March 2017 Sightings

John Bergstrom

Box Canyon
Pima County, AZ

Sunny, breezy, 70 degrees, 1230-1530

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 5
  • Spring White 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Mexican Yellow 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Spring Azure 20
  • Tiny Checkerspot 5
  • Texan Crescent 30
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 1
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 1
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Common Streaky-Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling 1

John Heyse

Carquinez Shoreline, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

57F
Large Marble - my earliest record

  • Large Marble 1
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Spring Azure 2

Spring Azure

Sara Orangetip

Large Marble

Daniel Jones

Estero Llano Grande State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

Me and Rick Snider

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Lyside Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Cassius Blue 25
  • Fatal Metalmark 1
  • Red-bordered Pixie 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Julia Heliconian 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Texan Crescent 8
  • Chestnut Crescent 1
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • White Peacock 2
  • Band-celled Sister 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 5
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Queen 2
  • Soldier 1
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 2
  • Variegated Skipper 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 1
  • Brown-banded Skipper 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 6
  • Laviana White-Skipper 3
  • Julia's Skipper 2
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 8
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 6
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4

Chestnut Crescent

Southern Broken-Dash

Brown-banded Skipper

Band-celled Sister

Variegated Skipper

Variegated Skipper

Julie Appleget

Devil's Hammock Parker Field
Levy County, FL

12:30 low 80s

  • Black Swallowtail 14
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • Carolina Satyr abundant
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Monarch 5
  • Queen 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Zabulon Skipper

Julie Appleget

Goethe State Forest Cow Creek rd
Levy County, FL

9:45
mid 70s and warming

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 10
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 7
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Henry's Elfin 4
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • Pearl Crescent 17
  • White Peacock 1
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Monarch 4
  • Queen 2

Henry's Elfin

Nancy Asquith

Rancho San Antonio
Santa Clara County, CA

With Dave Bartholomew. Covered over 7 miles on a full-day photo-hike starting before 11 am. High temps in the 60’s, partly cloudy at first, giving way to full sun. The county has had few days in 2017 that were better for butterflies, though it did get somewhat warmer in mid-February for 2-3 days. Butterfly sightings were even lower than we expected. Wildflowers of more than 20 species had started blooming but were few and far between. No nectaring on flowers was observed.

  • Mustard White 4
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Spring Azure 8
  • California Tortoiseshell 4
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 2

John Lampkin

Fort DeSoto Park
Pinellas County, FL

With Jane Lampkin - 2 hours
Temps mid-70-s with sun
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreaks still flying strong. (See earlier posts by Ron Smith) Photos show one typical individual and one variant with a lot of orange.

  • Giant Swallowtail 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 21
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 12
  • Ceraunus Blue 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 8
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • Mangrove Skipper 3
  • White Checkered-Skipper 7
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

John Heyse

Perkins Canyon, Mt. Diablo
Contra Costa County, CA

58F with David Rawlinson

  • Mustard White 7
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Dennis Holmes

Near McKittrick
Kern County, CA

The rains have really helped central and southern CA. Should be a good year.

  • Desert Orangetip

Desert Orangetip

Desert Orangetip

Desert Orangetip

Desert Orangetip

Desert Orangetip

Desert Orangetip

Jeanette Klodzen

Red Cliff Trail - Red Cliffs Recreation Area
Washington County, UT

About 10 miles south of the town of Leeds.

Saw another White and Sulpher but they were too far away to ID.

Actually the Orangetip was far away but I saw the orange wingtips.

  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Jeanette Klodzen

Entrance to Leeds Canyon (~3500ft)
Washington County, UT

Drove up canyon about 1-2 miles to Children’s Garden. No other butterflies flying yet.

  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1

Bill Walbek

Grapevine Lake
Tarrant County, TX

  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur 18
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 6
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • Goatweed Leafwing 10
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 6

Falcate Orangetip

Brett Badeaux

Monserate Mountain Preserve
San Diego County, CA

Full sun, slight clouds in afternoon. 75F. 1 unid White.

  • Anise Swallowtail 4
  • Pale Swallowtail 6
  • Checkered White 1
  • Desert Orangetip 10+
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Bramble Hairstreak 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Mormon Metalmark 7
  • Painted Lady 6
  • West Coast Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Mournful Duskywing common
  • Funereal Duskywing 1

Gray Hairstreak

Desert Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

Brett Badeaux

Rock Mountain Preserve
San Diego County, CA

Full sun, 65-72F

  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Pale Swallowtail 3
  • Sara Orangetip 10
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 13
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Silvery Blue 6
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Mormon Metalmark 5
  • Painted Lady 5
  • West Coast Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • California Sister 1
  • Propertius Duskywing 1
  • Mournful Duskywing 6
  • Funereal Duskywing 2

Bramble Hairstreak

Bramble Hairstreak

John Lampkin

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

With R. Epstein, L. Cooper, S. Farnsworth, L. Rhodes, D. Rhodes.
Temps ~70. 2 hours

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Henry's Elfin

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Ken Wilson

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Mostly cloudy, 66-70, breezy winds. Today saw a 13 degree drop in temperature from the previous day.

  • Spring White 7
  • Checkered White 1
  • Desert Orangetip 1
  • Sara Orangetip 20+
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 8
  • Bramble Hairstreak 1
  • Sonoran Blue 7
  • Wright's Metalmark 3
  • Funereal Duskywing 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Bramble Hairstreak

Wright's Metalmark

Craig Marks

Thistlethwaite WMA
St. Landry Parish, LA

present from 2:00-3:30. Partial sunshine. Few nectar sources but blackberries are in bloom

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 10+
  • Question Mark 10+
  • Southern Pearly-eye 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Carolina Satyr abundant
  • Little Wood-Satyr 8
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 8

Walter Wallenstein

Davie
Broward County, FL

  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Atala 1
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Julia Heliconian 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 24
  • White Peacock 1
  • Ruddy Daggerwing 3
  • Monarch 4
  • Queen 1
  • Hammock Skipper 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Monk Skipper 1

Clouded Skipper

Hammock Skipper

Cassius Blue

Cassius Blue

William D. Beck

Peppersauce Canyon
Pinal County, AZ

65-70F, sunny at first, then clouds shut things down
10am-1pm

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Spring Azure
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot
  • Texan Crescent
  • Mylitta Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Mourning Cloak
  • Painted Lady
  • Common Buckeye
  • Tropical Buckeye
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • Orange Skipperling

Sara Orangetip

Common Buckeye

Common Checkered-Skipper

Mourning Cloak

Tropical Buckeye

Question Mark

Question Mark

Mylitta Crescent

Tom Palmer

Saddle Creek Park
Polk County, FL

Three-spotted Skippers continue to become established in Central Florida.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 8
  • Red Admiral 1
  • White Peacock 2
  • Hackberry Emperor 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Red Admiral

Three-spotted Skipper

Julie Appleget

Chassahowitzka WMA
Hernando County, FL

mid 70s clear
9:30
1 Eastern Tiger SWT Dark female

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 12
  • Cloudless Sulphur 9
  • White M Hairstreak 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak abundant
  • Zebra Heliconian 6
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 14
  • Carolina Satyr 8
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Clouded Skipper 3

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Gemmed Satyr

Beth Polvino

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 5
  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 9
  • Large Orange Sulphur 11
  • Barred Yellow 8
  • Little Yellow 6
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • White Peacock common
  • Viceroy 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Whirlabout 4

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Zebra Heliconian

Monk Skipper

Dorantes Longtail

Whirlabout

Little Yellow

Giant Swallowtail

Jill Gorman

Berkeley Lake Nature Preserve
Gwinnett County, GA

  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 1

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Sandra L. Shaull

Big Haynes Creek Nature Center, Conyers
Rockdale County, GA

4 - 5pm: overcast, breezy, mid 60’s. Azures focused on wild plums. Fewer Falcate Orangetips today - yesterday 12 -14 males sighted.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Pearl Crescent 2

Spring Azure

White M Hairstreak

Tom Nix

Sonoita Creek State Natural Area
Santa Cruz County, AZ

Cool but sunny morning. Most sightings were of butterflies nectaring on Groundsel (Senecio sp), along the Blackhawk Trail.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail abundant
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Zela Metalmark 9
  • Mormon Metalmark 2
  • American Snout common
  • Tiny Checkerspot abundant
  • Texan Crescent superabundant
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 3
  • Orange Skipperling 1

Texan Crescent

Zela Metalmark

Tiny Checkerspot

Juniper Hairstreak

Mormon Metalmark

Golden-headed Scallopwing

Common Streaky-Skipper

Tom Palmer

Florida National Scenic Trail
Polk County, FL

Breezy day; few wildflowers blooming yet

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Barred Yellow 7
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 7
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Carolina Satyr 36
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 4
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Three-spotted Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

Little Wood-Satyr

Beth Polvino

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 7
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 15
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 8
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 12
  • Red Admiral 3
  • White Peacock common
  • Viceroy 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 6
  • Dorantes Longtail 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 6
  • White Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Whirlabout 4
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2

Horace's Duskywing

Viceroy

White Checkered-Skipper

Whirlabout

Southern Broken-Dash

Gray Hairstreak

Brett Badeaux

Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park
Orange County, CA

Full sun 70f, slightly cool breeze

  • Pale Swallowtail 3
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Bramble Hairstreak 16
  • Brown Elfin 6
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mormon Metalmark 4
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Common Ringlet 2
  • Mournful Duskywing 6

Common Ringlet

Pale Swallowtail

Red Admiral

John Heyse

Martinez Marsh, Carquinez Shoreline, Martinez
Contra Costa County, CA

62F, 59F
Cabbage White and Silvery Blue were both my first of the year

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Silvery Blue 2

Silvery Blue

Cabbage White

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile West of US route 1 on MD/PA border 19362
Chester County, PA

Both Cabbage Whites (FOY) stayed in a half acre area, whereas both Mourning Cloaks were flying steadily Northeasterly out of sight and Comma in wooded setting. Sunny, breezy, 62°

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Bill Walbek

South Lakes Park
Denton County, TX

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 3
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Goatweed Leafwing 16
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2

Giant Swallowtail

Goatweed Leafwing

Tom Palmer

Goethe State Forest
Levy County, FL

Some Thistle, few Fleabane. One Sparkleberry on Black Prong Road, but no leps on it.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 9
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 23
  • Phaon Crescent 20
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • Appalachian Brown 1
  • Carolina Satyr 12
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1

Brett Badeaux

Anza Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Full sun, 65f to around 80f, very little wind. Checked a side canyon near Sentenac Canyon, then explored Plum Canyon along with the wash and hills leading to it. Many unidentified whites, most probably Spring, a few unid blues.

  • Black Swallowtail 4-5
  • Spring White common
  • Desert Orangetip common
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 12
  • Sonoran Blue 50+
  • Silvery Blue 2
  • California Patch 35
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot 1
  • Tiny Checkerspot 3
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Funereal Duskywing 7
  • White Checkered-Skipper 9

Desert Orangetip

California Patch

Spring White

Tiny Checkerspot

Sonoran Blue

Sagebrush Checkerspot

Denis C. Quinn

Nottingham County Park, Nottingham, PA 19362
Chester County, PA

Sunny, breezy, 66°, rocky path with grassy patches to the sides made this norhtern slope good today. The ‘Buck Trail’ is the area of the park, nearest West Ridge Road. This was a mile and a half walk.

  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 5

Question Mark

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile West of U.S. Route 1 on MD/PA border 19362
Chester County, PA

Fully sunny sky, 66°, breezy, gusts to 19 MPH. Cabbage in Ag field and Commas in Wooded areas

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 3

ohn heyse

San Bruno Mtn.
San Mateo County, CA

65F
with david rawlinson, dave bartholomew

  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Moss' Elfin 3

Moss' Elfin

Moss' Elfin

Allen Belden

Dutch Gap Conservation Area
Chesterfield County, VA

Sunny, somewhat windy, high in the low 70s. All Falcate Orangetips were males. An Orange or Clouded Sulphur also seen. An Eastern Comma seen apparently exploring potential egg laying sites at the branch tips of a still dormant Winged Elm (Ulmus alata). An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail also seen nearby in a residential neighborhood.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 6
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 11
  • American Snout 1
  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Walter Wallenstein

Everglades National Park
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Black Swallowtail 5
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak 3
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 9+
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Queen 2
  • Florida Duskywing 5
  • Baracoa Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2
  • Twin-spot Skipper 6

Florida Duskywing

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak

Ken Wilson with Bob Gorman

San Clemente, various locations
Orange County, CA

Partly cloudy, a high of 69 degrees, and breezy up on the hilltops.

  • Anise Swallowtail 2
  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Sara Orangetip 2
  • California Dogface 1
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Silvery Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Funereal Duskywing 3
  • Umber Skipper 2

Anise Swallowtail

Bramble Hairstreak

Pale Swallowtail

Silvery Blue

Umber Skipper

Great Purple Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Scott Anderson

Certified home garden 1427 Marietta
Cobb County, GA

First butterfly of the season identified in my garden.

  • American Snout 1

Laurel Rhodes

Scherer-Thaxton Preserve
Sarasota County, FL

With Dusty Rhodes(photos). 78-81F. Full sun. Hiked 2.5 hrs. Twinspot Skipper has unusual extra spots on ventral. Metalmark colors muted. Thistles and Bidens were top nectar sources.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 9
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 6
  • Little Metalmark 13
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Phaon Crescent 9
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • White Peacock 14
  • Queen 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 4
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2
  • Sachem 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 2

Southern Broken-Dash

Whirlabout

Twin-spot Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak

Little Metalmark

Northern Cloudywing, Twin-spot Skipper

Jeanette Klodzen

Sentry Trail (Antelope Island)
Davis County, UT

  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 2

Marcie Daniels

Summerville, SC
Dorchester County, SC

First of Season Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

Windy and very dry. Nice count of Mangrove Skippers. Spicebush not always found at the park.

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 7
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 9
  • Ceraunus Blue 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • White Peacock 9
  • Mangrove Skipper 9
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 21
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Obscure Skipper 4

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Obscure Skipper

Obscure Skipper

Spicebush Swallowtail

Long-tailed Skipper

Erik Andersson

Spanish Fork - Near Dominguez Hill
Utah County, UT

  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 2

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Mona Long

at my home in Gold Hill
Cabarrus County, NC

Four of my Black Swallowtails emerged today. It’s supposed to snow tomorrow =(

  • Black Swallowtail 4

Black Swallowtail

Ron & Lori Smith

Eastern portions of Everglades Natl. Park
Miami-Dade County, FL

Lots of roadside thistle in bloom.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 22
  • Julia Heliconian 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 7
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 15
  • Whirlabout 14
  • Palatka Skipper 8
  • Twin-spot Skipper 7

Large Orange Sulphur

Whirlabout

Twin-spot Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak

Palatka Skipper

Brett Badeaux

Silverado Canyon and Bedford Peak trail
Orange County, CA

Full sun 62-80f. The checkerspots were final instar larvae. Also seen: one female of the rarely sighted day flying silkmoth Walters’ saturnia moth

  • Anise Swallowtail 2
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Pale Swallowtail 9
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • California Dogface 4
  • Bramble Hairstreak 9
  • Brown Elfin 8
  • Sonoran Blue 2-3
  • Silvery Blue 25+
  • Acmon Blue 3
  • Mormon Metalmark 10
  • Variable Checkerspot 7
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Propertius Duskywing 3
  • Funereal Duskywing common

Silvery Blue

Variable Checkerspot caterpillar

Allen Belden

Anne Kolb Nature Center/West Lake Park
Broward County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Atala 1
  • Martial Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 6
  • Mangrove Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock 1
  • Monarch 2

Mangrove Buckeye

William D. Beck

South End of Spring Mountains nr Goodspring
Clark County, NV

Gorgeous day….hot and lots of butterflies!

  • Anise Swallowtail
  • Spring White
  • Desert Orangetip
  • Sheridan's Hairstreak
  • Desert Elfin

Desert Elfin

Desert Elfin

Sheridan's Hairstreak

Ron & Lori Smith

Collier-Seminole State Park
Collier County, FL

We stopped in just briefly to look for Salt Marsh Skippers. Windy & mostly cloudy.

  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Mangrove Buckeye 1
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 7

Barred Yellow

Salt Marsh Skipper

Allen Belden

Fern Forest Nature Center
Broward County, FL

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Fulvous Hairstreak 10
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 16
  • Julia Heliconian 11
  • Zebra Heliconian 35
  • White Peacock 1
  • Ruddy Daggerwing 19
  • Monarch 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 4
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Fulvous Hairstreak

Ruddy Daggerwing

Allen Belden

Tradewinds Park
Broward County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Zebra Heliconian 12
  • White Peacock 2
  • Monarch 3
  • Queen 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Queen

Wim van Dam

Birabent Canyon
Santa Barbara County, CA

  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Sara Orangetip 10
  • Bramble Hairstreak 1
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Mylitta Crescent 3
  • Mourning Cloak 4
  • California Sister 1
  • Common Ringlet 4
  • Monarch 2
  • Propertius Duskywing 8

John Heyse

at home Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1

John Heyse

Carquinez Shoreline, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

63F weak sun

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 4
  • Common Ringlet 1

Cabbage White

Sara Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

Brett Badeaux

Santa Margarita Preserve, Fallbrook
San Diego County, CA

Started partly cloudy followed by full sun close to end, around 80f

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 9
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Desert Orangetip 2
  • Sara Orangetip 10
  • Bramble Hairstreak 7
  • Marine Blue 2
  • Silvery Blue 15
  • Mormon Metalmark 30+
  • Gabb's Checkerspot 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Lorquin's Admiral 10
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1

Lorquin's Admiral

Allen Belden

Pine Island Ridge Natural Area
Broward County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 21
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 19
  • White Peacock 1
  • Hammock Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Palamedes Swallowtail

Hammock Skipper

Julia Heliconian

Zebra Heliconian

Jeanette Klodzen

700N 2200W
Salt Lake County, UT

First one of the year

  • Cabbage White 1

Venice Kelly

Dead man's gulch, about 3 miles west of the town of Lyons
Boulder County, CO

we had to come several thousand feet down the mountain so we could see some early butterflies. Dead man’s gulch is 5,669’ elevation. very dry this year the creek wasn’t running at all, only a few pools here and there among the boulders. no flowers yet either. but we were happy to see a few butterflies chasing each other. it was about 68F and partly sunny. we were there from 11:45 am to 1:15pm.

  • Sheridan's Hairstreak 3
  • Hoary Comma 11
  • Mourning Cloak 5

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

One of the Pipevine Swallowtails nectared on a cherry tree for at least five minutes, as my cat watched closely.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Red Admiral 1

John Heyse

Martinez Marsh, Carquinez Shoreline, Martinez
Contra Costa County, CA

63F, 62F
The Cabbage White appeared only at Martinez Marsh. The rest were at the Carquinez Shoreline Park.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Silvery Blue 6
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Common Ringlet 4
  • Monarch 1

Linda Cooper

Blackwater River State Forest
Okaloosa County, FL

Driving through forest in chilly 48-59 degrees. 11 am -3:30 pm. Clear to mostly cloudy. Not many blooming trees or wildflowers. MaryAnn Friedman, Linda Cooper.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Henry's Elfin 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2

Henry's Elfin

Allen Belden

Everglades National Park -- Long Pine Key
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 14
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • White Peacock 3
  • Florida Leafwing 1
  • Georgia Satyr 1
  • Florida Duskywing 2
  • Palatka Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1

Monk Skipper

Palatka Skipper

Alice Anderson

Dona Ana County, Organ Mts-Desert Peaks Natl Monument, northwest of Radium Springs, between Faulkner Canyon and Broad Canyon, in Cedar Mts.
Dona Ana County, NM

Weather sunny, calm. On a low hill. Vegetation overgrazed Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominant species creosote bush. Many small forbs in bloom. This site is east of the range shown in BTB:The West for Pima Orangetip. In other years, we have seen and photographed Pima Orangetips hilltopping in the Dona Ana Mts a few miles east of this site. All the Black Swallowtails were male. Later we saw a Sara Orangetip in an arroyo bottom.

  • Black Swallowtail 5
  • Spring White 8
  • Desert Orangetip 12

Jeanette Klodzen

Bluebell-Baird Trail - Chautauqua Park (Boulder)
Boulder County, CO

Far east side of trail

  • Hoary Comma 2

Mark and Holly Salvato

Everglades National Park
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 25
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Florida Leafwing 10
  • Florida Duskywing 6
  • Baracoa Skipper 1
  • Palatka Skipper 1

Red-banded Hairstreak

Palatka Skipper

Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak

Florida Leafwing

Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak

Florida Leafwing

Brett Badeaux

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

Sunny and warm day. Unidentified skipper likely Juba

  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Becker's White
  • Spring White 2
  • Checkered White
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Sleepy Orange 12
  • Dainty Sulphur common
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 16
  • Marine Blue 5
  • Western Tailed-Blue 1
  • Silvery Blue 3
  • Acmon Blue 8
  • Wright's Metalmark 18
  • California Patch abundant
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot 1
  • Variable Checkerspot abundant
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Queen 1
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 2
  • Propertius Duskywing 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 6
  • White Checkered-Skipper common
  • Northern White-Skipper 4
  • Orange Skipperling 5

Variable Checkerspot

Arizona Powdered-Skipper

California Patch

Sagebrush Checkerspot

Sleepy Orange

William D. Beck

Box Canyon, Santa Rita Moutains
Pima County, AZ

The warmer weather has really turned up the butterfly numbers - notice the skippers!

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Pearly Marble
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Southern Dogface
  • Mexican Yellow
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Great Purple Hairstreak
  • Juniper Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Marine Blue
  • Spring Azure
  • Fatal Metalmark
  • Zela Metalmark
  • American Snout
  • Bordered Patch
  • Tiny Checkerspot
  • Texan Crescent
  • Mourning Cloak
  • Painted Lady
  • Common Buckeye
  • Empress Leilia
  • White-striped Longtail
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper
  • Mournful Duskywing
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • Common Streaky-Skipper
  • Orange Skipperling
  • White-barred Skipper

Arizona Powdered-Skipper

Mournful Duskywing

White-striped Longtail

Common Streaky-Skipper

Orange Skipperling

White-barred Skipper

John Heyse

at home Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Common Ringlet 1

John Heyse

briones park
Contra Costa County, CA

63-68F

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Silvery Blue 2
  • Mylitta Crescent 2
  • Red Admiral 1

Mylitta Crescent

James L. Monroe

Paleo Hammock
St. Lucie County, FL

10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Barred Yellow 11
  • Fulvous Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 7
  • Pearl Crescent 16
  • White Peacock 17
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Queen 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 4
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 9
  • Whirlabout 7
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2
  • Palatka Skipper 1

White Peacock

Dorantes Longtail

Whirlabout

Pearl Crescent

Fiery Skipper

Dorantes Longtail

Allen Belden

Everglades National Park -- Long Pine Key
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 14
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 5
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Cassius Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 24
  • Julia Heliconian 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • White Peacock 4
  • Florida Duskywing 13
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Baracoa Skipper 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 8

Baracoa Skipper

Florida Duskywing

Red-banded Hairstreak

Kathy Malone

Cheeks Bend Road at Cheeks Bend Bluff Overlook Trail
Maury County, TN

67 degrees, sunny, but cool breeze/wind. Had hard freeze two nights this week.

  • Falcate Orangetip 4
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Question Mark 3

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

William D. Beck

Incinerator Ridge, Santa Catalina Mountains
Pima County, AZ

Thicket Hairstreaks hill/tree topping at the very south end and high point of the ridge. 8048’ elevation, 64F at 1130AM. Amazing spot!

  • Thicket Hairstreak 2

Thicket Hairstreak

Walter Wallenstein

Davie
Broward County, FL

  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 2
  • Cassius Blue 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Julia Heliconian 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 26
  • Malachite 2
  • Ruddy Daggerwing 2
  • Monarch 4
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 5
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Monk Skipper 1

Gulf Fritillary

Julia Heliconian

Malachite

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 4
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 6
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 10
  • Ceraunus Blue 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 17
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • White Peacock 12
  • Mangrove Skipper 5
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 21
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Obscure Skipper 5

Obscure Skipper

Long-tailed Skipper

Mangrove Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Ceraunus Blue

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Barred Yellow

Jim Egbert

Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny
Wind Southerly
Winds 10 - 15mph
Temps upper 40s - upper 70s

My grand-daughter was my helper today.We couldn’t get any photos,and her comment was that: they are a lot faster than in the fall.She did a good job with our record keeping.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • American Lady 7
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr 8
  • Monarch 2
  • Whirlabout 1

Jill Gorman

Chicopee Woods, Gainesville
Hall County, GA

At least 10 Falcate Orangetips localized to about 1/2 mile of trail

  • Falcate Orangetip 10

Falcate Orangetip

Falcate Orangetip

Falcate Orangetip

Allen Belden

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock State Park
Monroe County, FL

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 12
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Julia Heliconian 16
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Mangrove Buckeye 1
  • Florida Purplewing 5

Florida Purplewing

Maia Briggs

Private Residence West Wichita
Sedgwick County, KS

  • Black Swallowtail 1

Christopher Leslie

Scorpion Canyon Loop trail and Smuggler's Road on Santa Cruz Island, CA
Santa Barbara County, CA

Gabb’s Checkerspot subspecies Atrifasciata found on California Golden Violets near hilltop on Scorpion Canyon Loop trail. Sara Orangetips, Monarchs, and Pale Swallotails found along Scorpion Creek along with West Coast Lady caterpillars on Malva Neglecta. Anise Swallowtail, Gray Hairstreak, American Lady found along Smuggler’s road. Partly cloudy day in the 60’s F.

  • Anise Swallowtail 4
  • Pale Swallowtail 2
  • Sara Orangetip 6
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Gabb's Checkerspot 1
  • American Lady 1
  • West Coast Lady 1
  • Monarch 4

American Lady

Sara Orangetip

West Coast Lady caterpillar

Gray Hairstreak

Sara Orangetip

Anise Swallowtail

Gabb's Checkerspot

Ken Wilson

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Sunny, 87 degrees, breezy at times. One no ID duskywing. Not a great day for photography. The canyon’s were like a raceway as most species where darting by today. I’m sure I missed a few.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Spring White 1
  • Checkered White 3
  • Desert Orangetip 1
  • Sara Orangetip +20
  • Sleepy Orange 5
  • Dainty Sulphur +10
  • Bramble Hairstreak 3
  • Sonoran Blue +20
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Wright's Metalmark 3
  • California Patch common
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot 2
  • Tiny Checkerspot 7
  • Variable Checkerspot common
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 5
  • Orange Skipperling 2

California Patch

Variable Checkerspot

William D. Beck

Carr Canyon (road to top), Huachuca Mountains
Cochise County, AZ

The hilltoppers were really busy until about noon. Many Arizona Hairstreaks on nectar, and also hill-topping.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail
  • Pearly Marble
  • Thicket Hairstreak
  • Juniper Hairstreak
  • Arizona Hairstreak
  • Spring Azure
  • Zela Metalmark
  • Bordered Patch
  • Mylitta Crescent
  • Painted Lady
  • Common Buckeye
  • Short-tailed Skipper
  • Mournful Duskywing

Juniper Hairstreak

Short-tailed Skipper

Thicket Hairstreak

Arizona Hairstreak

Arizona Hairstreak

Jim Egbert

Bee Tree Creek,Bellefontaine Creek,and Perdido River WMA
Baldwin County, AL

Sunny
Wind Northerly
Winds 15 - 20mph
Temps upper 40 - mid 70s

Sighted my 1st Juniper Hairstreak;it was in an area away from the White Cedar riverine forest,where Hessel’s are found.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 5
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 15
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 6
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 5

Palamedes Swallowtail

Carolina Satyr

Swallowtails

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

James L. Monroe

Merritt Island NWR
Brevard County, FL

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

  • Great Southern White 15
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • White Peacock 3
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 3

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Salt Marsh Skipper

Allen Belden

Castellow Hammock Park
Miami-Dade County, FL

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cassius Blue 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 1

Maia Briggs

Swanson Park 1011 N Maize Ct, Wichita, KS 67212
Sedgwick County, KS

  • Goatweed Leafwing 1

Goatweed Leafwing

Kathy Malone

Cheeks Bend Road at Cheeks Bend Bluff Overlook Trail
Maury County, TN

81 warm degrees nudged Henry’s to fly.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Henry's Elfin 4
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Question Mark 3

Spring Azure

Henry's Elfin

Tom Palmer

Marion Creek
Polk County, FL

First day of spring. Some plum trees still blooming, Ti-Ti beginning to bloom. A few thistles in bloom.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Checkered White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 16
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Little Wood-Satyr 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 8
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Least Skipper 2
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Jim Egbert

Roscoe Rd Orange Beach
Baldwin County, AL

Mostly Sunny
Wind Southwesterly
Winds 10 - 15 mph
Temps mid 60s - mid 70s

  • Black Swallowtail 6
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Variegated Fritillary 3
  • American Lady common
  • Common Buckeye common

Spicebush Swallowtail

Variegated Fritillary

Sleepy Orange

Selvi Viswanathan

690. Los Pueblos, Los Alamos, NM
Los Alamos County, NM

21st March was unusually warm

  • Spring White
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Hoary Comma
  • Mourning Cloak
  • Rocky Mountain Duskywing

Spring White

Spring White

Rocky Mountain Duskywing

Sara Orangetip

Hoary Comma

Hoary Comma

Allen Belden

Pine Island Ridge Natural Area
Broward County, FL

Malachite extremely worn.

  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 15
  • Cassius Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 7
  • Julia Heliconian 15
  • Zebra Heliconian 26
  • White Peacock 4
  • Malachite 1
  • Ruddy Daggerwing 1
  • Monarch 4
  • Queen 1
  • Soldier 5
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Three-spotted Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Three-spotted Skipper

Soldier

Soldier

Marcie Daniels

Summerville
Dorchester County, SC

Very hot day…90 was the high
7 butterfly species

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Gulf Fritillary

Silver-spotted Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Palamedes Swallowtail

Ronald Hedden

Canyon Lakes (Lake 6)
Lubbock County, TX

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 10
  • Orange Sulphur 7
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 12
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 5
  • Variegated Fritillary 8
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • American Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 20
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 2

Western Pygmy-Blue

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2

Julie Appleget

Chassahowitzka WMA
Hernando County, FL

9:30 to 12:00

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 17
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Appalachian Brown 2
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Little Wood-Satyr 6
  • Sleepy Duskywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1

Sleepy Duskywing

Appalachian Brown

Henry's Elfin

John Heyse

Fernandez Ranch
Contra Costa County, CA

58F

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Common Ringlet 2

Julie Appleget

Goethe SF 336
Levy County, FL

mid 70s overcast breezy

11:30-12:30

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 12
  • Little Metalmark 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 17
  • Pearl Crescent 8
  • Carolina Satyr 27
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1

Little Metalmark

Brett Badeaux

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Full sun, unsure of temps, on the cooler side. Very productive trip! Tubb Canyon and Culp Valley area. Painted Ladies beginning their migration.

  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Spring White
  • Pearly Marble
  • Desert Orangetip
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 3
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 12+
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Wright's Metalmark 2
  • Mormon Metalmark common
  • Leanira Checkerspot 2
  • California Patch 25+
  • Tiny Checkerspot 15+
  • Variable Checkerspot 30+
  • Painted Lady common
  • West Coast Lady 1
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing
  • Propertius Duskywing 1
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Northern White-Skipper 1
  • Common Sootywing 1

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur

Great Purple Hairstreak

Black Swallowtail

Common Sootywing

Leanira Checkerspot

Sleepy Duskywing

Pearly Marble

Ken Wilson with Dave Bartholomew & Bob Gorman

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Sunny, 80 degrees, a light breeze.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spring White 5
  • Checkered White 3
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • California Dogface 3
  • Sleepy Orange 10
  • Dainty Sulphur 10+
  • Bramble Hairstreak 3
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Marine Blue 5
  • Sonoran Blue 7
  • Silvery Blue 3
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Wright's Metalmark 10+
  • Mormon Metalmark 1
  • California Patch common
  • Tiny Checkerspot 2
  • Variable Checkerspot common
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Queen 2
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 10+
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 2
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 6
  • Northern White-Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling 3
  • Juba Skipper 4

Arizona Powdered-Skipper

Bramble Hairstreak

Orange Skipperling

Variable Checkerspot

Curtis A. Lehman

Forest Hills
Allegheny County, PA

The Gray Hairstreak is a new early date for Pennsylvania.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Marcie Daniels

Summerville
Dorchester County, SC

low 70’s, bright sunshine

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak

Clouded Skipper

Tom Palmer

Sherwood Stokes Preserve
Polk County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 11
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 1

Sleepy Duskywing

William D. Beck

Peppersauce Canyon, S.Catalina Mtns
Pinal County, AZ

Somewhat cool morning in the 60’s
Nice to see Soapberry Hairstreak eggs hatching!

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Juniper Hairstreak
  • Marine Blue
  • Spring Azure
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot
  • Texan Crescent
  • Mylitta Crescent
  • Common Buckeye
  • Tropical Buckeye
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing
  • Mournful Duskywing
  • Orange Skipperling
  • White-barred Skipper

Soapberry Hairstreak caterpillar

Soapberry Hairstreak egg

Tropical Buckeye

Common Buckeye

White-barred Skipper

Chris Blazo

Tim Rd. near Roxbury
Franklin County, PA

  • Cabbage White 2

Mark Adams

Sugar Hollow & Clark Rd (Rt 674), about 10 miles w. of Charlottesville
Albemarle County, VA

01:15 - 4:30 pm EDT. Very warm (76-81 deg F). Light & variable wind. Numerous cirrus & cumulus weakened the Sunlight, and so my expectations were low. But it proved a remarkably productive afternoon (14 species) with many personal first-of-season butterflies, not surprisingly.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 9
  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 22
  • Orange Sulphur 7
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 9
  • Silvery Blue 2
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 6
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 15

Sleepy Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

'Summer' Spring Azure

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Ronald Hedden

White River Lake
Crosby County, TX

Unusually warm spring, with many well-worn butterflies seen that possibly survived the winter. Several species seen are more typical of the summer months.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 10
  • Olympia Marble 15
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Southern Dogface 5
  • Lyside Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 5
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 2
  • Juniper Hairstreak 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 10
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue abundant
  • Variegated Fritillary 8
  • Theona Checkerspot 1
  • Gorgone Checkerspot abundant
  • Vesta Crescent abundant
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • American Lady 4
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Goatweed Leafwing 3
  • Sleepy Duskywing 9
  • Mournful Duskywing 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper common
  • Orange Skipperling 3
  • Sachem 2
  • Nysa Roadside-Skipper 4
  • Dotted Roadside-Skipper 1

Pipevine Swallowtail

Gorgone Checkerspot

Reakirt's Blue

Great Purple Hairstreak

Goatweed Leafwing

Dotted Roadside-Skipper

Sachem

Painted Lady

Theona Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Vesta Crescent

Phaon Crescent

Lyside Sulphur

Dotted Roadside-Skipper

Sachem

Painted Lady

Nysa Roadside-Skipper

Marcie Daniels

Charles Towne Landing State Historic Sight
Charleston County, SC

overcast…upper 60’s maybe 70…some periods of brief sunshine

  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Silver-spotted Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; 73-82 degrees, wind to 14 mph; partly cloudy; area VERY DRY. Dave Cutler, Margaret Cutler, Linda Cooper

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 12
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Great Southern White 5
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Little Yellow 17
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Little Metalmark 20
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 111
  • Pearl Crescent 110
  • Common Buckeye 25
  • White Peacock 23
  • Carolina Satyr 20
  • Georgia Satyr 6
  • Monarch 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Swarthy Skipper 9
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 17
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 18
  • Whirlabout 40
  • Southern Broken-Dash 36
  • Sachem 2
  • Delaware Skipper 8
  • Aaron's Skipper 13
  • Palmetto Skipper 12
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Dusted Skipper 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 7

Palmetto Skipper

Aaron's Skipper

Georgia Satyr

Twin-spot Skipper

Aaron's Skipper

Monk Skipper

Whirlabout

Dusted Skipper

Little Metalmark

Southern Broken-Dash

Beth Polvino

My Yard Cape May ~ NABA # 1151
Cape May County, NJ

FOY in my yard

  • Cabbage White 1

Cabbage White

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile West of US route 1 on MD/PA border 19362
Chester County, PA

A mostly cloudy day with some slightly sunny times, and temperature almost 80°, on a light southwesterly air.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Steven Glynn

Areas near Bevan WMA- Millville
Cumberland County, NJ

Mostly sunny, 80 degrees.

In addition to actuals, several more anglewing sp. seen.

  • Cabbage White 17
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Eastern Comma

Cabbage White

Spring Azure

Eastern Pine Elfin

John Heyse

Carquinez Shoreline, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

57F

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 6
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Monarch 2

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3

Bill Ellis

Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo
Cameron County, TX

  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak common
  • Clytie Ministreak common

Clytie Ministreak

Dusky-blue Groundstreak

Curtis A. Lehman

Youghiogheny River Trail
Fayette County, PA

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 1

Jim Egbert

Bee Tree Creek on Co. Rd. 87 and Perdido River WMA
Baldwin County, AL

Found field notes.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
  • Palamedes Swallowtail common
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Zarucco Duskywing 2
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 1

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Southern Cloudywing

Southern Cloudywing

Laurel Rhodes

Walton Ranch Preserve in North Port
Sarasota County, FL

With Dusty Rhodes (photos), very dry conditions, full sun, winds 5-15 mph, 80F.

  • Black Swallowtail 6
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Little Metalmark 18
  • Gulf Fritillary 7
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout abundant
  • Sachem 2
  • Delaware Skipper 5
  • Aaron's Skipper 2
  • Monk Skipper 2
  • Twin-spot Skipper abundant

Aaron's Skipper

Black Swallowtail

Northern Cloudywing

Little Metalmark

Delaware Skipper

Cloudless Sulphur

Kathy Malone

Martin County
Martin County, FL

  • Dusted Skipper 1

Dusted Skipper

Brett Badeaux

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Los Angeles County, CA

Partly cloudy, low to mid 60s. This site has had a small population of Pipevine Swallowtails for some time now, likely artificially started.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 5
  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 5
  • Sara Orangetip 5
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Painted Lady common
  • West Coast Lady 4
  • Red Admiral 10
  • Monarch 4
  • Mournful Duskywing 3
  • Funereal Duskywing 10+
  • Umber Skipper 5

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Umber Skipper

Western Tiger Swallowtail

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

no Painted Lady migration yet - it’s late. Either the migration is small, or the plumes are narrow and haven’t passed over me yet.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 6
  • Cabbage White 1

Ken Wilson

Trail to McGinity Mountain, Jumal
San Diego County, CA

Mostly cloudy, 63 degrees and lower, felt colder because winds were gusty. No hilltoppers at peak.

  • Anise Swallowtail 2
  • Checkered White 2
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 4
  • Mormon Metalmark 3
  • Painted Lady 7

Mormon Metalmark

Painted Lady

Jill Gorman

High Falls State Park
Monroe County, GA

Wooded trail along the river, nectaring at Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum)

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Pearl Crescent 2

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Curtis A. Lehman

Roaring Run Recreation Area
Armstrong County, PA

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Eastern Comma 3

Marcie Daniels

Summerville
Dorchester County, SC

Warm and sunny near 80

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Pearl Crescent

Silver-spotted Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

70F My cat, Sloan, tried to catch the Anise Swallowtail and eat her like the last one, but she got away.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Spring Azure 1

Karen Van Berkel

Tablerock State Park
Taney County, MO

65 and partly sunny after much rain

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 1

Andy Birkey

Coldwater Spring, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Hennepin County, MN

FOY for me in Minneapolis. 62 degrees today. Sunny. Light winds.

  • Eastern Comma 3
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Cloak

Jim Wilkinson

Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

Eastern Comma

Christina Hammond

Delray Beach in my backyard
Palm Beach County, FL

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Monarch 2

Monarch caterpillars

Karl and Dorothy Legler

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

Strolled for less than an hour in 93 degrees, finding 30 species.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White common
  • Southern Dogface 3
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Lyside Sulphur 3
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Dainty Sulphur 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Bordered Patch 2
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Tawny Emperor common
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen common
  • Zilpa Longtail 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Sachem 2
  • Common Mellana 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Zilpa Longtail

Common Mellana

Brett Badeaux

Santa Rosa Wilderness
Riverside County, CA

Full sun, up to 78. Some unidentified Blues.

  • Black Swallowtail 10
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Pale Swallowtail 1
  • Spring White 4+
  • Desert Orangetip 3
  • Sara Orangetip common
  • Gray Marble 8+
  • California Dogface 4
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 15+
  • Juniper Hairstreak 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Silvery Blue 4
  • Mormon Metalmark 2
  • Leanira Checkerspot 4
  • California Patch 3
  • Variable Checkerspot superabundant
  • California Tortoiseshell 1
  • Painted Lady common
  • California Sister 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 5
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • Funereal Duskywing

Leanira Checkerspot

Black Swallowtail

Gray Marble

Leanira Checkerspot

Variable Checkerspot

John Heyse

Pine Flat Road
Sonoma County, CA

65F with David Rawlinson and John Hibbard

  • Anise Swallowtail 2
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Mustard White 9
  • Pearly Marble 8
  • Sara Orangetip 9
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Moss' Elfin 2
  • Spring Azure 14
  • Silvery Blue 9
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • California Tortoiseshell 50+
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Common Ringlet 20+
  • Monarch 1
  • Propertius Duskywing 4

Pearly Marble

Pearly Marble

Silvery Blue

California Tortoiseshell

William D. Beck

San Bruno Mountain Park
San Mateo County, CA

A gorgeous sunny day. The San Bruno Moss’s Elfins very worn now, but a few still around.

  • Anise Swallowtail
  • Sheridan's Hairstreak
  • Brown Elfin
  • Moss' Elfin

Sheridan's Hairstreak

Moss' Elfin

Marcie Daniels

Summerville
Dorchester County, SC

hot and sunny 85 degrees

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1

Palamedes Swallowtail

Marcie Daniels

Eutawville near Lake Marion
Orangeburg County, SC

Sunny and hot 85 degrees

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3

Jeanette Klodzen

Desolation Trail to Salt Lake Overlook (Millcreek Canyon)
Salt Lake County, UT

3:30-5:30pm (56 degrees)

  • Satyr Comma 1

John J. Collins

Lord Stirling Park
Somerset County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

Allen Belden

Powhatan State Park
Powhatan County, VA

Mix of sun and clouds; high in the low 70s. The number of Clouded Sulphurs reported is a rough estimate.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 25
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 10
  • Clouded Sulphur 15
  • Orange Sulphur common
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
  • Spring Azure 4
  • American Snout 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Eastern Comma 18
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing common

Juvenal's Duskywing

Eastern Comma

American Snout

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Zebra Swallowtail

Steven Glynn

WMA's near Millville
Cumberland County, NJ

Sunny and 62 degrees.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Henry's Elfin 5
  • Spring Azure 11
  • Eastern Comma 11
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Spring Azure

Spring Azure

Eastern Comma

Henry's Elfin

Bryan Burks

Monrovia Canyon Park
Los Angeles County, CA

  • Bramble Hairstreak common

Bramble Hairstreak

Brett Badeaux

Rock Mountain Preserve
San Diego County, CA

Full sun 70F, windy with occasional strong gusts

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Pale Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Desert Orangetip 2
  • Sara Orangetip abundant
  • Bramble Hairstreak 5
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Silvery Blue 5
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Mormon Metalmark 20+
  • Gabb's Checkerspot 3
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Lorquin's Admiral 2
  • California Sister 1
  • Queen 1
  • Mournful Duskywing 4
  • Funereal Duskywing 8
  • Umber Skipper 1

Gabb's Checkerspot

Umber Skipper

Marcie Daniels

Lake Marion in Eutawville
Orangeburg County, SC

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1

Jerry McCormick

Virginia, Minnesota
St. Louis County, MN

A Compton Tortoiseshell perched on a snow pile. When first observed it was on dog droppings. Sunny conditions and about 48 degrees.

  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1

Compton Tortoiseshell

Dennis Holmes

Christmas Tree Pass
Clark County, NV

  • California Patch 2
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot 3
  • Variable Checkerspot 2
  • Painted Lady 7

Sagebrush Checkerspot

California Patch

Variable Checkerspot

Brett Badeaux

Lake Skinner Park
Riverside County, CA

Full sun, mid 60s, with cool wind and gusts. This area is surrounded by a reserve closed to the public which has a population of endangered Quino Checkerspots. I Lucked out and found one inside of the park! May have seen 2 but not certain.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Desert Orangetip 1
  • Sara Orangetip 6
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Acmon Blue 6
  • Mormon Metalmark common
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • Variable Checkerspot 25+
  • Edith's Checkerspot 1
  • Painted Lady common
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Funereal Duskywing 3
  • Fiery Skipper 3

Edith's Checkerspot

Variable Checkerspot

Marcie Daniels

Summerville, SC
Dorchester County, SC

Breezy and warm

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • American Lady 1

American Lady

John Heyse

crockett hills park
Contra Costa County, CA

65F

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Silvery Blue 6
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1