West Rock Ridge St. Park
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Sun May 1 17:49:27 EDT 2005
Sunday, 5/1- Once the sun came out this afternoon (finally!), I went down to
West Rock Ridge St. Park in New Haven and walked the top of the ridge down to
the southern overlook. I found the following butterflies:
Black Swallowtail (1)
Falcate Orangetip (18) (16 males and 2 females)
Brown Elfin (2+)
Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
Juniper Hairstreak (2+)
White M Hairstreak (1)
Spring Azure (3) (2 form marginata, 1 form undetermined)
American Lady (1)
Painted Lady (1)
Juvenal's Duskywing (1)
Most of the butterflies were found near the south overlook and the adjacent
picnic area. The Juniper Hairstreaks were roosting in the very tops of the
red cedars next to the overturned table in that picnic area, the same place I
found them last year. The White M Hairstreak was roosting in the same grove
of red cedars, but was not as high up. Look for the bright blue upper side on
this species. Spring Azures normally are not going to be flying high up in
red cedars so look carefully at any blue butterflies flying up in the cedars.
To find the Eastern Pine Elfin, take the road leading to the Judge's Cave
and look for the rock outcropping on the right with 3 tall pine trees behind
it. The Pine Elfin was sunning itself in the vicinity of the rocky
outcropping. Since this is the second year in a row I found the Elfin at this spot,
this appears to be another case where there is a small population living in
the nearby pine trees. Brown Elfins were present on the trail along the west
side of the top of the ridge.
Lenny Brown
Wallingford
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