Buterfly Sightings

[Steve Walter]

Hi Lenny,

I'm seeing a different story in Westchester. At Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Little Glassywings have been out in good number for a week, and the first Crossline, Delaware, Dun, and Northern Broken Dash popped out this weekend. All hairstreaks are out -- I've heard reports of Banded for almost two weeks. I saw Pearly-eyes and several Wood-nymphs this weekend. The satyrs have been particularly accelarated, with Appalachian Browns out since May 30.

Steve Walter
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  Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 8:02 AM
  Subject: Re: Buterfly Sightings


  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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