Recent sightings

Edward Perry IV

Mason Terrace, Melbourne
Brevard County, FL

My yard, through the morning, 9 am-11am. Intermittent checks. Partly sunny, warm, humid. EPerry.

  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Long-tailed Skipper

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

California Sisters, few and faded, but still persisting. Red Admirals were at their usual hill-topping spot.

  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • California Sister 2

Common Buckeye

Red Admiral

California Sister

Ryan Johnson

Varden Conservation Area
Wayne County, PA

Unseasonably warm temperatures today throughout the region made butterfly viewing possible. I always have decent butterfly viewing here at Varden; today I encountered my very first Comma!

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Eastern Comma

Andrew Block

Pine Creek Park, Fairfield,
Fairfield County, CT

  • Clouded Sulphur 1

John Lampkin

Lake Dan Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

With the Suncoast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
9-1; 70-81 cloudy

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 9
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Fulvous Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • White Peacock 5
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 7
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Fulvous Hairstreak

Craig Marks

Peveto Wood
Cameron Parish, LA

Located on the Gulf Coast in Johnson Bayou. Lots of lantana and other nectar sources still in bloom

  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 14
  • Little Yellow 8
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 43
  • Phaon Crescent 7
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Monarch 53
  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Eufala Skipper 6
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Craig Marks

Sabine NWR
Cameron Parish, LA

West Cove and Blue Goose trails

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Monarch 9
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2

Steven Rosenthal

Jones Beach State Park, Central Mall and Wild Play Area
Nassau County, NY

sunny 58 degrees

lots of Goldenrod still in bloom


  • Monarch 1

Jim Wilkinson

Masonville Cove
Baltimore city, MD

  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • Sachem 1

Common Buckeye

Sachem

Jim Wilkinson

Elkhorn Garden Plots, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1

Variegated Fritillary

Orange Sulphur

Amelia Grimm

Fort Zachary Taylor State Park
Monroe County, FL

10:00am - 12:45pm. We walked in the field area and the north hammock, plus some around the fort restroom grounds and blacksmith shop area. Nectar plants blooming include: Snow Squarestem, Buttonweed, Pencil flower, Fog fruit, Blanket Flower, Fanpetals, Blue Porterweed, Bay Cedar, Spanish needles (Bidens alba), Indigo, Railroad vine and Sleepy morning. LWilliams and AGrimm.

  • Great Southern White 10
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow common
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3
  • Cassius Blue common
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 3
  • Hammock Skipper 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Monarch

Phaon Crescent

Queen

Barred Yellow

Dorantes Longtail

Bo Zaremba

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Yellow Angled-Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur x
  • Lyside Sulphur x
  • Barred Yellow x
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak x
  • Western Pygmy-Blue x
  • Ceraunus Blue x
  • Fatal Metalmark x
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent x
  • Mexican Bluewing x
  • Queen X
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper x
  • Laviana White-Skipper x
  • Southern Skipperling x
  • Fiery Skipper x
  • Sachem x

Texas Powdered-Skipper

Gray Hairstreak

Gulf Fritillary

Fiery Skipper

Sachem

White Checkered-Skipper

Southern Skipperling

Queen

Phaon Crescent

Mexican Bluewing

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Laviana White-Skipper

Yellow Angled-Sulphur

Jeanette Klodzen

South end of Sugarhouse Park (Salt Lake City)
Salt Lake County, UT

Sunny, mid-40s, after 3pm

  • Checkered White 1

Jim Wilkinson

West Friendship Park
Howard County, MD

  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Common Buckeye 1

Variegated Fritillary

Common Buckeye

Linda Romine

East Fork State Wildlife Area, Williamsburg Wetlands
Clermont County, OH

Sun with cirrus, upper 60’s to low 70’s, 10 am to 1 pm. Walked around fallow fields and the bike trail to the lake overlook. First Little Yellow of season. Female sulphurs ovipositing on clover, includes a white female. Buckeyes a mated pair, one form “rosa”. Butterfly season limping to an end.

  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Orange Sulphur 5+
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Common Buckeye 2

Mike Reese

Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area
Sauk County, WI

Sunny, 67 degrees, but 15-25 mph winds.

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Denis C. Quinn

One mile West of US1 on Mason/Dixon MD/PA line, Nottingham, PA
Chester County, PA

The vast majority of nectar sources are now gone, due to two heavy frosts.

  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Renee Davis

Youngsville
Sullivan County, NY

Season is winding down. I’m grateful for any sighting this month!

  • Clouded Sulphur 2

Steven Rosenthal

suburban yard next to Mill Pond, Bellmore
Nassau County, NY

58 degrees mostly cloudy

incidental finding during a walk around Mill Pond, also a few dragonflies on patrol

  • Cabbage White 1

Lucy Merrill-Hills

New Castle
Garfield County, CO

I was on my way home from a nice walk when a butterfly flew in front of me. We’ve already had a couple of inches of snow, and an overnight freeze.

Sunny, 1PM, low 40’s.

  • Painted Lady 1

Painted Lady