[Ctleps-l] Leps from Sunday and Monday - West Rock, Szegda, Naugatuck, Kent, Canaan - Hollenbeck

[Joan Hill]

Had a nice trip to PA to see the Regal Frits at Fort Indiangap. The 
population there is estimated at 1800, and the butterfly weed there drew 
them in for easy looks.  Looks like the efforts to establish new 
populations at other likely sites in PA  are not going to be successful 
though - fire seems to be a critical element and not all locations - ie 
Gettysburg Nat. Battlefield and similar areas- are willing to do 
prescribed burns. At the Fort exploding ordnance does the job for them.
     On the way home Sunday stopped at West Rock for a half hour ca 3 PM,
Highlights - 1 hoary edge, 1 banded hairstreak, 1 Edwards, several 
Mourning Cloaks
  Columbia: Szegda Farm - 5 PM   2 striped hairstreaks, 2 banded 
hairstreaks, 2 Eastern Comma, 27     GSF.  Very little other than GSF on 
the 1000+ common milkweeds there.
     At home - 5 banded hairstreaks dog-fighting at the edge of my yard

Monday:
Raytkwich Rd, Naugatuck: 7 banded, 1 possible Hickory, 2 Acadian 
hairstreaks - probably could have seen more if the darned Silver Spotted 
Skippers would stop attacking everything that tried to land on THEIR 
dogbane.
Kent: 4 Northern Metalmark
Hollenbeck Preserve, Canaan:
1 eastern Tiger Swallowtail
2 Mourning Cloaks
1 Viceroy
13 Eyed Browns
17 Baltimore Checkerspots
4 Dion Skippers
2 Black Dash
least skippers, crossline skippers

Lost my binoculars at Hollenbeck - should anyone happen on them, I'd 
love to get them back - Pentax Papilio.

Joan Hill