West Rock, Sunday 7 May 2006

[Lawrence F. Gall]

Sunday 7 May 2006, accomodating sunny weather at West Rock
State Park (for a change!) with about 15 folks on the CBA walk:

Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea), 10+
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae), 3-4
Yellow Sulphur (Colias philodice), 1
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), 1
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), 2
Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), 3-4
Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas), 1
Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon), 1
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys grynea), 5+
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis), 1
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), 2-3
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), 2
Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis), 50+

Others included many day flying Metarranthis
moths, and some newly hatched gypsy moth and geometrid
caterpillars.  We bumped into some members of New
Jersey NABA and Massachusetts Butterfly Club around
Judge's Cave, who also proved to be out enjoying the
day.  They reported one individual West Virginia
White (Pieris virgniensis) at the Reeds Gap Road
locality later in the afternoon.

Best,

Larry

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Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D.
Head, Computer Systems Office &
Curatorial Affiliate in Entomology
Peabody Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 208118, Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA

lawrence.gall at yale.edu
http://www.peabody.yale.edu
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1-203-432-9816 FAX