out and about North Guilford CT
Bill Yule
droberts03 at snet.net
Thu May 15 19:06:37 EDT 2003
This site has been sooooooooo quiet lately...maybe there's no butterflies out...soooooooo I went out to some fields, hilltops and talus slopes in my hometown and here's what's flying:
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)- 3.
Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)- 1, female on Garlic Mustard!
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) abundant.
Clouded Sulfur (Colias philodice) [also several "white form" sulfurs of either philodice or eurytheme??] abundant in the large field at the "Anne Conover" National Audubon Salt Meadow Sancuary on the East River in Guilford. This is a promising looking spot for coastal species.
Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophyrs niphon). This bug looked drunk to me, climbing over little Bluet blossoms and falling off, stumbling around, flying off at a weird angle and crashing into the ground. I don't know? Do butterflies drink fermented fruits and get loaded? I'm serious!
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)- 10+. I don't know where these Ladies came from or where they've been but they were wore-down, beat-up faded little old tramps that looked like they'd been around the block at least a couple of times. These were the first I've seen this year but they look like they've either been around or done some hard travelin'.
Painted Lady (Vaessa cardui). A nice fresh proper lady.
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) An immaculate perky individual.
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos). Two very fresh.
Anglewing sp. High speed flyby. Interrogationis or comma?
Azures (Celastrina ladon, form marginata) Two.
Something different in the Celastrina group, what I cannot say, but.... these were pale and lightly marked on the ventral side, pale blue on the dorsal. They were sunning on woodchips on a path through a wet meadow and as I approached they flew up into Speckled Alder trees. They were the same size as the ladon. ??? There was a patch of Blue Cohosh in the immediate area. So I guess neglectmajor seems like a candidate...but I'm not prepared to make that call and it wasn't until I got home that I saw that Cohosh was the hostplant for neglectamajor so I guess I'll have to go back for another look. Any uggestions to help with the ID welcome.
Cheers ya'll. Get out there and see some bugs, ya'hear?
Bill Yule
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