Jerry Ball and I went butterflying  in the NE of the County today. Our route was Cty Rd 6, Cty Rd 44, Hubble Rd, Cty Rd 46 and Sandy Lake Rd. Butterflies were prolific, especially on Sandy Lake Rd.. In total we saw 42 species, with amazing numbers of hairstreaks.

Tony Bigg

 

Cabbage White 1
Mustard White 1
Clouded Sulphur 2
Pink-edged Sulphur 6
Bog Copper 1
Bronze Copper 1
Banded Hairstreak 45
Hickory Hairstreak 12
Edward’s Hairstreak 23
Striped Hairstreak 6
Acadian Hairstreak 50
Coral Hairstreak 2
Eastern Tailed Blue 1
Summer Azure 11
Great Spangled Fritillary 5
Aphrodite Fritillary 14
Silver-bordered Fritillary 1
Pearl Crescent 2
Northern Crescent 120
Harris’s Checkerspot 1
Eastern Comma 1
Gray Comma 2
Mourning Cloak 4
White Admiral 7
Viceroy 1
Little Wood-Satyr 3
Common Wood-Nymph 4
Eyed Brown 43
European Skipper 11
Least Skipper 11
Long Dash Skipper 17
Peck’s Skipper 5
Crossline Skipper 2
Northern Broken-Dash 17
Little Glassywing 1
Dun Skipper 272
Two-spotted Skipper 16
Hobomok Skipper 3
Mulberry Wing 49
Broad-winged Skipper 289
Dion Skipper 2
Delaware Skipper 47
Categories: Sightings

Drew Monkman

I am a retired teacher, naturalist and writer with a love for all aspects of the natural world, especially as they relate to seasonal change.