Sighting for September 25, 2012

John Lampkin

Mountainside Park, Pequannock
Morris County, NJ

With Charlie Mayhood and Betty Aiken.
The Long-tailed Skipper, common in the deep south, is a rare stray to northern NJ. Betty found it in the gardens at Cedar Crest Retirement Village which borders the park.
Mountainside Park is a dependable site for Little Yellow.

  • Cabbage White 7
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

Long-tailed Skipper

Long-tailed Skipper