Sighting for September 12, 2016
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 at MD/PA line, my home
Chester County, PA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 118
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 14
- Eastern Comma 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 9
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Common Sootywing 3
- Least Skipper 18
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 9
- Sachem 14
- Zabulon Skipper 8
Fiery Skipper
Sachem
Quite dry here, only nectar sources are Budelia, Mexican Sunflowers, few Mint species, Sunflowers, Buckwheat in bloom, New York Ironweed and some Zinnias. Fiery- Sachem comparison in one pic.