Meriden butterfly count

[Laura Rogers-Castro]

Here is the list for the "Meriden" Fourth of July Butterfly Count held on July 3. The count circle includes Guiffrida Park in Meriden, Durham Meadows and portions of Wallingford. Counters included myself, Lenny Brown, Mario Castro and Tom Guerin. Several species were seen that had not been counted before (to the best of my recollection!). I have put an asterisk by them.
Here is the final count- (536 total; 32 species)
Black swallowtail 1
Tiger 1
Spicebush 2
Cabbage 297
Clouded 42
Orange sulphur 29
Am copper 3
Banded hairstreak 3
Hickory hairstreak 1
Eastern tailed blue 2
GSF 53
Pearl crescent 5
Baltimore checker 3
Question mark 1
Comma 1
Mourning cloak 1
Am Lady 2
*Common buckeye 2
*Hackberry emperor 1
Northern pearly eye 4
Little Wood satyr 2
Common wood nymph 3
Monarch 2
Silver-spotted skipper 2
Hoary Edge 2
Southern cloudywing 1
Least 20
European 27
Glassywing 19
Hobomok 1 (very worn/faded)
*Black dash 1
Dun 2