From Newington - 8/3&4

[Roy Zartarian]

If four different  sightings of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Stop & Shop 
parking lot yesterday, church parking lot, Young Farm (2), Rt 2 in 
Glastonbury all today) are any indication, activity even up here is 
definitely on the upswing

Yesterday evening's dog walk coincided with the appearance of a fresh and 
mostly cooperative Question Mark at the I 291 ROW field on Maple Hill Ave.  
Just as the book says, it kept returning to the same area and offered up a 
good viewing opportunity. 

In addition to the Swallowtails and the usual Cabbage Whites and Clouded 
Sulphurs, today's sweltering trek through the Young Farm also turned up a 
Silver spotted Skipper, a Common Wood Nymph, a few Pearl Crescents, and two 
Monarchs.  I had the opportunity at last to see one laying an egg.

Roy