Sighting for July 6, 2012
Chris Herz & Dave Amadio
Fort Indiantown Gap "Regal Tour"
Lebanon County, PA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White common
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur common
- American Copper 13
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 13
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 25
- Aphrodite Fritillary 5
- Regal Fritillary 21
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 9
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 10
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Southern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 10
- Northern Broken-Dash 6
- Delaware Skipper 5
- Dun Skipper 1
With temperatures in the mid 90’s, the Regal Fritillaries spent much time in the shade at the base of small shrubs. Time spent nectaring was greatly reduced. Observations made between 10 a.m & 2 p.m.