Butterflies 5/17 - *3 new ones for the year

[Clay Taylor]

Got out a bit in the am, when there was sun.

My house in Moodus;
Pearl Crescent
Am. Copper
*Long Dash - not the best look, but definitely not Hobomok or Indian

Wapowog WMA - Wapowog road off Rt 196 near the Leesville section (int. of Rts 151 and 196)
Spicebush Swallowtail
E. Tiger Swallowtail
E. Tailed Blue
Spring Azure
Pearl Crescent (5+)
*Little Wood Satyr
Juvenal's Duskywing (20+)
    Coolest thing was a flowering Autumn Olive that had the two swallowtails and at least a dozen Juvs nectaring at it.  The Duskies were chasing each other in a constant swirl of motion, making an accurate count impossible.  Then, the sun went behind clouds, and all the JDs either flew down into the grasses or off to the woods edge.

Powerline on Horse Hill Road, Westbrook (about 1 mile S. of Messerschmitt Pond)
E. Tailed Blue
American Lady
Juvenal's Duskywing (6)
*Tawny-edged Skipper - an immaculate male

Oh yes, on 5/16, found an egg and a small larva on the lupines at the Oneco RR bed - no camera with me, though.

Clay Taylor
Moodus, CT
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