March 2022 Sightings

David H. Bartholomew

Sunol-Ohlone Regional Wilderness
Alameda County, CA

With Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, Charlie Bacon, Tom and Sue Peterson, Fran Bartholomew.

Partly overcast, about 70 degrees.

  • Mustard White 6
  • Cabbage White 4
  • Sara Orangetip 24
  • Orange Sulphur 14
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Silvery Blue 27
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 3
  • Variable Checkerspot 2
  • California Tortoiseshell 2
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Common Ringlet 30
  • Propertius Duskywing 2

Mylitta Crescent

Silvery Blue

Sara Orangetip

Variable Checkerspot

Edward Perry IV

Three Lakes WMA--William's Road Unit
Osceola County, FL

A cool/overcast start to the day kept us looking for Yucca Giant Skipper eggs, which we located 14. No adults seen. The sun broke about lunchtime and the butterflies appeared including a Henry’s Elfin which I was told by Linda Cooper was new to the spot. Major nectar sources are bull thistle, Lyonia spp., blackberry, and Florida Pennyroyal. A good time was had by all. Surveyed 9:45a-4:15p—EPerry & DVollmar

  • Zebra Swallowtail 7
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 9
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Carolina Satyr 12
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Sleepy Duskywing 9
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 6
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 10
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Palmetto Skipper 1

Henry's Elfin

Northern Cloudywing

Sleepy Duskywing

Red-banded Hairstreak

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Palmetto Skipper

Sleepy Duskywing

Sleepy Duskywing

Spicebush Swallowtail, Palamedes Swallowtail

Juvenal's Duskywing

Carolina Satyr

Long-tailed Skipper

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 1

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Time: 1400-1700, Pleasant and sunny in the 70s.

Today I was looking for Elfins but did not find any.

The Giant Swallowtail usually stayed near the tops of the trees.

I followed one Monarch as it nectared on Common Vetch - Vicia sativa. A photo shows most of the Vetch in a tangle with other vegetation. I also took a clear photo of the Vetch after I gently untangled it from the other vegetation.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • Question Mark 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Monarch 20
  • Queen 20
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3

Monarch

Pipevine Swallowtail

Monarch

Giant Swallowtail

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

Briars, Carolina Jasamine & Thistle are blooming despite dry conditions. 70 Degrees with Full Sun today.

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Henry's Elfin 7
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 5
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 1

Horace's Duskywing

Carolina Satyr

Red-banded Hairstreak

Palamedes Swallowtail

Barred Yellow

Henry's Elfin

Karen Canon

Suburban Albuquerque foothills
Bernalillo County, NM

Partly cloudy day in the low 60’s

  • Cabbage White 1

Ron Smith

Brooker Creek Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

(8-17). Sunny with temps reaching 72.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 8
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2

Henry's Elfin

Whirlabout

Clouded Skipper

Roy Cohutta

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

Found 3 very skittish Elfin(s) on the ground shortly after I started surveying. Got a distant photo of one on the ground. After that brief encounter, I had a very long unproductive hike.

After the hike I had the great fortune to chat with 4 renowned butterfliers from the NABA Hairstreak Chapter in the parking area.

At about 1400 I located a lone Elfin hanging around in the tops of some trees. After watching it for about a half-hour, I hiked back to my 4Runner to exchange the macro for a longer lens (It was not long enough.) I relocated the Elfin and attempted distant photos for another half hour. (Got fairly good looks with the binoculars and a sore neck.)

Time: 1030-1545 , Temperature: 70-76F, Wind: NW 3-4MPH, Cloud Cover: 8-14%, 30.559161323779964, -84.94972462827303

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 11
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Henry's Elfin 4
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 9
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Bart Jones

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
Shelby County, TN

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Eastern Comma 5

Orange Sulphur

Eastern Comma

Brian Lloyd

Lake Talquin State Park, Turkey Flats rd
Leon County, FL

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1

Spicebush Swallowtail

Long-tailed Skipper

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Red-banded Hairstreak

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

84 degrees, full sun. Despite very dry conditions we have a few thistle and briar blooms along with Carolina Jasamine. This Henry’s Elfin is the Yawehus subspecies that uses Yapon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) for host plant.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 12
  • Henry's Elfin 12
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 2

Zebra Swallowtail

Cloudless Sulphur

Cloudless Sulphur

Cloudless Sulphur

Henry's Elfin

Carolina Satyr

Carolina Satyr

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • West Coast Lady 1

Linda Cooper

Three Lakes WMA - Hwy. 60 Unit
Osceola County, FL

9:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. 74°-86°, winds 9-15, sun all day 95%. Nectar: Thistle and pennyroyal. Large area of pennyroyal is 1.1 miles from the check station on the north side of the road up a grassy trail. LCooper

  • Zebra Swallowtail 12
  • Black Swallowtail 9
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Little Metalmark 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 3
  • Swarthy Skipper 9
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 26
  • Southern Broken-Dash 4
  • Sachem 15
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Palmetto Skipper 19
  • Twin-spot Skipper 12

Little Metalmark

Palmetto Skipper

Whirlabout

Sachem

Northern Cloudywing, Southern Broken-Dash

Twin-spot Skipper, Southern Broken-Dash

Twin-spot Skipper

Zebra Swallowtail

Twin-spot Skipper, Southern Broken-Dash

American Lady

Palmetto Skipper

Aaron's Skipper

American Lady

Tawny-edged Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Tawny-edged Skipper

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

(17-52) Light wind and sunny skies. Not many butterflies, but a nice variety.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Barred Yellow 5
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Little Metalmark 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • American Lady 2
  • White Peacock 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 6
  • Mangrove Skipper 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • White Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Sachem 1
  • Monk Skipper 1

Cloudless Sulphur

Queen

Little Metalmark

Horace's Duskywing

Fiery Skipper

American Lady

American Lady

American Lady

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Went looking (hoping) for Henry’s, Pine Elfin, Juniper HS, or Falcate Orangetip but it was not to be.

The Monarch in the photo was on Moss Verbena - Verbena pulchella which was growing in a field of Raphanus raphanistrum which the Monarchs nectared on here during the winter. There are many sources of nectar available throughout the WMA now that it has warmed up. Many of the Monarchs and Queens may have dispersed from the overwintering site reported earlier at 31.470337288340467, -84.37644479250795 . Two of the Monarchs reported today were found away from the overwintering site.

Time: 1000-1430, Pleasant, minimal wind and clear skies, 67-84F, Wind variable 3-9MPH, Cloud Cover: 1-2%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 6
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Sleepy Orange 9
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Pearl Crescent 9
  • Question Mark 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Monarch 5
  • Queen 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Long-tailed Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Monarch

Ken Wilson

Multiple locations around Davie to include Tree Tops Park
Broward County, FL

Partly Sunny, gusty winds, and a high of 82 degrees. With Steve Glynn.

  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Orange-barred Sulphur
  • Barred Yellow
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Atala
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian
  • Zebra Heliconian
  • White Peacock
  • Ruddy Daggerwing
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier
  • Dorantes Longtail
  • Horace's Duskywing
  • Three-spotted Skipper
  • Monk Skipper

Dorantes Longtail

Gulf Fritillary

Horace's Duskywing

Orange-barred Sulphur

Queen

Ruddy Daggerwing

Soldier

Three-spotted Skipper

White Peacock

Zebra Heliconian

Julia Heliconian

Barred Yellow

Atala

Tom Palmer

Marion Creek
Polk County, FL

Little blooming because of mechanical clearing of key nectaring areas

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Northern Cloudywing 1

Red-banded Hairstreak

Northern Cloudywing

Dorantes Longtail

Ken Wilson

Multiple locations around & near Homestead to include the Everglades Natl Park
Miami-Dade County, FL

Mostly cloudy, mid 80s, gusty winds, 15-25 mph. With Steve Glynn.

  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Palamedes Swallowtail
  • Great Southern White
  • Barred Yellow
  • Dina Yellow
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Zebra Heliconian
  • Common Buckeye
  • White Peacock
  • Dorantes Longtail
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Baracoa Skipper
  • Southern Broken-Dash
  • Monk Skipper
  • Twin-spot Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper

Monk Skipper

Dina Yellow

Twin-spot Skipper

Southern Broken-Dash

Great Southern White

Baracoa Skipper

John and Nancy Crosby

Roadsides and Farms in the Bay Branch Church Area
Tattnall County, GA

84 degrees with full sun. Was happy to see some meadows left natural with blooming wildflowers. We saw an unidentified white butterfly. We were repairing and cleaning out Bluebird boxes but were a little late for a few of the 25 boxes we maintain in the area… there were already eggs being watched over by the proud parents! We were actually in Evans County half of the time but only traveled a couple of miles.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 5
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Carolina Satyr 1

Roy Cohutta

Apalachicola National Forest
Leon County, FL

I looked for a good patch of Sundial Lupine-Lupinus perennis and then staked out that area. Only a few of the perennis had flowers yet. L. villosus and L. diffusus were also in the immediate vicinity.

An Elfin finally was observed at approximately 1045 and things got better after that. All Elfins were observed within a relatively small area and in close association with the Sundial Lupine. I ‘think’ most of the Elfins were males (based on behavior) with one possible female (see photo). No mating behavior or oviposition was observed. For the most part, the Elfins remained perched close to the ground. Occasionally two of the suspected males would engage in a swirling ascending dogfight and then would return to near to ground level again.

The forest was fairly open. I saw a few other butterflies that I could not positively identify off in the distance.

Time: 0845-1215, 70-78F, Constantly windy and cloudy, SE-SW 8-16MPH, Cloud Cover: 30-40% or more.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Frosted Elfin 7+
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Ken Wilson

Multiple locations to include Dagny Johnson & Fort Zachry Taylor
Monroe County, FL

Visited Monroe County on 7th & 8th. Partly clouding clearing to mostly sunny. Gusty winds deceased to 11 mph by 3 PM.Temp was 82 degrees. With Steve Glynn.

  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Statira Sulphur
  • Barred Yellow
  • Little Yellow
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Martial Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
  • Cassius Blue
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian
  • Zebra Heliconian
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Common Buckeye
  • Mangrove Buckeye
  • Tropical Buckeye
  • Florida Purplewing
  • Queen
  • Hammock Skipper
  • Dorantes Longtail
  • Florida Duskywing
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Sachem
  • Monk Skipper

Cassius Blue

Dorantes Longtail

Florida Purplewing

Hammock Skipper

Julia Heliconian

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Mangrove Buckeye

Martial Scrub-Hairstreak

Common/Tropical Buckeye

Monk Skipper

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Warm day, mid-60s, a bit breezy.

All California Tortoiseshells seen were very tattered.

  • Pale Swallowtail 3
  • Mustard White 9
  • Sara Orangetip 6
  • Brown Elfin 3
  • Spring Azure 10
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Acmon Blue 2
  • Mylitta Crescent 7
  • California Tortoiseshell 9
  • Mourning Cloak 3
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Common Ringlet 12
  • Propertius Duskywing 1

California Tortoiseshell

Mustard White

Mustard White

Mylitta Crescent

Pale Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Sara Orangetip

Brown Elfin

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Observed 3 mated pairs of Carolina Satyrs and observed mating activity of several pairs of Pearl Crescents.

All Monarchs and Queens were observed at the previously reported field of Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish in mustard family) that served as their overwintering site. Observed one Monarch (see photo) taking nectar exclusively on Verbena pulchella.

Time: 1400-1745, 78-81F, SE-SW 6-15MPH, Cloud Cover: 90-70%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Texan Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 15+
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Carolina Satyr 30+
  • Monarch 4
  • Queen 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 11

Monarch

Pearl Crescent

Monarch

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Queen

Texan Crescent

Scott Anderson

Sleeping Turtles Preserve North
Sarasota County, FL

1030am-1240pm, 81-83 degrees, sunny, windy

  • Barred Yellow 9
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Three-spotted Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Only one Monarch and no Queens seen today after they over-wintered here. There are many sources of nectar currently available throughout the region.

1415-1700, 66-68F, Cloud Cover: Rain to overcast to partly cloudy, 99-81%, Wind variable 3-5MPH

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 5
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 20+
  • Question Mark 1
  • Carolina Satyr 30+
  • Monarch 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Pearl Crescent

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Texan Crescent

Zabulon Skipper

Question Mark

David H. Bartholomew

San Bruno Mountain, State and County Park
San Mateo County, CA

With Bob Gorman, Tom and Sue Peterson.

Weather was great, sunny and not windy for a change.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Anise Swallowtail 16
  • Bramble Hairstreak 2
  • Moss' Elfin 12
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Boisduval's Blue 4
  • Field Crescent 2
  • Variable Checkerspot 18
  • California Tortoiseshell 5
  • American Lady 4
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2

Moss' Elfin

Bramble Hairstreak

Anise Swallowtail

Common Checkered-Skipper

Variable Checkerspot

Boisduval's Blue

Boisduval's Blue

Jeff Gesell

Legacy Trail and Venetian Waterway Park
Sarasota County, FL

Afternoon bike ride. Mostly sunny, windy, low 80s and humid. Bonus find of some Gulf Fritillary cats. Apologies for the grainy images off my phone…really difficult to carry a telephoto lens on a bike!

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 17
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 23
  • Zebra Heliconian 7
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • White Peacock 9
  • Monarch 4
  • Queen 2
  • Sleepy Duskywing 9
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 1

White Checkered-Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Sleepy Duskywing

Gulf Fritillary caterpillar

White Peacock

Phaon Crescent

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

Painted Lady was the first migrant I’ve seen.

  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • West Coast Lady 1
  • Common Ringlet 1

Denis C. Quinn

Nottingham County Park, Nottingham, PA
Chester County, PA

I saw one this morning but could not get a pix of it in a location a quarter-mile away. The first butterfly of the year for me here. I had a glimpse of one yesterday in Elkton, MD, however, I was reluctant to submit or count that sighting.

  • Eastern Comma 1

Eastern Comma

Jeff Gesell

Sleeping Turtles Preserve
Sarasota County, FL

Partly cloudy, breezy, low 80s. Few nectar sources limiting numbers…

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 4
  • Common Buckeye 1

Barred Yellow

Common Buckeye

Ken Wilson

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Sunny, winds 7 mph, 74 degrees. Conditions are quite dry. Nectar source is scarce. Very few individuals seen today.

  • Becker's White
  • Checkered White
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Bramble Hairstreak
  • Sonoran Blue
  • Silvery Blue
  • Wright's Metalmark
  • Mormon Metalmark
  • California Patch
  • Variable Checkerspot
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • Orange Skipperling

Becker's White

Wright's Metalmark

Funereal Duskywing

Mormon Metalmark

California Patch

Jeanette Klodzen

Sentry Trail (Antelope Island)
Davis County, UT

Seen at the rock outcropping half way up the hill to the switchback.

Hardy little guy - we just had a snowstorm a couple days ago and its been below freezing the last few days.

  • Checkered White 1

Mike Troyan

Dinner Ranch Wildlife Management Area
Hendry County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Carolina Satyr 10
  • Queen 5
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Whirlabout 5

Dorantes Longtail

Clouded Skipper

Zebra Swallowtail

Mike Troyan

Snake road off I-75
Broward County, FL

  • Dainty Sulphur 5
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Julia Heliconian 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 5
  • Queen 5
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1

Julia Heliconian

Ocola Skipper

Twin-spot Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak

Southern Broken-Dash

Ceraunus Blue

Phaon Crescent

Seth Ausubel

Tubac Community Garden, Tubac
Santa Cruz County, AZ

Several Clouded Skippers, unusual in March.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Fatal Metalmark 10
  • American Snout 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Texan Crescent 4
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 2
  • Funereal Duskywing 12
  • Clouded Skipper 4

Clouded Skipper

Clouded Skipper

Denis C. Quinn

Nottingham County Park, Nottingham, PA
Chester County, PA

Seen on one fallen dead branch with some kind of fungus growing on it with loads of flies as well.

  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 5
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Jim Wilkinson

Essex
Baltimore County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1

Cabbage White

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Best butterfly was the Henry’s Elfin which almost immediately flew high into the trees during its windy photo shoot.

Photo of the female Zabulon Skipper was at about the same spot as the photo of the male in the 10 March Sighting.

1000-1300, 61-70F, Wind SE 10-25MPH, Cloud Cover 61-95% with rain that ended the survey.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 15
  • Carolina Satyr 30+
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Zabulon Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Henry's Elfin

Gray Hairstreak

Tom Fiore, Kristine Wallstrom

Harriman State Park (southern trails)
Rockland County, NY

Several hours out on hiking trails, in temp’s. up to 70 F. - number of M. Cloaks not at all unusual or unexpected for some miles of walking here. No native plants in bloom just yet, and a few small patches of snow still lingering.

  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 10

Mourning Cloak

Eastern Comma

Jan Schopp

Imperial
Jefferson County, MO

First butterflies of the season! Sunny and 72 degrees

  • Olympia Marble 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 1

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA

The Only butterflies seen today were well inside the woods on sunny paths

  • Eastern Comma 2

James L. Monroe

Blackhawk Golf Course
Beaver County, PA

FOY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Andrew Block

Croton Gorge Park, Croton-on-Hudson,
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Andrew Block

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Pound Ridge,
Westchester County, NY

First butterflies of the year. Already seen more Mourning Cloaks than I usually see in a year.

  • Mourning Cloak 5

Karen Canon

Albuquerque
Bernalillo County, NM

Suburban foothills. Early afternoon, Sunny, mid 60’s

  • Cabbage White 5

Cabbage White

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

1320-1620, 72F, Wind SW 11-19MPH, 24-62% with rain that ended the survey.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 20+
  • Carolina Satyr 40+
  • Monarch 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2

Spicebush Swallowtail

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Texan Crescent

Spicebush Swallowtail

jan schopp

Imperial
Jefferson County, MO

Partly sunny 70-79 degrees

  • Little Yellow 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1

Daniel Jones

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

noon to 2:45, upper 80s to low 90s

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 6
  • Fatal Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Bordered Patch 3
  • Texan Crescent 10
  • Vesta Crescent 2
  • Phaon Crescent 12
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 10
  • White Peacock 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 4
  • Carolina Satyr 6
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 4
  • Brown Longtail 3
  • Coyote Cloudywing 2
  • Mimosa Skipper 1
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 2
  • White-patched Skipper 1
  • Mournful Duskywing 2
  • Funereal Duskywing 6
  • White Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 15
  • Laviana White-Skipper 12
  • Common Streaky-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 8
  • Double-dotted Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 3
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Whirlabout 6
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Sachem 1
  • Common Mellana 2
  • Eufala Skipper 3

Double-dotted Skipper

White-patched Skipper

Coyote Cloudywing

Texas Powdered-Skipper

Common Streaky-Skipper

Great Purple Hairstreak

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

The best butterflies today were the Falcate Orangetip(s) at the southern edge of their range. They are uncommon here, but this is around the date(s) I usually see them here.

The Eastern Tailed-Blue(s) were scattered all over the WMA.

There were some Cloudywings and Checkered-Skippers that were not identified to species.

0830-1500, 53-74F, Wind SE 2-6MPH, Cloud Cover 45-06%.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 6
  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 8
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 20
  • Pearl Crescent 30
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Carolina Satyr 30
  • Monarch 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

Pipevine Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Falcate Orangetip

Falcate Orangetip

Falcate Orangetip

Pat & Clay Sutton, Wendy & Dennis Allen

Santee Delta Recreational Area
Georgetown County, SC

The Monarch (a very tattered individual) was nectaring on blooming Willow.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 6
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 5
  • Carolina Satyr 10
  • Monarch 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 3

Monarch

Linda Cooper

Triple N Ranch WMA
Osceola County, FL

9:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Weather: heavy fog until start time; 67°-88°, winds 8-13 mph, 100% sun a.m., 85% p.m. Nectar: lyonia, thistles. Yucca Giant Skipper eggs (12 total) found near shell fill area on main road. LCooper, SFarnsworth, EPerry, NPrine, BWelch.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 26
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 32
  • Cloudless Sulphur 22
  • Little Yellow 6
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 5
  • Little Metalmark 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Carolina Satyr 8
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 7
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 13
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Sachem 2
  • Delaware Skipper 3
  • Palmetto Skipper 9
  • Twin-spot Skipper 9

Palamedes Swallowtail

Spicebush Swallowtail

Red-banded Hairstreak

Whirlabout

Juvenal's Duskywing

Cloudless Sulphur

White M Hairstreak

Southern Skipperling

Sachem

Palmetto Skipper

Northern Cloudywing

Twin-spot Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Delaware Skipper

Northern Cloudywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.Nottingham,PA
Chester County, PA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 2

Ken Wilson

Santa Margarita River Preserve, Fallbrook
San Diego County, CA

Sunny, 79 degrees, mild winds 6-7 mph. Also seen, no ID Blue.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Lorquin's Admiral
  • Funereal Duskywing

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Lorquin's Admiral

Cabbage White

John Heyse

at home, crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 1

Andrew Block

Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary, Fairfield,
Fairfield County, CT

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Andrew Block

Allen's Meadow Park, Wilton,
Fairfield County, CT

1st. one of the year.

  • Eastern Comma 1

John Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

88 degrees, partially cloudly & windy at the end of my walk.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 12
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • Gemmed Satyr 6
  • Carolina Satyr 20
  • Horace's Duskywing 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Great Purple Hairstreak

Horace's Duskywing

Gemmed Satyr

Henry's Elfin

Michael Diederich

Chappaqua Friends Nursery School, Route 120, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY

Seen in the Meadow at Chappaqua Friends Nursery School off Rt. 120 - flying at eye-level - 1:30 - 2:00 PM.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Alan R Mennig

Ridley Creek State Park
Delaware County, PA

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Ron & Lori Smith

Ocala National Forest
Marion County, FL

(17-85) Warm and sunny, but not much in bloom - only a few thistles and dewberry.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Zebra Swallowtail 11
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 19
  • Cloudless Sulphur 13
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 3
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 4
  • Sleepy Duskywing 16
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 1

Sleepy Duskywing

Juniper Hairstreak

Northern Cloudywing

Renee Davis

Stop Sign Trail. Bashakill WMA Wurtsboro
Sullivan County, NY

  • Eastern Comma 1

Renee Davis

Main Boat Launch Bashakill WMA Wurtsboro
Sullivan County, NY

After I walked 2 miles on the Birch Trail looking for butterflies, I found these at my car in the parking lot. That’s ok, it’s been a long winter. It was a beautiful day.

  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Cloak

Michael Diederich

19 Chappaqua Mountain Road Butterfly Garden, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY

First Butterfly of 2022 seen flying/landing on Maple Buds at the top of a Maple Tree: 2:27 PM.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Paul M Strauss

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

  • Georgia Satyr common

Roy Cohutta

Albany Nursery WMA
Dougherty County, GA

1500-1700, 72-74F, West 9-17MPH, Cloud Cover 40-50%, Very pleasant weather.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Question Mark 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Carolina Satyr 4

Palamedes Swallowtail

Spicebush Swallowtail

Variegated Fritillary

Palamedes Swallowtail

Common Buckeye

Anthony Hewetson

Lake Colorado City State Park
Mitchell County, TX

Outside the species normal range in this part of Texas.

  • Henry's Elfin 2-3

Henry's Elfin

Bart Jones

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
Shelby County, TN

Very early date for Harvester. Dark form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are also not very common in early spring. Temp 70-73.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Orange Sulphur 23
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Harvester 1
  • Spring Azure 3
  • American Snout 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1

American Snout

Harvester

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Comma

Sleepy Orange

Cabbage White

Harvester

Orange Sulphur

Spring Azure

Spicebush Swallowtail

Jan Schopp

Imperial
Jefferson County, MO

Sunny with 51-72 degrees

  • Little Yellow 2

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

The Monarch was at the overwintering site which was at 31.470235726053687, -84.37641538604468. The Queens were a short distance to the west of the overwintering site.

With Arlo Bishpoo; A good time was had by all.

1230-1430, 64-69F, Wind N 11-22 MPH, Cloud Cover 0-3%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 7
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Pearl Crescent 20+
  • American Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 20+
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 2
  • Southern Cloudywing 2

Cabbage White

Monarch

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

76 degrees, mostly sunny during walk-in then clouds on the way out. Briars, thistle and a few other wildflowers. Have had 1/2” of rain so more overall nectar sources. Didn’t have any Henry’s Elfin in any of the regular spots but walked thru the woods along the marsh and found them all nectaring on Wild Huckleberry!

  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 12
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Henry's Elfin 9
  • American Lady 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 8
  • Carolina Satyr 13
  • Little Wood-Satyr 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Sachem 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 1

Henry's Elfin

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

American Lady

Carolina Satyr

Great Purple Hairstreak

Little Wood-Satyr

Palamedes Swallowtail

Zabulon Skipper

Salt Marsh Skipper

Sachem

Gemmed Satyr

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red Admiral 2

Jan Schopp

Imperial
Jefferson County, MO

Mostly cloudy then changing to partly sunny high of 73 degrees

  • Olympia Marble 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow 2

Jeff Gesell

Jacobsburg State Park
Northampton County, PA

Mostly sunny, breezy with occasional gusts, low 60s. First PA sightings of the year for me…

  • Eastern Comma 3

Eastern Comma

Dale Kennedy

Whitehouse Nature Center
Calhoun County, MI

  • Eastern Comma 1

Samantha Bean

Flutter By Meadows, Hopewell, NJ
Mercer County, NJ

Spotted on a pine tree around mid day.

  • Question Mark 1

Question Mark

Mike Lee & C. Wyluda

National Estuarine Research Reserve Walk
Currituck County, NC

met Steve J., also found a 4’ rat snake, no ponies

  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • American Lady 1

White M Hairstreak

Brett Badeaux

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

  • Black Swallowtail
  • Pale Swallowtail
  • Spring White
  • Desert Orangetip
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Great Purple Hairstreak
  • Bramble Hairstreak
  • Brown Elfin
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Spring Azure
  • Silvery Blue
  • Acmon Blue
  • California Patch
  • Variable Checkerspot
  • Painted Lady
  • Sleepy Duskywing
  • Propertius Duskywing
  • Mournful Duskywing
  • Pacuvius Duskywing
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • Afranius Duskywing
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Common Sootywing

Black Swallowtail

California Patch

Bramble Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Great Purple Hairstreak

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

(19-81). Warm and very breezy. Nectar sources included bidens alba, sleepy morning, thistle and prickly pear.

  • Great Southern White 1
  • Barred Yellow 16
  • Dainty Sulphur 4
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 5
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 11
  • Phaon Crescent 9
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Mangrove Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 5
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 1
  • Mangrove Skipper 4
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 5
  • Sachem 1
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Obscure Skipper 8

American Lady

Mangrove Buckeye

Dainty Sulphur

Monk Skipper

Monk Skipper

Obscure Skipper

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Still trying to find Pine Elfins with no joy.
Distant photo of a very worn Henry’s Elfin.
FOS RSP.

0900-1700, 60-80F, Wind SE 11-25MPH, Cloud Cover 68-89%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 04
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 10
  • Pearl Crescent common
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Southern Pearly-eye 2
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 3
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 3

Monarch

Red-spotted Purple

Cabbage White

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-banded Hairstreak

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Henry's Elfin

Marcus Gray

Kitchen Sink Farm
Pittsylvania County, VA

Excited to have Falcate Orangetips as a yard butterfly! Saw 2 males & 1 female. The Tiger Swallowtail was a dark form female.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 1

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Pleasant 75 degrees, Spring has sprung in a big way.

Northern Checkerspot is 3 weeks earlier than I have seen it before.

  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Pale Swallowtail 6
  • Mustard White 15
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sara Orangetip 5
  • Bramble Hairstreak 3
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 32
  • Silvery Blue 1
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • Northern Checkerspot 1
  • Mylitta Crescent 4
  • Variable Checkerspot 4
  • California Tortoiseshell 3
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • California Sister 2
  • Common Ringlet 27
  • Propertius Duskywing 3
  • Mournful Duskywing 4

Northern Checkerspot

Silvery Blue

Bramble Hairstreak

California Sister

Spring Azure

Sara Orangetip

Variable Checkerspot

Mustard White

Common Buckeye

Mylitta Crescent

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Anise Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Common Ringlet 1

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Calhoun County, GA

Walked about a mile slowly out and back at the edge of a swamp. 1430-1630, 67-69F, NW 6-13 MPH, Cloud Cover 93-97% with rain at the end; A gray cool day.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Carolina Satyr 100+
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 4

Zabulon Skipper

Clouded Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

John and Nancy Crosby

Historic Lebanon Station Powerline on County Road 336 at Intersection of US19/121.
Levy County, FL

75 degrees, Sunny. Tiny Roadside wetland under powerline. Visited this site midafternoon on March 25th and 27th.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent abundant
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Monarch 3
  • Queen 2
  • Neamathla Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Sachem 1

Common Buckeye

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Whirlabout

Fiery Skipper

Pipevine Swallowtail

Phaon Crescent

Gulf Fritillary

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

John and Nancy Crosby

Roadside Goethe State Forest on County Road 336 at Intersection of 337.
Levy County, FL

Sunny and 75 degrees location was Levy County Road 336 at the Intersection of 337. We visited this site on March 25th & 27th. On March 27th we apparently arrived too early for the targeted Neamathla Skippers so ventured down the Old Rock Road (dirt) from this intersection to find Question Mark, American Snout, Carolina Satyrs and Swallowtails and Northern Cloudywing. Neamathla Skippers were not seen until after 1:30 pm.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 5
  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • American Snout 1
  • Phaon Crescent abundant
  • American Lady 1
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Neamathla Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 3

Phaon Crescent

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Jeanette Klodzen

Gravel Pit Trail (Antelope Island)
Salt Lake County, UT

  • Checkered White 1

Ron & Lori Smith

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

(24-126) The day following a strong, rain-producing front. Even with the park’s heavy damage from a hurricane a few years back it is still worth a visit.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 11
  • American Snout 1
  • Texan Crescent 4
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 11
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Southern Pearly-eye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 55
  • Georgia Satyr 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Confused Cloudywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 5
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 3

Texan Crescent

Silver-spotted Skipper

Southern Pearly-eye

Red-banded Hairstreak

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Confused Cloudywing

David H. Bartholomew

Palo Alto Baylands
Santa Clara County, CA

Always cool, close to the bay, but the butterflies get going around noontime.

  • Anise Swallowtail 4
  • Checkered White 2
  • Cabbage White 12
  • Large Marble 1
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 4
  • Painted Lady 1

Painted Lady

Cabbage White

Checkered White

Andrew Block

Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson,
Westchester County, NY

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Ken Wilson

Escondido backyard
San Diego County, CA

Recent yard sightings. Overall activity remains quiet slow.

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Monarch
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • Umber Skipper

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

1000-1430, 59-68F, NW 14-21MPH, Cloud Cover 0-15%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Sleepy Orange 5
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent common
  • American Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Monarch 4
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Hoary Edge 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1

Texan Crescent

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

American Lady

Southern Cloudywing

Cabbage White

Red-banded Hairstreak

Monarch

Hoary Edge

Mary Smith

Montague
Siskiyou County, CA

Junipers in the area, but no oaks for approximately 5 miles.

  • Great Purple Hairstreak x

Great Purple Hairstreak

Bart Jones

Carroll Cabin Barrens State Natural Area
Decatur County, TN

Temps 60-62 degrees, breezy.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Falcate Orangetip 15
  • Henry's Elfin 11
  • Juniper Hairstreak 5
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 30+

Henry's Elfin

Juniper Hairstreak

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Falcate Orangetip

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Zebra Swallowtail

Spring Azure

Falcate Orangetip

Mark and Holly Salvato

Longleaf Pine Preserve, Deland
Volusia County, FL

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 6
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 3
  • Striped Hairstreak 1
  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr 6
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 8
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1

Clouded Skipper

Henry's Elfin

Red-banded Hairstreak

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Striped Hairstreak

Striped Hairstreak

Twin-spot Skipper

Southern Broken-Dash

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

morning and afternoon walks for the prairie Friends group. Weather: 62°-79°, winds 12-18 mph, 100% sun all day. 17 participants.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Great Southern White 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 12
  • Phaon Crescent 19
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • White Peacock 7
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Georgia Satyr 16
  • Monarch 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 6
  • Whirlabout 16
  • Southern Broken-Dash 11
  • Sachem 2
  • Delaware Skipper 5
  • Berry's Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 7
  • Ocola Skipper 3

Little Metalmark

Northern Cloudywing

Monk Skipper

Ken Wilson

Cactus Springs Trail near Pinyon Pines
Riverside County, CA

Sunny, near 80, wind was not impactful. Some nectar source available but the overall activity was low. With Bob Gorman & Diane Broduer.

  • Black Swallowtail
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Gray Marble
  • California Dogface
  • Silvery Blue
  • California Patch
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot
  • Variable Checkerspot
  • Funereal Duskywing

Variable Checkerspot

Silvery Blue

Sara Orangetip

Gray Marble

Funereal Duskywing

California Patch

John and Nancy Crosby

Goethe State Forest Co Rd 336 at Intersection of 337
Levy County, FL

75 degrees, sunny. We ventured down Old Rock Road (dirt) a little ways from this intersection as the Neamathla Skippers were not flying when we arrived. We didn’t see them until 1:30 pm.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • American Snout 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Monarch 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Neamathla Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 2

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Palamedes Swallowtail

Pearl Crescent

Phaon Crescent

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Question Mark

Question Mark

Spicebush Swallowtail

Whirlabout

American Lady

American Snout

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Neamathla Skipper

Jeanette Klodzen

White Rock Trail (Antelope Island)
Salt Lake County, UT

Seen only on the inner trail.

  • Common Checkered-Skipper common

John and Nancy Crosby

Lower Suwannee NWR
Levy County, FL

74 Degrees, Sunny. 9:30-2:30.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail common
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail common
  • Spicebush Swallowtail common
  • Palamedes Swallowtail common
  • Cloudless Sulphur common
  • Juniper Hairstreak 5
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Carolina Satyr 8
  • Little Wood-Satyr common
  • Monarch common
  • Queen 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 5
  • Sachem 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Aaron's Skipper 5
  • Broad-winged Skipper 3
  • Palatka Skipper 6
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 1

Northern Cloudywing

Palatka Skipper

Monarch

Spicebush Swallowtail

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Metalmark

Clouded Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Palamedes Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail

Whirlabout

Silver-spotted Skipper

Salt Marsh Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Palamedes Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Sachem

Palatka Skipper

Palamedes Swallowtail

Cloudless Sulphur

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Broad-winged Skipper

Broad-winged Skipper

Aaron's Skipper

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

With Anna Yellin, Wildlife Biologist, GA DNR, and Dr. Ray Moranz, Xerces/NRCS Grazing Lands Pollinator Ecologist.

We were also doing some plant surveying.

A good time was had by all.

1000-1500, 60-80F, Winds variable 3-11MPH, Cloud Cover 9-16%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 15
  • American Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Monarch 5
  • Queen 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Hoary Edge 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5

Monarch

Jan Schopp

Imperial
Jefferson County, MO

Mostly sunny high of 71 degrees

  • Olympia Marble 1
  • Little Yellow 2

Joanne Langabee

Fontenelle Forest
Sarpy County, NE

Saw first butterflies of season, Spring Azure and Eastern Comma. Wasn’t able to get a picture of the Comma. It was around 60 degrees, cloudy and 30 mph gust. Not ideal for seeing butterflies

  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 2

Spring Azure

Roy Cohutta

Oaky Woods WMA
Houston County, GA

All the gates were closed so I did some walking. I surveyed a relatively small portion of the WMA. I spent some time in the primitive camping field early and then walked areas near Real Estate Road. I left early because of the wind.

1000-1400, 66-83F, Wind Advisory S 8-28MPH, Cloud Cover 92% decreasing to 43%

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 20
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
  • Pearl Crescent common
  • American Lady 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 3
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Pipevine Swallowtail

Cabbage White

Goatweed Leafwing

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak

Black Swallowtail

Silver-spotted Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

Goatweed Leafwing

Lucy Merrill-Hills

Alder Park
Garfield County, CO

11-12:30, sunny, 58 degrees

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

John Heyse

at home, Crockett
Contra Costa County, CA

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Red Admiral 1