a good portion of the morning poking around along the dirt road and riparian aspen habitat near a friend’s house. I was excited to get some photos of the female Great Spangled Fritillary (subspecies charlottii) in the area. I also saw two Hemileuca moths flying, but couldn’t identify the species as three species fly in the area.
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Ruddy Copper
- Purplish Copper
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Atlantis Fritillary
- Mormon Fritillary
- Small Wood-Nymph
- Common Branded Skipper
- Woodland Skipper
Lucy Merrill-Hills
The Morrow Draw Trail, Rifle
Garfield County, CO
Hundreds of rabbitbrush shrubs were blooming at this site, and I understand they bloom right through the end of October.
10:45-12:45, partly sunny, 80-90 degrees.
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Field Crescent 1
- Mylitta Crescent 2
- Viceroy 1
- Weidemeyer's Admiral 1
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Woodland Skipper 5
Ryan MacLean
Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center at Milford Point
New Haven County, CT
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 3
- American Snout 6
- Eastern Comma 1
- Monarch 1
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Two male and two female Monarchs emerged this morning and visited cert garden #2490. A female Black Swallowtail and Peck Skippers enjoyed the zinnias, lantanas, arizona blanket, columbine, phlox, bee balm, pearl everlasting, yarrow, herbs, sunflowers, coneflowers,and milkweed plants along with many other flowers!
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Monarch 6
- Peck's Skipper 5
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 16
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 1
Brett Badeaux
Santa Margarita River near Fallbrook
San Diego County, CA
- Anise Swallowtail
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Orange Sulphur
- California Dogface
- Gray Hairstreak
- Marine Blue
- Acmon Blue
- Fatal Metalmark
- Wright's Metalmark
- Mormon Metalmark
- Common Buckeye
- Lorquin's Admiral
- California Sister
- Mournful Duskywing
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Woodland Skipper
- Umber Skipper
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 30+
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 3+
- Little Yellow 8+
- Harvester 1
- American Copper 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- American Snout 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Question Mark 4+
- Eastern Comma 2
- Gray Comma 2
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 30+
- Hackberry Emperor 50+
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 30+
- Common Sootywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 1
Ethan Brown
Manito
Mason County, IL
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
Ethan Brown
Varna
Marshall County, IL
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Hackberry Emperor 1
Lucy Merrill-Hills
Portions of the East and West Colorow Trails, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
There were lots of grasshoppers of all sizes leaping off the trail as I approached, but very few butterflies were on the trail today.
Sunny, very hot, high 90’s, 11:20-12:50
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Mormon Metalmark 2
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 5
- Common Checkered-Skipper 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 20+
Andrew Block
192 Macy Rd., Briarcliff Manor,
Westchester County, NY
Had 4 or 5 Giant Swallowtail larva on Rue. Also had one adult Giant Swallowtail dead across the path from the larva. A Snowberry Clearwing was also seen.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7+
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Monarch common
- Silver-spotted Skipper common
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Peck's Skipper common
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 4
Ethan Brown
Ludwig Nature Area
Jefferson County, MO
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 4
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Little Glassywing 2
- Sachem 4
- Zabulon Skipper 2
Ethan Brown
Springfield
Sangamon County, IL
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Pipevine Swallowtail 4+
- Zebra Swallowtail 3+
- Black Swallowtail 2+
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 50+
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 12+
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 6
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 50+
- American Snout 2
- Silvery Checkerspot 2
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Question Mark 4
- Eastern Comma 1
- Common Buckeye 40+
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Tawny Emperor 3
- Southern Pearly-eye 5
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 20
- Southern Cloudywing 2
- Common Sootywing 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Little Glassywing 5
- Sachem 2
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Dun Skipper 2
Brant Reif
Gore Range, Routt National Forest east of Lake Catamount
Routt County, CO
The sightings were over a four-day backpacking trip to the area. We were camped along a ridge at 10,000 feet, but I was able to hike along the ridge and down to Green Creek to see what way flying.
- Anise Swallowtail
- Western White
- Mustard White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Scudder's Sulphur
- Edith's Copper
- Blue Copper
- Purplish Copper
- Boisduval's Blue
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Zerene Fritillary
- Atlantis Fritillary
- Hydaspe Fritillary
- Mormon Fritillary
- Purplish Fritillary
- Northern Checkerspot 1
- Variable Checkerspot
- Satyr Comma 1
- Green Comma
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell
- American Lady 1
- Weidemeyer's Admiral
- Chryxus Arctic
- Persius Duskywing
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
- Checkered White 3
- Cabbage White 20
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Partly sunny skies with 87degrees late afternoon. Monarchs flying around cert garden #2490. Temp of 86 degrees. 6 swallowtails that have been raised outdoors in cages were released -3 male & 3 female. Same applies to 2 male Monarchs
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 9
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Monarch 5
- Peck's Skipper 7
Melissa Bruesehoff
Eastpointe
Macomb County, MI
A Monarch was flying around in a front yard filled with black-eyed-susan and coneflower plants.
- Cabbage White 2
- Monarch 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
Karen Canon
Near Rio Grande Nature Center
Bernalillo County, NM
Partly cloudy, mid 70’s, around 10:30 am
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
Ron Smith
North St. Petersburg
Pinellas County, FL
(11-121) Overcast and temp near 90. Western Pygmy-Blues have been found throughout the county.
- Statira Sulphur 3
- Barred Yellow 1
- Dainty Sulphur 10
- Western Pygmy-Blue 4
- Ceraunus Blue 27
- Mangrove Buckeye 2
- White Peacock 15
- White Checkered-Skipper 40
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper 12
John J. Collins
Wallkill River NWR - Liberty Loop Trail NY
Orange County, NY
Leaderless Walks - 5 participants. Sunny, warm in the 80’s.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 3
- Eastern Comma 4
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 11
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 22
- Zabulon Skipper 6
Jeff Gesell
Plainfield Township - GCEC
Northampton County, PA
Mostly sunny, breezy, low 80s. Nice variety considering the short time out (just over 1 hour), plus someone had unfortunately mowed 2 large fields full of nectar sources. Sleepy Orange numbers are increasing, but still no Cloudless Sulphur sightings in this location this year.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White abundant
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 8
- American Copper 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue abundant
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Common Ringlet 4
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 12
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper common
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
- Dun Skipper 1
David L. Amadio
Eastern Neck NWR, Rock Hall ,MD
Kent County, MD
Obs. made from 9:15 to 6:15, partly to mostly sunny and 74-82 degrees. Grass skippers far fewer than normal. Butterfly garden a bit overgrown but still fairly active.
- Zebra Swallowtail 17
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 37
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 47
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- Sleepy Orange 16
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 7
- American Snout 6
- Variegated Fritillary 13
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 5
- Red Admiral 6
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 8
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Appalachian Brown 4
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Monarch 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 60
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 9
- Little Glassywing 5
- Zabulon Skipper 12
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 6
Andrew Block
20 Hancock Ave., Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY
- Checkered White 2
- Red Admiral 1
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 10
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Little Glassywing 20
- Sachem 15
- Zabulon Skipper 15
Renee Davis
O & W Rail Trail, Wurtsboro
Sullivan County, NY
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Eastern Comma 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
Renee Davis
Deli Fields, Bashakill WMA, Westbrookeville
Sullivan County, NY
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Zabulon Skipper 2
Renee Davis
Walnut Mountain Park, Liberty
Sullivan County, NY
I spent a short time here waiting for it to warm up.The Viceroy didn’t show a very strong line when opened.
- Cabbage White 5
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Viceroy 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Dun Skipper 1
Lucy Merrill-Hills
The marsh surrounding the Hogback Skate Park, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
Today I walked to a new location in my neighborhood, finding several of the usual suspects. When I got home, there was a Western Tiger Swallowtail and a Rufous Hummingbird on my Zinnias.
10:00-11:00, sunny, breezy, low to mid 80’s.
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White Abundant
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Field Crescent 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Woodland Skipper 2
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 10
- Barred Yellow 20
- Little Yellow 5
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Dainty Sulphur 8
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Cassius Blue 8
- Ceraunus Blue 30
- Gulf Fritillary 15
- Julia Heliconian 1
- Zebra Heliconian 8
- Phaon Crescent 10
- White Peacock 12
- Viceroy 3
- Monarch 3
- Queen 6
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Dorantes Longtail 6
- Horace's Duskywing 13
- White Checkered-Skipper 30
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 8
- Three-spotted Skipper 6
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 10
- Whirlabout 4
- Ocola Skipper 3
Deborah Moore
Swifts Beach, Wareham, MA
Bristol County, MA
Saw one Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly in my Proven Winners Vista Bubblegum Petunias.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
Glenn Koppel
SGL 95, Pry Road
Butler County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 20
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Eastern Comma 1
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 6
- Dun Skipper 1
Linda Cooper
Three Lakes WMA - Williams Road Unit
Osceola County, FL
9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Weather: 80°-91°, winds 2-5 mph. Partly cloudy to cloudy. Lots of recent rain and nectar sources including mistflower, blackroot, milkweed, frog fruit, Barbara’s Buttons. LCooper, EPerry, NPrine, DJSmith.
- Zebra Swallowtail 21
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 35
- Cloudless Sulphur 25
- Barred Yellow 2
- Little Yellow 15
- Sleepy Orange 3
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 7
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 15
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Variegated Fritillary 6
- Phaon Crescent 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 14
- White Peacock 80
- Viceroy 7
- Georgia Satyr 3
- Northern Cloudywing 5
- Confused Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Zarucco Duskywing 5
- Least Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper 25
- Tawny-edged Skipper 5
- Whirlabout 12
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Sachem 2
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper 3
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
Jim Wilkinson
Columbia- various locations
Howard County, MD
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Sachem 6
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Field Crescent 1
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Viceroy 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Juba Skipper 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Monarch 2
- Common Sootywing 4r
Jeff Gesell
Jacobsburg State Park
Northampton County, PA
Mostly sunny, light breeze, 80 degrees. Short loop for a little over an hour total time. Very dry conditions hurting nectar sources. but overall decent numbers.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 58
- Spicebush Swallowtail 38
- Cabbage White abundant
- Orange Sulphur 11
- Sleepy Orange 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Admiral 4
- Hackberry Emperor 7
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 11
- Dun Skipper 2
Steven Glynn & Peter DeGennaro
Sycamore Canyon
Santa Cruz County, AZ
Very productive day, with a lot of seep willow coming into bloom.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 20
- Giant Swallowtail 45
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Southern Dogface 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 14
- Mexican Yellow 6
- Tailed Orange 30
- Dainty Sulphur 4
- Juniper Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Marine Blue 1000+
- Ceraunus Blue 5
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Arizona Metalmark 6
- Zela Metalmark 2
- American Snout 200+
- Gulf Fritillary 11
- Bordered Patch 5
- Tiny Checkerspot 10
- Elada Checkerspot 100+
- Texan Crescent 2
- American Lady 8
- Tropical Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- California Sister 2
- Empress Leilia 2
- Red Satyr 7
- Queen 8
- Dull Firetip 22
- Hammock Skipper 1
- Arizona Skipper 4
- Desert Cloudywing 2
- Acacia Skipper 18
- Golden-headed Scallopwing 3
- Mournful Duskywing 28
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Common Streaky-Skipper 2
- Common Sootywing 50+
- Orange Skipperling 7
- Cestus Skipper 6
- Bronze Roadside-Skipper 1
- Toltec Roadside-Skipper 12
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper 2
Lucy Merrill-Hills
Alder Park, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
I saw more than 75 white butterflies in flight, a mix of Cabbage Whites and Checkered Whites. I also saw another new species, a Lilac-bordered Copper.
10:25-noon, partly sunny, mid 80’s.
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 2
- Checkered White Abundant
- Cabbage White Abundant
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Lilac-bordered Copper 1
- Field Crescent 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Woodland Skipper 14
Mike Lee
Railroad Bridge Campground, Buena Vista
Chaffee County, CO
2 were at the Arkansas River waterfront and one was up the trail.
- Acmon Blue 3
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Temps in 70’s with low humidity. Found Monarch eggs and placed them in a cage on patio. Three Monarchs visited cert butterfly garden #2490. Two more came out of chrysalides late morning.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 5
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Monarch 5
- Peck's Skipper 9
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Monarch 1
Mike Lee
Cottonwood Creek Meadows, Buena Vista
Chaffee County, CO
Have seen this last year and did not get a picture.
- Weidemeyer's Admiral 1
- Pipevine Swallowtail 5
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Barred Yellow 4
- Little Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange 10
- Ceraunus Blue 8
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Zebra Heliconian 4
- Pearl Crescent 12
- Common Buckeye 2
- White Peacock 10
- Viceroy 5
- Queen 4
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 9
- Zarucco Duskywing 2
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Little Glassywing 1
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Byssus Skipper 32
- Dun Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 6
David H. Bartholomew
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
San Mateo County, CA
Quite warm, near 90 degrees. Thankful to see a bright orange Unsilvered Fritillary flying among the many scruffy Coronis.
A surprise, two battling Ringlets really went at it, tussling their way high up into the sky, perhaps 80 feet up or higher when I lost sight of them.
- Checkered White 1
- Golden Hairstreak 3
- Acmon Blue 26
- Coronis Fritillary 12
- Unsilvered Fritillary 1
- Field Crescent 1
- Mylitta Crescent 7
- California Sister 8
- Common Ringlet 22
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Woodland Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 1
John and Nancy Crosby
Sea Way NE, Shellman Bluff, GA
McIntosh County, GA
94 degrees, partially cloudy.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 5
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Whirlabout 6
- Salt Marsh Skipper 13
Beth Polvino
Wolf's Hollow County Park, Atglen, PA
Chester County, PA
Less butterflies overall than on 8/5 because the red clover and other nectar dying back but still as many species of them. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail & Cabbage Whites are estimates.
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 100
- Cabbage White 25
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 16
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Meadow Fritillary 20
- Pearl Crescent 7
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 8
- Silver-spotted Skipper 9
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 11
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 18
- Zabulon Skipper 15
- Dun Skipper 2
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 8
- Monarch 3
- Peck's Skipper 11
Melissa Bruesehoff
Sterling Heights
Macomb County, MI
- Cabbage White 7
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Monarch 1
Deborah Humphries
Costal VIrginia Wildlife Observatory pollinator garden, James City Marina
James City County, VA
Speedy, erratic duskywing flying low around the pollinator garden. This duskywing has reddish tones on dorsal side; dark basal area; no dark “fingers” outside the subapicals; last subapical widely separated from the others. A first for this area, this far north.
The day was hot and breezy, approximately 85º, sunny to partly cloudy.
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
Mike Lee
Railroad Camp, Buena Vista
Chaffee County, CO
As opposed to the Checkered White this one has more markings on Forewing
- Western White 1
Karen Canon
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County, NM
River bottoms and nearby Tingley Beach fishing ponds. Sunny, mid 70’s
- Cabbage White 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
Denis C. Quinn
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Butterfly, garden mainly
Kent County, MD
I had a few hours to spend here, and I found but was not able to check the road leading to the Headquarters, which had loads of blooming clover, as time ran out for me.
- Zebra Swallowtail 11
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 19
- Spicebush Swallowtail 11
- Cabbage White 6
- Orange Sulphur 19
- Cloudless Sulphur 14
- Sleepy Orange 17
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Question Mark 3
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 9
- Least Skipper 12
- Little Glassywing 8
- Sachem 2
- Zabulon Skipper 9
Melissa Bruesehoff
Macomb
Macomb County, MI
- Cabbage White 3
- Monarch 2
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 7
- Monarch 3
- Peck's Skipper 8
Jim Wilkinson
High Ridge Park, North Laurel
Howard County, MD
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Monarch 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
John and Nancy Crosby
Meeman-Shelby Forest & nearby Eagle Lake
Shelby County, TN
We were with Bart Jones who spotted a Harvester our target for the day but we were unable to get a photo!
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail abundant
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Harvester 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- American Snout 2
- Silvery Checkerspot 8
- Pearl Crescent 30
- Eastern Comma 15
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple common
- Viceroy 5
- Hackberry Emperor abundant
- Tawny Emperor 10
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr abundant
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 6
- Dun Skipper 3
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
- Spicebush Swallowtail 12
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Sleepy Orange 40
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 10
- American Snout 2
- Silvery Checkerspot 100
- Phaon Crescent 5
- Pearl Crescent 10
- Eastern Comma 3
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 10
- Viceroy 4
- Hackberry Emperor 6
- Carolina Satyr 8
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 15
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 2
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail abundant
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- American Snout 2
- Pearl Crescent 30
- Eastern Comma 15
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple common
- Viceroy 5
- Hackberry Emperor abundant
- Tawny Emperor 10
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr abundant
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 6
- Dun Skipper 3
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 5
- Peck's Skipper 12+
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 3
- Zabulon Skipper 11
Clifford Hence
Wissahickon Creek Northwestern Ave.
Philadelphia County, PA
Harvester was seen along Bridle Path between Northwestern and Bells Mill Road.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Harvester 1
Andrew Block
Morningside Park, Fallsburg,
Sullivan County, NY
- American Copper 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 2
- Peck's Skipper 6
Denis C. Quinn
Chestnut Grove Natural Area
Lancaster County, PA
Mostly open weedy fields with loads of wildflowers in rolling hills setting, along with some trees at the Susquehanna River cliffs area. Nice wide paths throughout and lowland water areas.
- Zebra Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 11
- Spicebush Swallowtail 12
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 22
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Monarch 11
- Silver-spotted Skipper 9
- Horace's Duskywing 7
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 9
- Least Skipper 2
- Sachem 2
- Zabulon Skipper 11
Jim Wilkinson
Doncaster State Forest South Area
Charles County, MD
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Carolina Satyr 1
John Lampkin
Cockroach Bay Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL
With Clinton Gibson
Hot and humid; 9:30 - 11:30
We looked for Western Pygmy-Blues and found the larval host, Suaeda linearis, but no blues.
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Orange-barred Sulphur
- Statira Sulphur
- Barred Yellow
- Little Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Dainty Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Phaon Crescent
- Mangrove Buckeye common
- White Peacock common
- Viceroy
- Queen common
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Obscure Skipper
Mike Reese, Frank Alstad
Capital Springs Disc Golf Course, Madison
Dane County, WI
I was playing disc golf with our grandson and not expecting to see a Marine Blue, but on the 17th fairway I saw a blue and took my advice to always look at them and it was a Marine Blue! I had Frank watch it while I got my iPhone ready and I was able to get this documentation shot. This is the fourth location I have seen them this year after 35+ years of butterflying in Wisconsin without seeing one.
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Marine Blue 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Monarch 3
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 4
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Zarucco Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Three-spotted Skipper 2
Jeanette Klodzen
Lambs Canyon
Salt Lake County, UT
Sunny 96 degrees - started around 3pm
Did not finish the trail due to a trailside bull moose about 1/4 mile from the end.
Thimbleberries are ripe - yummy!
- Mustard White
- Ruddy Copper
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Satyr Comma
- 'Zephyr' Hoary Comma
- Mourning Cloak
- Weidemeyer's Admiral
- Woodland Skipper
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Sunny, humid and 82. Various butterflies visiting certified garden #2490. Light winds.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 6
- Little Yellow 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 12
Jeff Gesell
Hatteras
Dare County, NC
Sunny, upper 70s, light breeze. Yard butterfly…another yellow/black swallowtail seen at a distance.
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
John and Nancy Crosby
W of Jefferson City near the Missouri River
Cole County, MO
78-82 degrees from 9:30-3 pm.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 8
- Cloudless Sulphur 15
- Little Yellow 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 18
- Swamp Metalmark 8
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 8
- Common Wood-Nymph 2
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 2
- Dun Skipper 1
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Today there was a bit of everything from sunshine to overcast to downpouring rain. Temp of 84 and humid. A variety of visitors to cert butterfly garden.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 5
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 12+
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA
The Giant Swallowtail was a first for this year and not often seen here, as the last and only other sighting was on 08/28/19 DCQ
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10
- Spicebush Swallowtail 7
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 7
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Sachem 4
- Zabulon Skipper 21
- Dun Skipper 1
Mark and Holly Salvato
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park
Monroe County, FL
- Bahamian Swallowtail 1
- Florida White 4
- Large Orange Sulphur 26
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Cassius Blue 18
- Gulf Fritillary 12
- Julia Heliconian 58
- Zebra Heliconian 8
- Dingy Purplewing 2
- Florida Purplewing 4
Jeff Gesell
US Route 13 wayside
Northampton County, VA
Partly cloudy, light breeze, mid-80s. Lunch stop.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 2
Ron Smith
Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL
(15-100) Found both Eastern & Western Pygmy-Blues in the park this afternoon, though the WPBlues were not nearly in the numbers they were 4 weeks ago.
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Statira Sulphur 2
- Dainty Sulphur 5
- Western Pygmy-Blue 21
- Eastern Pygmy-Blue 4
- Cassius Blue 5
- Ceraunus Blue 8
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Phaon Crescent 8
- White Peacock 27
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 11
- Three-spotted Skipper 1
- Obscure Skipper 3
Jeff Gesell
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Dare County, NC
Partly cloudy, light breeze, 80s. Seen along several locations along the coastal highway.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 2
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Rocky Mountain National Park
Larimer County, CO
Sightings made between 9:30 - 1:30 in alpine zone on Trail Ridge Road, a little below and above 12,000 feet. High 40s to low 50s, mostly sunny at first then clouding over.
- Phoebus Parnassian 15+
- Mead's Sulphur 5
- Boisduval's Blue 1
- Shasta Blue 1
- Arctic Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Common Alpine 1
- Colorado Alpine 2
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 12
- Palamedes Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Barred Yellow 15
- Little Yellow 4
- Dainty Sulphur 2
- Ceraunus Blue 25
- Gulf Fritillary 8
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Phaon Crescent 3
- Common Buckeye 2
- White Peacock 15
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 1
- Queen 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Zarucco Duskywing 2
- Whirlabout 4
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 4
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
Yuma Skipper the first in my yard. Now 47 species at home.
- Cabbage White 6
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Yuma Skipper 1
James L. Monroe
Industry PA along Ohio River
Beaver County, PA
partly cloudy, low 80’s
Eastern Comma a newly minted, fall-spring, male
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Eastern Comma 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Andrew Block
20 Hancock Ave., Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 17
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 10
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Little Glassywing 20
- Sachem 15
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Dun Skipper 1
Randy Harrod
Radnor Lake State Park
Davidson County, TN
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Carolina Satyr 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 3
- Dun Skipper 1
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Monarch 6
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 5
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 4
- Zabulon Skipper 18
- Dun Skipper 2
Andrew Block
192 Macy Rd., Briarcliff Manor,
Westchester County, NY
The Giant Swallowtail larva are last instars now and one was 20 feet away getting ready to change into a chrysalis on the garage door. There are also now a few first instar Black Swallowtail larva on the same rue as the remaining two last instar Giants. My friend had an adult Giant in the yard in the am before I got there.
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch common
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Peck's Skipper common
- Tawny-edged Skipper 4+
- Sachem common
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 2+
Karlo and Alison Mirth
James Peak Wilderness trailhead at East Portal
Gilpin County, CO
12:30 - 2:00, mostly cloudy and showers with brief sunny breaks.
We only knew about this place from Venice Kelly’s reports to the NABA Sightings site. So guess who we ran into - Venice Kelly! Venice, who was conducting a NABA survey, mentioned that she had seen a female Scudder’s Sulphur. She took us to the area where she had seen it but the rain started to come down hard, causing us to run back to our car. When the sun came out briefly a little later, we raced back to the spot and got it. The Scudder’s Sulphur has a very restricted range.
- Scudder's Sulphur 1
- Aphrodite Fritillary 2
- Edwards' Fritillary 2
- Mormon Fritillary 1
- Green Comma 2
- Hoary Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 5
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Caribou Ranch Open Space Park
Boulder County, CO
I only noticed the red fringe on the Pine White’s HW in the photo, indicating that it’s a female.
- Pine White 10+
- Hoary Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Small Wood-Nymph 2
Jim Wilkinson
Doncaster State Forest
Charles County, MD
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Carolina Satyr 7
- Zabulon Skipper 3
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Roadside stop between Pitkin and Cumberland Pass
Gunnison County, CO
I initially thought this was a Purplish Copper but an expert said it’s a Dorcas Copper of the subspecies “sangremar” (Tharsalea dorcas sangremar).
- Dorcas Copper 1
Walter Wallenstein
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Martin County, FL
Loads of Carolina Redroot, Tall Elephantsfoot, & Pineland Chaffhead for nectar, & the butterflies were taking advantage of it
- Zebra Swallowtail 90
- Black Swallowtail 7
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 10
- Cloudless Sulphur 47
- Barred Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Dainty Sulphur 5
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Cassius Blue 5
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 5
- Queen 30
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Zarucco Duskywing 6
- Three-spotted Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Eufala Skipper 4
David H. Bartholomew
Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA
Hot and dry, little to see at present.
- Mustard White 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Lorquin's Admiral 2
- California Sister 16
- Common Ringlet 1
- Woodland Skipper 1
Glenn Koppel
Moraine State Park
Butler County, PA
Barber’s Point to Lakeview and Nealy’s Point. Silver-spotted Skippers feeding on New York Ironweed.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Eastern Comma 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Least Skipper 2
- Zabulon Skipper 3
Lucy Merrill-Hills
My yard, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
I went for a very short walk around my yard, then sat on my stone wall to photograph the hummingbirds. Almost as soon as I sat down, an Atlantis Fritillary flew into my Zinnias, the first fritillary I’ve seen in the yard.
Late morning, partly sunny, high 80’s.
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Atlantis Fritillary 1
- Field Crescent 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Woodland Skipper 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Barred Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Ceraunus Blue 7
- Gulf Fritillary 12
- Mangrove Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 132
- White Checkered-Skipper 20
- Fiery Skipper 33
- Eufala Skipper 2
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 12
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 6
- Monarch 5
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 4
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Little Glassywing 12
- Sachem 28
- Zabulon Skipper 10
- Polydamas Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 2
- Statira Sulphur 1
- Barred Yellow 1
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 1
- Monarch 4
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 2
- Three-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Roadside stops on State Highway 92 between Sapinero and Hotchkiss
Montrose County, CO
Great stretch of road, with gorgeous scenery, butterflies, and Golden Eagles. Love the green and orange colors of the Common Branded Skipper.
- Becker's White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Purplish Copper 1
- Melissa Blue 1
- Lupine Blue 1
- Field Crescent common
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1
- Common Branded Skipper common
- Woodland Skipper common
Jeff Gesell
Blue Mountain Resort - summit area
Carbon County, PA
Mostly sunny, light breeze, 80s. Observations while on a hike with the kids on the grassy ski trails.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White abundant
- Clouded Sulphur common
- Orange Sulphur common
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 12
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Common Ringlet 1
- Monarch 4
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Chris Herz
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square
Chester County, PA
Majority of sightings from the meadow garden, but the Giant ST was in the Idea Garden on phlox.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 14
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 18
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 9
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 40
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 2
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- White Peacock 14
- Viceroy 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Brazilian Skipper 6
- Ocola Skipper 1
Brian Ahern
Folly Farms Park
Pinellas County, FL
unfortunately very brief visit before the thunderstorms started. Park has a lot of potential
- Polydamas Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- White Peacock 8
- Monarch 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
Brian Ahern
Florida Botanical Gardens
Pinellas County, FL
quick check of the butterfly garden before rains started
- Polydamas Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Orange-barred Sulphur 1
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- White Peacock 4
- Monarch 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
Steven Glynn
Molino Basin & Canyon area- Mt. Lemmon
Pima County, AZ
- Pipevine Swallowtail 4
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Southern Dogface 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Mexican Yellow 3
- Tailed Orange 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Marine Blue 6
- Fatal Metalmark 1
- American Snout 5
- Theona Checkerspot 1
- Sagebrush Checkerspot 3
- Elada Checkerspot 2
- Texan Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Empress Leilia 1
- Queen 2
- Desert Cloudywing 2
- Acacia Skipper 6
- Golden-headed Scallopwing 1
- Meridian Duskywing 1
- Erichson's White-Skipper 1
- Orange Skipperling 1
- Sheep Skipper 8
Melissa Bruesehoff
Warren
Macomb County, MI
Sunny and 87 late afternoon
A pair of Monarchs visiting cert butterfly garden #2490. Also a male Black Swallowtail visited
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 9
Melissa Bruesehoff
Dearborn Henry Ford Village
Wayne County, MI
Sunny and 84 degrees in the early afternoon.
- Cabbage White 12+
- Monarch 1
Melissa Bruesehoff
Eastpointe
Macomb County, MI
Sunny and temps in 80’s.
Four Monarchs released after emerging from pupa
- Cabbage White 5
- Monarch 4
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Rifle Falls and Rifle Gap State Parks
Garfield County, CO
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Mormon Metalmark 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Field Crescent 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Great Basin Wood-Nymph 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Common Branded Skipper common
- Woodland Skipper common
David H. Bartholomew
Sunnyvale residence
Santa Clara County, CA
Dispersing Coronis Fritillaries reliably come through our backyard about this time every year. Only one so far, though.
- Anise Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White common
- Coronis Fritillary 1
- American Lady 1
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper common
Brian McGurgan
Backyard, East Anchorage
Anchorage Municipality, AK
Sun with scattered clouds and 61° at 3:30pm. We’ve had several weeks of overcast, rainy weather and cool temperatures. The sun broke through the clouds this afternoon and warmed the backyard, so I checked for autumn Nymphalidae. I had a brief sighting of a Mourning Cloak that fluttered along the cottonwoods beside the creek behind the yard, and then disappeared among the trees on the opposite bank.
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Juba Skipper 1
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Phaon Crescent 15
- Pearl Crescent 8
- White Peacock 25
- Viceroy 5
- Carolina Satyr 4
- Queen 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 30
- Zarucco Duskywing 7
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Southern Broken-Dash 14
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 12
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Karen Canon
Tramway drainage ditch on Sandia Pueblo
Bernalillo County, NM
Sunny, mid 60’s. Only the 2nd pygmy blue I’ve seen this year.
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Pipevine Swallowtail X
- Two-tailed Swallowtail X
- Orange Sulphur X
- Cloudless Sulphur X
- Tailed Orange X
- Sleepy Orange X
- Juniper Hairstreak X
- Gray Hairstreak X
- Marine Blue X
- Spring Azure X
- Theona Checkerspot X
- American Lady X
- California Sister X
- Empress Leilia X
- Nabokov's Satyr X
- Red Satyr X
- Acacia Skipper X
- Funereal Duskywing X
- Taxiles Skipper X
Harry Zirlin
Pound Ridge
Westchester County, NY
Common Sootywing NOT common at this site. I cannot recall ever seeing one here before over hundreds of trips. Dun Skipper is second brood which has occurred here only the past two or three years and is apparently only a partial second brood.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 7
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Harvester 1
- American Copper 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 8
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Question Mark 1
- Eastern Comma 4
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 3
- Appalachian Brown 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 6
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 6
- Common Sootywing 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Dun Skipper 2
Brian Ahern
Lower Green Swamp Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL
1530-1630, 0.5 miles. Only a Quick check of blooming Bidens near parking area before the thunderstorms started. Originally planned to hike 3 miles center loop trail. Also good diversity of Grasshopper and Wasp species
- Zebra Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gulf Fritillary 10
- Common Buckeye 1
- Queen 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Confused Cloudywing 2
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 2
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 15
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Variegated Fritillary 10
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Little Glassywing 12
- Sachem 25
- Zabulon Skipper 8
Jeff Gesell
Jacobsburg State Park
Northampton County, PA
Late afternoon…sunny, calm, low 90s. Short 1 hour loop. Drastic drop in swallowtail numbers over the last week or so. Sachem numbers climbing.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Hackberry Emperor 12
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 10
- Zabulon Skipper 17
- Dun Skipper 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR
Adams County, CO
9 AM - 2 PM, hot and sunny, low 90s by the time we left. Not too many butterflies, we came here primarily for birds. It was interesting that the most common butterfly was Western Pygmy-Blue.
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 9
- Edwards' Fritillary 1
- Monarch 5
- Cabbage White 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 12
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 8
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Northern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 25
- Zabulon Skipper 6
- Cabbage White 5
- Mylitta Crescent 1
- Viceroy 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 4
- Juba Skipper 2
John and Nancy Crosby
Sycamore Canyon off Ruby Road
Santa Cruz County, AZ
Long hike through a stream with boulders to navigate. We first thought the second image was Gold Costa Skipper but believe it is a Dorantes Longtail.
- Giant Swallowtail X
- Orange Sulphur X
- Tailed Orange X
- Gray Hairstreak X
- Leda Ministreak X
- Marine Blue X
- Reakirt's Blue X
- Fatal Metalmark X
- Arizona Metalmark X
- Palmer's Metalmark common
- Gulf Fritillary X
- Bordered Patch X
- Elada Checkerspot X
- Red Admiral common
- Red-spotted Purple X
- Viceroy X
- California Sister common
- Queen X
- Dull Firetip X
- Acacia Skipper common
- Funereal Duskywing X
- Orange Skipperling X
Karlo and Alison Mirth
Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Jefferson County, CO
9:30 - 2 PM, 70s, sunny, then turning cloudy. The Ruddy Coppers were in a wet meadow next to Kriley Lake.
- Pine White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Ruddy Copper 7
- Mourning Cloak 2
- Small Wood-Nymph 8
- Giant Swallowtail
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Large Orange Sulphur
- Gray Hairstreak
- Marine Blue
- Fatal Metalmark
- Gulf Fritillary
- Monarch
- Queen
- Mournful Duskywing
- Fiery Skipper
- Woodland Skipper
- Umber Skipper
Jim Wilkinson
Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 10
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 8
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 4
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Little Glassywing 5
- Sachem 24
- Zabulon Skipper 6
Andrew Block
72 Pondfield Rd. W., Bronxville,
Westchester County, NY
All along front walk to building.
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 4
Andrew Block
Wavenly Park, New Canaan,
Fairfield County, CT
Also had a Snowberry Clearwing. Almost all were in the field with all the ironweed.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Sachem 5
- Zabulon Skipper 1
Steven Glynn
General area searching
Apache County, AZ
Composite report for 2-days and approximately 16 hours total exploring the areas within the Apache-Sitgreaves NF and Apache Tribal Lands (with permitted permission)
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 6
- Dainty Sulphur 7
- Ruddy Copper 4
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Marine Blue 4
- Reakirt's Blue 5
- Western Tailed-Blue 1
- Melissa Blue 5
- American Snout 1
- Aphrodite Fritillary 2
- Nokomis Fritillary 11
- Atlantis Fritillary 25
- Mormon Fritillary 20
- Arachne Checkerspot 2
- Fulvia Checkerspot 1
- Field Crescent common
- Mylitta Crescent 10
- Variable Checkerspot 24
- Satyr Comma 1
- Green Comma 3
- Mourning Cloak 9
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell 2
- Common Buckeye 3
- Weidemeyer's Admiral 1
- Common Ringlet 1
- Pacuvius Duskywing 1
- Funereal Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 10
- Garita Skipperling 8
- Common Branded Skipper 9
- Apache Skipper 2
- Pahaska Skipper 2
- Taxiles Skipper 2
John Heyse
at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA
3 Painted Ladies an hour or two apart flying
furiously NW, just like the spring migrants.
The spring migrants were very sparse this year. I expect these new ladies came out of the Central Valley. It was 101 in Fresno today at 3:30 P.M.
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 11
- Painted Lady 3
- Yuma Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 1
Jeff Gesell
Plainfield Township - GCEC
Northampton County, PA
Mostly Cloudy, breezy, upper 70s. Decent variety despite the stubborn clouds and a strong breeze at times. Decent Sleepy Orange numbers…no Cloudless Sulphurs.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White abundant
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 9
- Sleepy Orange 9
- American Copper 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 20
- Common Buckeye 8
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 3
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 8
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
- Dun Skipper 1
Lucy Merrill-Hills
My yard, New Castle
Garfield County, CO
I happened to glance out a window and saw that an Atlantis Fritillary was on my Zinnias again.
Partly sunny, mid 80’s, noon.
- Cabbage White 2
- Atlantis Fritillary 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Monarch 4
Weather was mostly clear, 82°, 7-8mph winds
Survey time: 2:00pm-4:00pm