Buterfly Sightings

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On Saturday, June 19th, I visited Fresh Meadows Sanctuary in Cheshire and  
found 11 species of butterflies.  The list for the day is as follows:
 
Cabbage White (10)
Clouded Sulphur (1)
Orange Sulphur (1)
Summer Azure (1)
Variegated Fritillary (1) (My first of the year)
Great Spangled Fritillary (18)
Red Admiral (2)
Little Wood-Satyr (3)
Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
Least Skipper (2)
Little Glassywing (1)
 
While there are numerous available nectar sources, as you can see from the  
above, the number of butterflies on the wing was low.
 
At least at this location, it appears that the early spring species that  
emerged early in 2010, often on record early dates, have largely completed  
their flight periods and the species that historically emerged in late June 
and  early July have not yet emerged.
 
Lenny Brown
Wallingford
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