<div dir="ltr">Some various sightings from June that I never got around to report:<div><br></div><div>6/4 - Lenny Brown reported that we found an Aphrodite Fritillary at the Mad River Dam in Winchester, which is a new early record by six days. Here&#39;s a photo of the frit: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_JAfCay&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=MBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-uLiLZ_VXflfWCGYRRE7xo&s=7Me6h6qYQuHdcD4atOPeb645yKLBGkOfUmT5XDk57mQ&e=">https://flic.kr/p/JAfCay</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I also had a flyby White Admiral at McLean Game Refuge in Granby earlier on 6/4.</div><div><br></div><div>6/12 - Goshen WMA, Goshen - I photographed an apparent Summer Crescent: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_JDx1UR&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=MBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-uLiLZ_VXflfWCGYRRE7xo&s=3Y_YhTBooykjRBR0H6jocS9yhbAZPMPpXXPFW1yK5zs&e=">https://flic.kr/p/JDx1UR</a></div><div><br></div><div>As I understand it, they look a lot like Northern Crescents (Phyciodes diminutor), but may be more closely related to Pearl Crescent. Otherwise, two Silver-bordered Fritillaries were noteworthy.</div><div><br></div><div>6/27 - Goshen WMA, Goshen - worn Dreamy Duskywing, which is a new late date</div><div><br></div><div>I also had a White Admiral on the dirt road before the entrance.</div><div><br></div><div>6/23 - Northwest Park, Windsor - large skippers were flying in good numbers. I counted 15 Hoary Edges, including six in in the small area behind the second tobacco shed: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_HLCcPw&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=MBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-uLiLZ_VXflfWCGYRRE7xo&s=QqXxXXA_CujQg1v_rt3b2K5Z1FBumliPGFzWEjWtsEg&e=">https://flic.kr/p/HLCcPw</a></div><div><br></div><div>Also around were 4 Southern Cloudywings, 7 Northern Cloudywings, a few Silver-spotted Skippers, and 2 Gray Hairstreaks among other species. One of the Southern Cloudywings oviposited, and I managed to find the egg: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_JgTnYS&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=MBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-uLiLZ_VXflfWCGYRRE7xo&s=vJZUUAYKsVPmb3CKnDCXeqkwU7srwF-bzby5IeA_68s&e=">https://flic.kr/p/JgTnYS</a></div><div><br></div><div>Peter DeGennaro</div><div>Naugatuck</div></div>