[Ctleps-l] Derby and Stratford leps

Peter DeGennaro degennap at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 23:31:34 EDT 2016


7/30 - Osbornedale SP, Derby, CT - butterfly activity was centered around
the gardens near the road and buddleia bushes. I also visited the area last
weekend (7/24) and found a Fiery Skipper (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_KxCnV3&d=CwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=PUDL5TSYRYbSJJPR3J7fxnTiRR7QYO8RXOZ46R7SAac&s=k6fKxCxUPzpuXbXwz94QpnBYFiwhdcghokW25LLIIXQ&e= ) and a
Broad-winged Skipper, my first for the park. There was similar composition
of species overall (though a lot less Tawny-edged).

Full list from 7/30, Viceroy was the only species not seen inside the
Kellogg Center/Osbornedale estate area:

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
Spicebush Swallowtail 4
Cabbage White 7
Clouded Sulphur 1
Orange Sulphur 4
Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Eastern Tailed Blue 1
Summer Azure 3
Great Spangled Fritillary 2
Pearl Crescent 5
Viceroy 1
Common Wood Nymph 1
Monarch 2
Silver-spotted Skipper 15
Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
Peck's Skipper 4
Tawny-edged Skipper 40
Crossline Skipper 1 (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_KA8CCi&d=CwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=PUDL5TSYRYbSJJPR3J7fxnTiRR7QYO8RXOZ46R7SAac&s=5w_FiWxwjYaU9LkoX7r172FOH0nOHH25-3HKDbN4uMs&e= )
Northern Broken Dash 1
Sachem 3
Zabulon Skipper 2 females
Dun Skipper 5

I also visited Stratford Point. Pretty quiet but things should start
heating up there over the next month.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Black Swallowtail 2
Cabbage White 10
Clouded Sulphur 2
Orange Sulphur 10
Gray Hairstreak 1
Eastern Tailed Blue 10
Pearl Crescent 7
American Lady 2
Red Admiral 1
Common Buckeye 3
Monarch 4
Common Sootywing 1
Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Sachem 1

I took a quick look around Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Only turned up a
Sachem but there are some large stands of Partridge Pea there that should
be checked over the next couple of months for Little Yellow.

Peter DeGennaro
Naugatuck
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