Sighting for September 23, 2016
Denis C. Quinn
1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason/Dixon line, 19362
Chester County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 12
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 12
- Common Checkered-Skipper 4
- Common Sootywing 1
- Least Skipper 11
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 10
- Zabulon Skipper 3
Recent 1.6 inchs of rain have helped nectar sources improve, along with my patch of;Cannas, sunflowers, buckwheat and Mexican Sunflowers, etc, however Butterfly bush is being neglected now.