Sighting for October 6, 2017
Beth Polvino
North Cape May ~ my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 6
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady common
- Painted Lady common
- Common Buckeye 15
- Monarch 29
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 11
- Sachem common
- Ocola Skipper 5
Common Checkered-Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Highest number of species & #39th species for this butterfly garden for 2017 - Common Checkered-Skipper. Last seen here in 2015. Ocola Skippers continue. Numbers of butterflies decreasing. Monarch tagging being done in the yard by the Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project. More Painted Ladies than American Ladies with good numbers still.