March 2016 Sightings

mark mccullough

butterfly garden in front yard. 7.9 m E. Rio Hondo
Cameron County, TX

flame vine blossoms.

  • Evans' Skipper 1

Evans' Skipper

Jim Egbert

Mobile St and Jeff Friend Trail BSNWR. Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Mostly sunny and temps in low 70s.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 5

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red Admiral 1

John Heyse

Briones Park
Contra Costa County, CA

68-70F

  • Mustard White 7
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Red Admiral 1

Mustard White

Silvery Blue

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

Very quiet. Lots of bidens in bloom.

  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 10
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • White Peacock 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Obscure Skipper 4

Obscure Skipper

Daniel Jones

National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 1
  • Southern Dogface 3
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 10
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 2
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 10
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 2
  • American Snout 12
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Bordered Patch 4
  • Texan Crescent 2
  • Pale-banded Crescent 1
  • Vesta Crescent 8
  • Phaon Crescent 50
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Banded Peacock 1
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Monarch 20
  • Brown Longtail 3
  • Two-barred Flasher 1
  • Coyote Cloudywing 2
  • Glazed Pellicia 1
  • Mazans Scallopwing 2
  • White-patched Skipper 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 4
  • White Checkered-Skipper 40
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 20
  • Laviana White-Skipper 15
  • Common Sootywing 1
  • Julia's Skipper 2
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 5
  • Double-dotted Skipper 3
  • Southern Skipperling 20
  • Fiery Skipper 15
  • Whirlabout 10
  • Southern Broken-Dash 10
  • Sachem 2
  • Common Mellana 10
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 2
  • Eufala Skipper 10

Common Mestra

Two-barred Flasher

Banded Peacock

Double-dotted Skipper

Glazed Pellicia

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

About 70 degrees, thin overcast. A nice variety of butterflies, most of them First-of-Season for me.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Pale Swallowtail 2
  • Mustard White 9
  • Large Marble 1
  • Sara Orangetip 2
  • Spring Azure 10
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Propertius Duskywing 2

Pale Swallowtail

Mylitta Crescent

Acmon Blue

Kathy Malone

Thompson's Station Park
Williamson County, TN

A warm day after extended cold and wet weather. Saw Question Marks and Eastern Commas puddling on a “weepy” maple dripping water and sap from sapsucker holes drilled into the trunk. I’d hoped for a Mourning Cloak since I’d seen one two years ago in the same spot and I got one!

  • Orange Sulphur 8
  • Question Mark 5
  • Eastern Comma 3
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Orange Sulphur

Mourning Cloak

Question Mark

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Question Mark

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Falcon State Park
Starr County, TX

Sunny and 100 degrees! Because of lack of rain and high temperature we didn’t have high expectations. But we were pleasantly surprised by the decent numbers and diversity of butterflies. (One reason is that the butterfly garden gets watered.) 32 species. Highlights were Texan Crescent and species shown in photos.

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Southern Dogface 3
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Lyside Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Sleepy Orange 5
  • Dainty Sulphur 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 5
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 3
  • American Snout 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Elada Checkerspot 1
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • American Lady 1
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Coyote Cloudywing 4
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
  • White-patched Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper common
  • Desert Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Common Streaky-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Sachem 1
  • Eufala Skipper 5

Variegated Fritillary

White-patched Skipper

Common Streaky-Skipper

Texas Powdered-Skipper

White-striped Longtail

Coyote Cloudywing

Steven Glynn

Tree Tops Park
Broward County, FL

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian common
  • White Peacock common
  • Malachite 4
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 2

Malachite

Steven Glynn

Okeeheelee Park- Nature Center area
Palm Beach County, FL

  • Atala 5
  • Zebra Heliconian common
  • Monarch 2

Atala

Jim Egbert

Upper Delta WMA
Baldwin County, AL

The afternoon turned out to be nice; warmed into lower 60s,with blue bird skies.The north end of the county had some surprises.

  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3

Jim Egbert

Co Rd 6 Gulf Shores, and Roscoe Rd Orange Beach
Baldwin County, AL

Cloudy until late morning,and warmed to upper 50s by noon. Duskywing skippers made their 1st appearance of the year and they were not Juvenal Duskywing.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Question Mark 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Laurel Rhodes

Scherer-Thaxton Preserve
Sarasota County, FL

Early spring jaunt with Bill and Jean Evoy (photos). Two hours, mid-70’s, full sun. Metalmarks more abundant than usual.

  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Little Metalmark 20+
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • Whirlabout 1

Little Metalmark

Red-banded Hairstreak

Little Yellow

Bart Jones

Bible Hill Road
Decatur County, TN

First butterflies of the year. All were flybys including 6 Polygonia sp

  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Ken Wilson

Plum Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Temp 71 degrees, partially cloudy became mostly cloudy, and calm winds became gusty. Besides list, also saw an unidentified blue which was not a Sonoran Blue.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Spring White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 3
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • California Patch common
  • Tiny Checkerspot common

Tiny Checkerspot

Tiny Checkerspot

Jim Egbert

Roscoe & Russian Rd Orange Beach.
Baldwin County, AL

Early morning, warm quickly into the upper 50s,with clear skies.

  • Common Buckeye 5

Tom Palmer

Trial Ford Trail, Green Swamp
Polk County, FL

Few nectar plants blooming yet. Temps in 70s in p.m.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 7
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Carolina Satyr 20
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 1

Mike A Rickard

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Isabella's Heliconian 1
  • Violet-patched Skipper 1

Violet-patched Skipper

Isabella's Heliconian

Tom Palmer

Ocala National Forest
Marion County, FL

Nothing blooming except plum and black cherry

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 10
  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Sachem 1

John Gorey

Desert Center
Riverside County, CA

Very windy today so Lep detection was an issue.

  • Checkered White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 2

Randy Harrod

Fred & Ida Schultz Preserve, Gibsonton
Hillsborough County, FL

Windy and sunny.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Dainty Sulphur common
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 9
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Red Admiral 8
  • Monarch 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Red Admiral

Clouded Skipper

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

Though a bit windy it was Chamber of Commerce weather.

  • Barred Yellow 4
  • Dainty Sulphur 2
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 7
  • White Peacock 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Obscure Skipper 2

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

White Checkered-Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Jim Egbert

Roscoe Rd. Orange Beach.
Baldwin County, AL

These is a small area of Chickasaw Plums, a native plum that has been in full bloom.

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 1

Kathy Barylski

Braddock Heights
Frederick County, MD

12:20-1:30 pm; about 60, partly-mostly sunny with light breeze.

  • Eastern Comma 3
  • Mourning Cloak 4

Mourning Cloak

Eastern Comma

John Lampkin

Sun City Center Nature Trail
Hillsborough County, FL

Combined sightings from 3/6 & 3/7

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Fiery Skipper 11
  • Whirlabout 1

Mike A Rickard

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

  • Ruby-spotted Swallowtail 1
  • Chestnut Crescent 1

Chestnut Crescent

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail

James Shelton

James River Park - The Wetlands
Richmond city, VA

Warm, 62, Low wind.

  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

James L. Monroe

Paleo Hammock
St. Lucie County, FL

The Ruddy Daggerwing, which was very battered, is a new county record.

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 13
  • Ruddy Daggerwing 1
  • Carolina Satyr 40+
  • Monarch 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Clouded Skipper 4
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 3

Twin-spot Skipper

Clouded Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Julia Heliconian

Jim Egbert

East Canal , Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Windy and mostly sunny with temps in the mid 70s.Worked in outside all day and the Red Admiral was present all day.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Red Admiral 1

Allen Belden

Powhatan State Park
Powhatan County, VA

Sunny, high near 80.

  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Spring Azure 3
  • Eastern Comma 5

John Gorey

Desert Center
Riverside County, CA

  • Monarch 2
  • Funereal Duskywing 1

James L. Monroe

Lucky Hammock
Miami-Dade County, FL

From Lucky Hammock and road along it.

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Julia Heliconian 12
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • White Peacock 5
  • Dorantes Longtail 5
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Three-spotted Skipper 4
  • Clouded Skipper 10

Three-spotted Skipper

Stephanie Seymour

Cheshire Lane, Ringwood, NJ
Passaic County, NJ

First butterfly of the year! Saw it lumbering across my front yard.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Jim Egbert

East Canal,Gulf Shores,Mullet Point Fairhope,Manatee Park and Pitcher Plant Bog at Weeks Bay NERR.
Baldwin County, AL

Windy, mostly cloudy, and in mid 70s.The Red Admiral was still around on this day also,and this is the sightings of the 1st swallowtails for me on the year.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Georgia Satyr 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2

Kathy Malone

Long Hunter State Park
Rutherford County, TN

  • Falcate Orangetip 8
  • Question Mark 3

Falcate Orangetip

Bill & Nancy Callahan

Laughing Brook WS Hamden MA
Hampden County, MA

Sunny,breezy and 80 degrees
My earliest ever FOY sighting

  • Eastern Comma 3

Ron Smith

Sawgrass Lake Park
Pinellas County, FL

Each spring in late Feb and early Mar there is usually 1-2 Silver-spotted Skippers visiting the azaleas by the Visitor’s Center.

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • White Peacock 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Silver-spotted Skipper

Orange-barred Sulphur

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Curtis A. Lehman

Roaring Run Trail.
Armstrong County, PA

1st butterfly of the year.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Cloak

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

1st of the year Cabbage White.

  • Cabbage White 1

Melanie Link Taylor

Residential Home Butterfly Garden, Apple Valley CAL
San Bernardino County, CA

Two Cabbage butterflies came through the garden within minutes, each following the same path, as though they had planned it!

  • Cabbage White 2

Cabbage White

Jane Hurwitz

Bernardsville, NJ
Somerset County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

Brett Badeaux

Santa Margarita River Trail
San Diego County, CA

Low 70s, partly cloudy
I also went off main trail into a lot of Chaparral trails.
Orange Sulphur had just eclosed
Many unID Duskywing
2 unID Vanessa

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 19
  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 4
  • Cabbage White 10
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 12
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Marine Blue 4
  • Silvery Blue 4
  • Acmon Blue 5
  • Fatal Metalmark 3
  • Mormon Metalmark common
  • Satyr Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 5
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Lorquin's Admiral 5
  • California Sister 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 8
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Umber Skipper 2

Orange Sulphur

Satyr Comma

Sara Orangetip

Acmon Blue

Bramble Hairstreak

Western Tiger Swallowtail

John Lampkin

Sun City Center Nature Trail
Hillsborough County, FL

With Jane Lampkin
80 degrees
American Lady!

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • American Lady 1
  • Fiery Skipper 11
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2

Warren A. Jacobs

Limerick twp
Montgomery County, PA

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Joanne Langabee

Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue,
Sarpy County, NE

It was mid 60 today, winds 3 mph, clear
The first butterflies of the year.

  • Spring Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Gray Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Gray Comma

Mourning Cloak

Rich Kelly, Sandy Wolkenberg

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Valley Nature Center and Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco.
Hidalgo County, TX

80’s and sunny. 33 species. Highlight was the 6 Mexican Bluewings at Estero! Note the perfect “3” on the Southern Broken-Dash.

  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 2
  • Cassius Blue 4
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Rounded Metalmark 1
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • White Peacock 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 6
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Queen 2
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper 1
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4

Celia's Roadside-Skipper

Red-bordered Metalmark

Whirlabout

Southern Broken-Dash

Laurel Rhodes

Scherer-Thaxton Preserve
Sarasota County, FL

With Karen Finch (photos), 76-82F, full sun, light wind. 3 hours.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 12
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 12
  • Little Metalmark 21
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • Pearl Crescent 9
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Southern Skipperling 4
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 2

Southern Skipperling

Phaon Crescent

Little Metalmark

Mike Reese

Necedah NWR
Juneau County, WI

My first butterfly of the year!

  • Mourning Cloak 4

Chris Blazo

Route 75 north in Ft. Loudon
Franklin County, PA

I saw this large, dark butterfly flying across the road.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Chris Blazo

Bender's Potato Farm ponds
Franklin County, PA

  • Eastern Comma 1

Jill Brian

The Woodlands
Montgomery County, TX

I have 14 Monarch chrysalis and 20 eggs that just hatched.

  • Monarch 1

Glenn Koppel

State Game Lands 95
Butler County, PA

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Andrew Block

Stewart S.F., New Windsor,
Orange County, NY

First of season.

  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Stephanie Seymour

Cheshire Lane, Ringwood, NJ
Passaic County, NJ

I can’t believe how happy I am to see this guy (or girl). I am almost positive this is the butterfly that was seen by me in the fall trying to find a nice place to overwinter in my house shingles over a period of a few days. Anyway, today I was outside on my patio and was startled when I flushed it. It landed again on the patio in the sun. It flew off a few seconds later. I hope I can get a photo of it soon.

  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1

James L. Monroe

39-th Ave NW off Rte. 846
Collier County, FL

  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • White Peacock 3
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Three-spotted Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Ron Smith

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

Looked hard for Mourning Cloak without success.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 8
  • Black Swallowtail 7
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 20
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • American Snout 2
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Question Mark 2
  • Gemmed Satyr 3
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2

Henry's Elfin

Gemmed Satyr

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

American Snout

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and National Butterfly Center in Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

Sunny and 96! 30 species. Butterflies were overly active. Seems like an explosion in the Lyside Sulphur population. Highlights were Mexican Bluewing, Texan Crescent, Tropical Leafwing, Turk’s-cap White-Skipper (right under my nose and pointed out by Mike Rickard), Ocola Skipper and Double-dotted Skipper.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Lyside Sulphur 11
  • Little Yellow 11
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Fatal Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 7
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Mexican Bluewing 1
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 5
  • Brown Longtail 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper 3
  • Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
  • Double-dotted Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Tropical Leafwing

Lyside Sulphur

Double-dotted Skipper

Bill & Nancy Callahan

Laughing Brook WS Hamden MA
Hampden County, MA

Sunny,60 degrees. Walking with Nancy. Her 1st of year.
1:00 to 3:30.

  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Mourning Cloak 6

Eastern Comma

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Craig Marks

Wild Azalea Seep and Castor Plunge Road w/i Kisatchie NF
Rapides Parish, LA

Nice spring day, with temps in mid-70’s, breezy and mostly sun. The Frosted Elfins were fresh, both males and females (found two new colonies). The wild Indigo is already 15-20” high. The Falcate OTs were primarily females (only 3 males) suggesting their flight is almost over. The Pepper & Salt RS Sks were all fresh, usually seen in fewer numbers. Lots of duskywings flying, either Juvenal’s or Horace’s.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 11
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 23
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Frosted Elfin 19
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 9
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • Pearl Crescent 25+
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Goatweed Leafwing 2
  • Gemmed Satyr 10+
  • Carolina Satyr 10
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Pepper and Salt Skipper 10

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts
Worcester County, MA

Spring 2016 is finally here! Cheers my fellow butterfly enthusiasts!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Brian Ahern

Schultz Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

11 AM to 12:30 PM; large part of the preserve was recently burned for habitat management.

  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 22
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 15
  • Zebra Heliconian 8
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Queen 12
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 3

Jim Egbert

Jeff Friend Trail at BSNWR
Baldwin County, AL

Rains of the past few days have ended,sunny with SE wind
and temps in the 70s.

  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Jim Egbert

Roscoe Rd,Orange Beach;Co Rd 87 north of I10,and Perdido River WMA.
Baldwin County, AL

Mostly sunny temp in low 80s. Perdido River WMA has the largest stand of White Cedar in Alabama;but access has been mostly limited to hunter and timber companies.But this spring the area has opened two public areas on the river amoung the cedars.This has produced a very nice sighting of a Hessel’s Hairstreak at the Staplefork Landing;one of the new areas.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail abundant
  • Cabbage White common
  • Cloudless Sulphur abundant
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 11
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Carolina Satyr 9
  • Monarch 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 6
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

John Heyse

Martinez Marsh
Contra Costa County, CA

59F It was a pleasure to get out after 10 straight days of rain.

  • Anise Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 7

Anise Swallowtail

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

John Lampkin

Sun City Center Nature Trail
Hillsborough County, FL

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 27
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 5

Jim Egbert

East Canal Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • American Lady 1

Kathy Malone

Thompson's Station Park
Williamson County, TN

Unusually warm at 83 degrees. Wild plum flowers were at peak. Spicebush had yellow buds. I walked about 4.75 miles throughout the mountain trails. I lingered at the wild plum to see what would fly in.

Orange Sulphur 2
Falcate Orangetip 6
Red Admiral 4
White-M Hairstreak 1
Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Spring Azure 2
American Snout 4
Eastern Comma 2

  • White M Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Spring Azure

White M Hairstreak

Spring Azure

Red-banded Hairstreak

John Heyse

Carquinez Shoreline, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

64F, Pipevine Swallowtail with surprisingly small tails.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 2
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Monarch 3

Pipevine Swallowtail

Common Ringlet

Silvery Blue

Monarch

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts/Fiskdale Woods
Worcester County, MA

I saw yet another Mourning Cloak. Cheers, my fellow Massachusetts butterfly enthusiasts!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Ronald Hedden

White River Lake
Crosby County, TX

  • Olympia Marble 6
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • American Lady 5
  • Sleepy Duskywing 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Sleepy Duskywing

Kathy Malone

Thompson's Station Park
Williamson County, TN

Cooler than yesterday. 73 degrees, and no activity at the wild plum that was busy yesterday. Walked 2.3 miles throughout the mountain trails.

Mourning Cloak 1
Sulphur flyby 2
Spring Azure 1
Falcate Orangetip (one pair mating) 9
Red Admiral 2
Eastern Comma 2

  • Falcate Orangetip

Falcate Orangetip

John Heyse

Back Creek Canyon, Mt. Diablo
Contra Costa County, CA

66-68F
lots of mud

  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Mustard White 2
  • Sara Orangetip 4
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Silvery Blue 20+
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Propertius Duskywing 1

Jim Wilkinson

Marriottsville Area, Patapsco Valley State Park
Howard County, MD

  • Eastern Comma 1

Joanne Langabee

Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue,
Sarpy County, NE

It was around 60 degrees, partly sunny and winds 6mph

  • Spring Azure 10
  • Gray Comma 3
  • Red Admiral 1

Spring Azure

Warren A. Jacobs

Fulmer Rd Spring Mount
Montgomery County, PA

  • Spring Azure 1

Spring Azure

Allen Belden

James River Park
Richmond city, VA

Pony Pasture area. Sunny, high in the mid 70s.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Spring Azure 2
  • American Snout 1
  • Eastern Comma 5
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Rich Kelly, Joanne Tow, Joan Parry

Jones Beach State Park
Nassau County, NY

Very early. This is the second one of these in Nassau County in March in recent years. The old thinking was that they recolonized the area every late summer, but did not survive the winter. This may no longer be true.
Photo by Joan Parry.

  • Checkered White 1

Checkered White

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Trails/Woods.
Worcester County, MA

I got my work done early on this morning. So I took a Nature Hike this afternoon. I wound up seeing six Mourning Cloaks. Sometimes two together at one time, on the trail and high up in the trees. This Is exciting and unbelievably Cool! Here is the lone photograph of Mourning Cloak #1/6. Once again, cheers to all my fellow Massachusetts Butterfly/Nature Enthusiasts. Happy Butterfly watching, to you all! I ❤️ Mourning Cloaks. Seldom seen up close, but beautiful nonetheless!!!!!!

  • Mourning Cloak 6

Mourning Cloak

Brett Badeaux

Santa Rosa Plateau
Riverside County, CA

mid 70s to low 80s most of the day. Nice clear skies
Lots of Jonhny jump-up in bloom

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 6
  • Pale Swallowtail 7
  • Checkered White 2
  • Sara Orangetip 18
  • Orange Sulphur 20
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 4
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Acmon Blue 4
  • Mormon Metalmark 3
  • Mylitta Crescent common
  • American Lady 3
  • Painted Lady 1
  • California Sister 5
  • Common Ringlet common
  • Common Checkered-Skipper abundant
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Umber Skipper 1

Orange Sulphur

Sara Orangetip

American Lady

Common Ringlet

Common Checkered-Skipper

Mylitta Crescent

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Sunny day, about 70 degrees. Nice to find a few Bramble Green Hairstreaks on St. Patrick’s Day.

  • Pale Swallowtail 9
  • Mustard White 3
  • Sara Orangetip 8
  • Bramble Hairstreak 4
  • Brown Elfin 4
  • Spring Azure 10
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • California Tortoiseshell 1
  • American Lady 1
  • California Sister 1
  • Common Ringlet 3
  • Mournful Duskywing 2

Mournful Duskywing

Brown Elfin

Bramble Hairstreak

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

69F
My cat Yoda wanted to eat the monarch, but I shooed the butterfly out of the yard in time.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Monarch 1

John Heyse

Crockett Hills Park
Contra Costa County, CA

68F

  • Silvery Blue 7
  • West Coast Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1

Red Admiral

Chris Blazo

Bricker Rd. State Game Lands
Franklin County, PA

  • Spring Azure 1

Spring Azure

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Woods/Trails.
Worcester County, MA

While hiking with my dog Cassie this afternoon. We spotted/saw three more Mourning Cloaks. I managed to photograph at least two out of the three. With their wings open, on the forest floor. Too cool!

  • Mourning Cloak 3

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Allen Belden

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Suffolk city, VA

Jericho Ditch Lane, Jericho Ditch, Railroad Ditch, West Ditch. Sunny, high in the mid 70s. Sleepy Oranges in “winter form.” Henry’s Elfin’s around American Holly. An early spring!

  • Zebra Swallowtail 82
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 14
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 13
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Henry's Elfin 36
  • Spring Azure 72
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 8
  • Carolina Roadside-Skipper 1

Carolina Roadside-Skipper

Henry's Elfin

Palamedes Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail

Rich Kelly

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx County, NY

  • Cabbage White 1

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Woods/Trails.
Worcester County, MA

I saw one Mourning Cloak, this morning on my trail hike. It was just too fast for photographs and or videos. Ah well! Go Massachusetts Butterflies!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Jeanette Klodzen

Little Cottonwood Canyon Trail
Salt Lake County, UT

1 - Satyr or Hoary Comma

Trail mostly covered in 12+ inches of snow but there are open spots in sunny locations

Jeanette Klodzen

Around 600N and 2200W
Salt Lake County, UT

1st Bfly of 2016

  • Checkered White 1

Julie Appleget

Devils Hammock
Levy County, FL

Overcast day

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • Pearl Crescent abundant
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 12
  • Carolina Satyr abundant
  • Zabulon Skipper 2

Zabulon Skipper

Texan Crescent

Gemmed Satyr

Jim Egbert

East Canal Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL

Doing a little yard work,and was happy to see a nice variety of Leps. around the house.The Spicebush Swallowtail was very interested in the Camphor Trees at the edge of the property; host?

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1

David H. Bartholomew

Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Pleasant day after the marine layer burned off. Photographing the endangered Bay Checkerspot was my goal this day. I was well rewarded, they were plentiful at this location.

  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Acmon Blue 4
  • Mylitta Crescent 2
  • Edith's Checkerspot common
  • Common Ringlet 4
  • Propertius Duskywing 2

Edith's Checkerspot

James L. Monroe

Everglades NP, Road to Bear Lake
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Great Southern White 50+
  • Cassius Blue 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Mangrove Buckeye 9
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Obscure Skipper 7

Mangrove Buckeye

Obscure Skipper

Michael Drake

Nelson area
Clark County, NV

Terrific variety of wild flowers blooming in the desert.

  • Mormon Metalmark 1
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot 2
  • Queen 1

Mormon Metalmark

Mark and Holly Salvato

Tonto National Forest, Carefree
Maricopa County, AZ

Observations occurred in Rackensack Canyon.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Checkered White
  • Sara Orangetip 12
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Southern Dogface
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure
  • Square-spotted Blue
  • Zela Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Bordered Patch 1
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot
  • Tiny Checkerspot
  • Texan Crescent
  • Variable Checkerspot superabundant
  • Satyr Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 3
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Admiral
  • Empress Leilia
  • Queen 1
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Meridian Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Northern White-Skipper 1
  • Common Streaky-Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling

Sara Orangetip

Ken Wilson

Blue Sky Ecological Reserve, Poway
San Diego County, CA

Mid 70s, mostly sunny, mild winds. One no ID white and one no ID sulphur seen.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Sara Orangetip 8
  • Mormon Metalmark 5
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Lorquin's Admiral 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Lorquin's Admiral

Randy Harrod

Boyd Hill Nature Center St Petersburg
Pinellas County, FL

Sunny and warm. Only had time to do small part of park

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • White Peacock 3
  • Monarch 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Mark and Holly Salvato

Coronado National Forest, Tucson
Pima County, AZ

Observations were made at various stops along the Catalina Highway.

  • Marine Blue
  • Texan Crescent
  • Empress Leilia 1
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Orange Skipperling
  • Violet-clouded Skipper 1

Violet-clouded Skipper

Violet-clouded Skipper

Mark and Holly Salvato

Patagonia Lake State Park
Santa Cruz County, AZ

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail
  • Pearly Marble 1
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Southern Dogface
  • Marine Blue
  • Spring Azure
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Bordered Patch 1
  • Tiny Checkerspot
  • Texan Crescent superabundant
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Painted Crescent 2
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Common Buckeye
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 1
  • Meridian Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Orange Skipperling
  • Carus Skipper 2

Pearly Marble

Carus Skipper

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Hidalgo County, TX

Sunny and 70 to 78. We covered only a tiny portion of the trails. 37 species. Flowers are reportedly not as extensive as last spring. Highlights were Mexican Bluewing, White-striped Longtail, Common Mestra and the ones shown in photos.

  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Checkered White 1
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur 4
  • Little Yellow 7
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Reakirt's Blue 8
  • Rounded Metalmark 2
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 2
  • American Snout 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 2
  • Common Mestra 2
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • White-striped Longtail 4
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Southern Skipperling 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Common Mellana 2
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4
  • Eufala Skipper 3

Texas Powdered-Skipper

Southern Dogface

Zebra Heliconian

Texan Crescent

John Lampkin

Sun City Center Nature Trail
Hillsborough County, FL

Afternoon, full sun, mid-60’s

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Fiery Skipper 25+
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Sachem 1

Jill Brian

the woodlands
Montgomery County, TX

  • Monarch 2

Michael Drake

Watchman Trail, Zion National Park
Washington County, UT

Unidentified Swallowtail, Decent wildflowers for so early in the season.

  • Becker's White 3
  • Sara Orangetip 4
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Variable Checkerspot 3
  • Satyr Comma 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 2
  • Rocky Mountain Duskywing 1

Rocky Mountain Duskywing

Sara Orangetip

Variable Checkerspot

Jeffrey Glassberg

Quitobaquito Springs, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Pima County, AZ

11-1:30

  • Howarth's White 6
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Saltbush Sootywing 3

Howarth's White

Mark and Holly Salvato

Coronado National Forest, Tucson
Pima County, AZ

Observations were made at various stops along the Catalina Highway.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail
  • Dainty Sulphur 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Marine Blue
  • Spring Azure
  • Fulvia Checkerspot 1
  • Texan Crescent
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Orange Skipperling
  • White-barred Skipper 1

Fulvia Checkerspot

White-barred Skipper

John Heyse

Berkeley Marina
Alameda County, CA

61F

  • Anise Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Large Marble 3
  • Common Buckeye 3

Large Marble

Anise Swallowtail

John Heyse

Briones Park
Contra Costa County, CA

64F with David Rawlinson

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Mustard White 6
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Common Buckeye 1

Mustard White

Mustard White

Silvery Blue

Jeffrey Glassberg

Plum Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

9:30 - 2:30

  • Black Swallowtail 18
  • Becker's White 4
  • Sara Orangetip 12
  • Sleepy Orange 6
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Mormon Metalmark 2
  • California Patch 40
  • Tiny Checkerspot 500
  • Variable Checkerspot 7
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 5

Mormon Metalmark

California Patch

Variable Checkerspot

Tiny Checkerspot

Tiny Checkerspot

Sara Orangetip

Mark and Holly Salvato

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, AZ
Pima County, AZ

With Stephen Moore, Jim Brock and others.
Observations were made at Quitobaquito Springs.

  • Howarth's White 8
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 2
  • Marine Blue
  • Mojave Sootywing 1

Howarth's White

Howarth's White

Howarth's White

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Eastern Comma 1

Ahmet Baytas

Mills Reservation
Essex County, NJ

  • Mourning Cloak 2

John Heyse

Carquinez Shoreline, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

69F with David Rawlinson

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 12
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Large Marble 1
  • Sara Orangetip 11
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Silvery Blue 6
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2

Silvery Blue

Cabbage White

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Allen Belden

Powhatan State Park
Powhatan County, VA

Sunny turning mostly cloudy, windy at times, high in the mid 70s.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 8
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Falcate Orangetip 9
  • Clouded Sulphur 11
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Henry's Elfin 5
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 13
  • American Snout 2
  • Eastern Comma 13
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 7

Juvenal's Duskywing

Jeffrey Glassberg

Cool Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

12:00 - 2:00

  • Becker's White 3
  • Sara Orangetip 30
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Wright's Metalmark 1
  • California Patch 1 0
  • Variable Checkerspot 15
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Northern White-Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling 1
  • Juba Skipper 1

Variable Checkerspot

Jeffrey Glassberg

Yaqui Well, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

9:30 - 11:30

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Becker's White 12
  • Checkered White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Tiny Checkerspot 1
  • Mojave Sootywing 3

Mojave Sootywing

Andrew Block

along Bronx River Pathway, Scarsdale,
Westchester County, NY

First of season.

  • Cabbage White 1

James Shelton

Powhite Park
Richmond County, VA

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1

Jim Wilkinson

Owen Brown Village, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Trails/Woods.
Worcester County, MA

I went for a nice hike this afternoon. While hiking I saw my thirteenth Mourning Cloak Butterfly of 2016. Yay! Lucky Mourning Cloak Butterfly #13!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Cloak

Chris Blazo

Maxheimer Rd. in St. Thomas Township
Franklin County, PA

  • Cabbage White 2

Chris Blazo

Stillhouse Hollow Rd. in Michaux State Forest
Franklin County, PA

  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 18
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 6

Alan Wells

Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY

Survey from 10:30 AM to 12:15 PM; air temperature ranging from 52.8 to 53.8 F.

  • Spring Azure 1

Spring Azure

Jeffrey Glassberg

Kwaaynii Point, Cleveland National Forest
San Diego County, CA

12:30-1:30

  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Pearly Marble 2
  • Sara Orangetip 3
  • Bramble Hairstreak 1
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Sleepy Duskywing 4
  • Pacuvius Duskywing 4

Pacuvius Duskywing

Sleepy Duskywing

Jeffrey Glassberg

Kitchen Creek, Cleveland National Forest
San Diego County, CA

9:15 - 11:15

  • Pale Swallowtail 2
  • Pearly Marble 2
  • Sara Orangetip 6
  • Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 3
  • Bramble Hairstreak 1
  • Mormon Metalmark 7
  • Propertius Duskywing 2
  • Northern White-Skipper 1
  • Juba Skipper 1

Mormon Metalmark

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur

Painted Lady

W. Brian Kreowski

N 36.83818 W -80.66458
Carroll County, VA

Spotted mid-afternoon. May have been a Pipevine Swallowtail, but I have very little of that host plant where I live.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1

Melanie Link Taylor

Residential Home Butterfly Garden, Apple Valley CAL
San Bernardino County, CA

Butterfly moving through flower area of yard, slightly warm (79F) spring day.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1

Ken Wilson

Lake Miramar, Scripps Miramar Ranch
San Diego County, CA

76 degrees, sunny, with mild winds.

  • Checkered White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • California Sister 3

California Sister

ESTERO BUTTERFLY WALK

Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco
Hidalgo County, TX

Sunny. Walk led by Rick Snyder. 17 people. 46 species. Spectacular results! Highlights were male Falcate Orangetip, Julia Helliconian, Celia’s Roadside-Skipper, Turk’s-cap White-Skipper, Rounded Metalmark, Longtail Skipper, and mating Great Southern Whites. (A Band-celled Sister was seen earlier in the day.) (Photos by Karl Legler.) ( Next Friday Mike Rickard begins leading a morning butterfly walk at Estero.)

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 4
  • Checkered White 1
  • Great Southern White 3
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • Cassius Blue common
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Rounded Metalmark 2
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Red Admiral 1
  • White Peacock 1
  • Band-celled Sister 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 1
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 1
  • Mazans Scallopwing 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper 3
  • Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
  • Julia's Skipper 1
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Rounded Metalmark

Tropical Leafwing

Great Southern White

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

67F

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1

Julie Appleget

Withlacoochee Gulf Trail
Citrus County, FL

Western most parking area to trails end pavilion

Overcast with intermittent drizzle

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Juniper Hairstreak 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Aaron's Skipper 3

Aaron's Skipper

Juniper Hairstreak

Joanne Langabee

Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue,
Sarpy County, NE

it was 55 degrees, partly sunny with winds around 13 mph

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

James Shelton

Wetlands, James River Park
Richmond County, VA

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Melanie Link Taylor

Dante's View, Death Valley National Park
Inyo County, CA

A Cabage White was flitting about the Super Bloom atop Dante’s View, Death Valley National Park. 5000 Ft

  • Cabbage White 1

Allan R. Loudell

Ohio rest stop near Zanesville -- Route 70
Muskingum County, OH

I believe this is the earliest in the year I’ve ever seen a Red Admiral, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Midwest.

Saw this one during a road trip from Delaware to Illinois.

I see others have also started seeing Red Admirals.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Red Admiral 1

Allan R. Loudell

West Virginia welcome station - Route 70
Ohio County, WV

This Cabbage White was my first butterfly of the new year, but I hadn’t had the opportunity to venture out on some of those warm weekdays earlier in March.

Saw this one while driving from Delaware to Illinois, and later saw some others at rest stops along the highway.

  • Cabbage White 1

Christopher Leslie

Sidewalk of Algonquian St, Ventura CA 93001
Ventura County, CA

Butterfly was feeding at an aster next to sidewalk in suburb near county open spaces. Sunny day in the 70’s F with breezes.

  • Variable Checkerspot 1

Variable Checkerspot

Variable Checkerspot

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White 2

Ronald Hedden

White River Lake
Crosby County, TX

  • Checkered White 3
  • Olympia Marble abundant
  • Orange Sulphur common
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • American Lady 5
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Sleepy Duskywing 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper common

Common Checkered-Skipper

Acmon Blue

Common Buckeye

Olympia Marble

Marine Blue

American Lady

Checkered White

Linda Cooper

Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area
Osceola County, FL

9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; weather - cloudy in morning and mostly sunny afternoon; 76-87 degrees. Nectar: many twist les in bloom. Kathy Malone & Linda Cooper

  • Zebra Swallowtail 14
  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 13
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 7
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • White Peacock 2
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Georgia Satyr 4
  • Zarucco Duskywing 3
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 5
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Palmetto Skipper 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 8

Twin-spot Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Palmetto Skipper

Palmetto Skipper

John Heyse

Crockett Hills Park
Contra Costa County, CA

66F

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 4
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Silvery Blue 3
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Monarch 1

Monarch

Sara Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

Ahmet Baytas

Cedar Grove Reservoir
Essex County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 5

Christopher Leslie

731 Algonquian St, Ventura CA 93001
Ventura County, CA

Silvery Blue was feeding at Arroyo Lupine and Red Admiral and Gulf Fritillaries were feeding at Arugula blossoms in organic backyard. Sunny day in the 70’s F with breezes.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Umber Skipper 1

Gulf Fritillary

Red Admiral

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Christopher Leslie

East side of Ventura River Valley
Ventura County, CA

These Checkerspots were feeding at a patch of Bush Sunflowers on a South facing slope in a hillside scrub area. Partly cloudy day in the 70’s F with breezes.

  • Variable Checkerspot 3

Variable Checkerspot

Tom Palmer

Marion Creek
Polk County, FL

Partly cloudy; little activity

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Southern Skipperling 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Red Admiral 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Roaring Run Trail
Armstrong County, PA

  • West Virginia White 4
  • Cabbage White 12
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 2

James L. Monroe

Off Ohio River in Industry PA
Beaver County, PA

abnormally warm, low 70’s
early Red Admiral

  • Cabbage White 11
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Red Admiral 1

Spring Azure

Brian Ahern

Schultz Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 30
  • Gulf Fritillary 20
  • Variegated Fritillary 4
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 6
  • Mangrove Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Southern Skipperling 6
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Sachem 2

John Lampkin

Alderman's Ford Nature Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL

With Jane Lampkin 76-82, Sunny
This site is dependable for Variegated Fritillaries because of abundant passion vine

  • Zebra Swallowtail 15
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 2
  • Great Southern White 2
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 12
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 17
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 5
  • Fiery Skipper 8
  • Whirlabout 1

Jim Egbert

East Canal,Gulf Shores;Roscoe Rd,Orange Beach;Wolf Creek Park,Foley;Bee Tree Creek,on Co.Rd.87.
Baldwin County, AL

Activity was early;sightings before leaving the house at 9AM on the days outing.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Checkered White 1
  • Cabbage White 7
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr 13
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 1

Meredith Mays

NABA certified home garden
Fulton County, GA

Observed three Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, nectaring on cherry trees. Also one silver spotted skipper.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Julie Appleget

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

David H. Bartholomew

Patagonia Lake, along Sonoita Creek Trail
Santa Cruz County, AZ

Weather conditions were not good, cloudy with persistent gusty wind. Still, there were butterflies to be found along the comparatively sheltered creek trail. This covers March 28 & 29 afternoon hikes.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 6
  • Fatal Metalmark 2
  • Tiny Checkerspot 3
  • Texan Crescent 25
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • White-barred Skipper 1

White-barred Skipper

Fatal Metalmark

Pearl Crescent

Allen Belden

Jones Lake State Park
Bladen County, NC

Sunny; high in the upper 50s. Hessel’s Hairstreak found puddling at 1:30 pm along a muddy and mossy trail through a Carolina bay forest with scattered mature Atlantic White Cedar and a dense evergreen shrub layer. Few nectar sources nearby.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 14
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure common
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

Hessel's Hairstreak

Craig Marks

a WMA along the River Road at the Perdido River, Gatewood AL
Baldwin County, AL

The Hessel’s appeared to be all males, swirling around the tops of Atlantic White Cedars. Several stopped and perched on extended branches, giving good views of their green scaling thru a sighting scope. There was a lot of Black Titi in bloom, but only Red-banded HSs and Palamedes STs were seen on those blooms.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 14
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 20+
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 5
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 15+
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 15+
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 6
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2

Beth Polvino

North Cape May, NJ ~ Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • American Lady 1

David H. Bartholomew

Tumacacori Mission
Santa Cruz County, AZ

After touring the Mission, I found a half mile trail down to the river, bordered with a variety of flowers and greenery. Surprisingly good showing of butterflies.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 20
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Fatal Metalmark 5
  • Tiny Checkerspot 12
  • Texan Crescent 16
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 3
  • Orange Skipperling 1

Fatal Metalmark

Fatal Metalmark

Golden-headed Scallopwing

Rick Borchelt

Green Ridge State Forest
Allegany County, MD

Warm and sunny with temperatures in mid-60s F. Very little nectar in evidence: spring beauty, various spring cresses, coltsfoot, toothwort.

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Olympia Marble 12
  • Falcate Orangetip 7
  • Spring Azure 40
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 100
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2

'Summer' Spring Azure

Sleepy Duskywing

Silvery Blue

Olympia Marble

Allen Belden

Jones Lake State Park
Bladen County, NC

Sunny, high in the low 60s. Two miles of trail through suitable habitat were checked for Hessel’s Hairstreak, but the individual found today was no more than 40 feet away from the one seen on March 29. Note how differently the two are marked. (Both sides of each were photographed.) Today’s individual was found at 12:13 pm and allowed me 10 minutes of close-range photography. I was even able to cast it into shade with my shadow for extended periods. I spent three hours repeatedly checking the few nearby nectar sources that I could find, mostly highbush blueberry, but had no luck seeing one nectar.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure common
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Hessel's Hairstreak

John Heyse

at home Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

67F

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Monarch 1

Steven Glynn

Bevan WMA near Millville
Cumberland County, NJ

Spring popped in nearly double digits (species-wise) today. In addition to these sightings, nearby fields over the past few days have held sulphur species.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Henry's Elfin 9
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure common
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Mourning Cloak

Spring Azure

Juvenal's Duskywing

Curtis A. Lehman

Youghiogheny River Trail
Fayette County, PA

  • West Virginia White 3
  • Cabbage White 11
  • Spring Azure 6
  • Eastern Comma 2

Spring Azure

Eastern Comma

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Red Admiral 1

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Woods/Trails.
Worcester County, MA

I saw seven Mourning Cloaks this evening.

  • Mourning Cloak 7

Mourning Cloak

Rich Kelly

Muttontown Preserve
Nassau County, NY

Violaceae.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Woods/Trails.
Worcester County, MA

I saw four Mourning Cloaks and one Spring Azure while hiking early this afternoon, what a sighting. I ❤️ Butterflies.

  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 4

Spring Azure

Mourning Cloak

Laurel Rhodes

Duette Preserve
Manatee County, FL

With Jean Evoy, John and Jane Lampkin, Kathleen Reguindin (photo), Rob Epstein. Full to partial sun. 85F. 4 hours. Pawpaw in bloom. Nectar sources scarce.

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 1+
  • Zebra Swallowtail 23
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 7
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Viceroy 3
  • Carolina Satyr 17
  • Georgia Satyr 6
  • Monarch 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2
  • Sachem 1

Polydamas Swallowtail

Dennis Holmes

Annapolis
Anne Arundel County, MD

Visited our son in Annapolis…found these about 1/4 mi. from his house in Annapolis.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 4
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Juvenal's Duskywing

Henry's Elfin

Tom Fiore

Long Path trail, north of Nyack / Hook Mt.
Rockland County, NY

mild 70’s with some clouds, 8+mile trek on ridge p.m. hours. By their no’s. the orangetips likely were flying for at least a few days prior. Small moths also observed, including Bluish Spring moth. Not a lot of wildflowers in bloom just yet. Azures not found, yet a few out in nearby areas by this date.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 8+
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 8+

Eastern Comma

Falcate Orangetip

Jennifer Tiehm

Fall River Mills
Shasta County, CA

  • Field Crescent 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 1

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

  • Cabbage White 3

William D. Flack

Fiskdale Massachusetts Woods/Trails.
Worcester County, MA

  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 8

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Joanne Langabee

Fontennelle Forest
Sarpy County, NE

It was cloudy and around 55

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 3

Allen Belden

Sandhills Game Land
Richmond County, NC

Mix of clouds and sun; very windy at times; high in the upper 70s. Watching Yucca Giant-Skippers interact is a thrill. At least 12 of these amazing aerialists were seen within a 0.3 area yucca stand that straddles longleaf pine savanna and grassy field habitats. Males were aggressively patrolling and defending territories — not only from rival males but also from other butterfly species, particularly Juvenal’s Duskywings. I even saw one attack a large grasshopper. Skirmishes frequently took place around an unvegetated patch of sand that appeared to be contested territory. Today’s skirmishes took place low to the ground, possibly because of wind; in the past, I’ve seen dogfights as much as 50 feet above ground. I was also impressed by the startlingly loud buzzing sound that this species can make with their wings when taking flight.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • American Lady 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 11
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 12

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Christopher Leslie

Painted Cave Road, Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara County, CA

Brown Elfin was perching on Toyon bushes by roadside. Checkerspot was feeding at asters. Sunny day in the 70’s F.

  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Variable Checkerspot 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Lorquin's Admiral 1

Variable Checkerspot

Brown Elfin

John Heyse

Carquinez Shoreline, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

57F
Northern Checkerspot - early for me

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 7
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Northern Checkerspot 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Monarch 1

Northern Checkerspot

Mylitta Crescent

Pipevine Swallowtail

Steven Glynn

Mad Horse Creek WMA
Salem County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Henry's Elfin 17
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 7
  • Eastern Comma 2

Spring Azure

Henry's Elfin

Falcate Orangetip

Alan Wells

Lily Pond, Harriman State Park
Rockland County, NY

Heavy cloud cover, wind gusts to 26-30 mph from SSW, air temp 62-64F.

  • Spring Azure 2