Sighting for May 12, 2012

Rick Borchelt, Beth Johnson, Tom Stock

Lilypons water gardens
Frederick County, MD

Second stop with colleagues Beth Johnson and Tom Stock on a Washington Area Butterfly Club full-day field outing. This leg covers Lilypons water gardens for about 90 minutes from 1330-1500 hours. Sunny and warm becoming slightly overcast; temperature in upper 70s. Nectar included fleabanes and blackberry, predominantly.

  • Cabbage White 9
  • Orange Sulphur 7
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Question Mark 8
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Red Admiral 9
  • Common Sootywing 1
  • Least Skipper 4
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Sachem 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 1