Sighting for July 3, 2015

John Lampkin

Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY

Weekly survey with Alan Wells, included in the Rockland County Fourth of July count. With Della Wells, Michael Diederich, Nancy Slowik and Karen Nickeson. 65-76; 3 hours in bright sun. Variegated Fritillary was new for the site over a four year period of weekly surveys by John and Alan.

  • Cabbage White 25
  • Clouded Sulphur 21
  • Orange Sulphur 29
  • Banded Hairstreak 50
  • Hickory Hairstreak 2
  • Striped Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 42
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Great Spangled Fritillary 64
  • Pearl Crescent 12
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 2
  • American Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Admiral 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 3
  • Northern Pearly-eye 1
  • Appalachian Brown 8
  • Little Wood-Satyr 9
  • Common Wood-Nymph 10
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 4
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Least Skipper 1
  • European Skipper 2
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Crossline Skipper 4
  • Northern Broken-Dash 9
  • Little Glassywing 26
  • Mulberry Wing 3
  • Black Dash 4
  • Dun Skipper 65

Variegated Fritillary

Striped Hairstreak

Red-spotted Purple