Sighting for May 31, 2012
Tom Fiore
Van Cortlandt Park - various habitats
Bronx County, NY
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 300+
- Orange Sulphur 6+
- Red-banded Hairstreak 5+
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 15+
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Question Mark 2
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 3
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 6+
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Little Wood-Satyr 8+
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 12+
- Hoary Edge 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Hobomok Skipper 20+
- Zabulon Skipper 8+
Silvery Checkerspot is VERY rare in May in NY state,most often June or early July in past years. The individual male seen was very newly-emerged and found mineralizing and perching in a wooded glade along a quiet trail. Satyrium haistreaks looked for, but not seen yet.