Sighting for June 4, 2012

Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke

Judge Rye Road
Shenandoah County, VA

This is our count for the 4.8 mile section of Judge Rye Rd from the beginning to the W. VA. border. A good number of the butterflies were seen near the Long Mt. trail head and in the meadow just down the trail.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White superabundant
  • Clouded Sulphur abundant
  • Orange Sulphur abundant
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue abundant
  • Spring Azure common
  • Appalachian Azure 1
  • Great Spangled Fritillary 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • American Lady 7
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr superabundant
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 4