Sighting for September 16, 2012

Allan R. Loudell

University of Delaware Garden, Newark
New Castle County, DE

10:30–11:30 a.m.; Sunny beautiful day; seldom seen so many Fiery Skippers in a fairly concentrated place

  • Cabbage White 15
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 12
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 3
  • Silvery Checkerspot 1
  • Pearl Crescent 8
  • Painted Lady 8
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • Viceroy 2
  • Monarch 15
  • Fiery Skipper 40+
  • Peck's Skipper 10
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Sachem Dozens
  • Dun Skipper 4