[Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Southington Brown Elfins, Washington WW Whites

[Peter DeGennaro]

It's been a cold and rainy spring, but here are the results of getting out
in the field during a couple of moments of warmth recently:

5/6 - Southington Mountain/Compounce Ridge, Southington - the goal was to
explore the cliffs above Lake Compounce for Falcate Orangetip, of which
there are only historical records from non-trap ridges in CT (as far as I
know). However, I was not able to find the correct trail, but I did end up
at a bald to the south which held at least two Brown Elfins:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_connecticutpete_34623499476_&d=DwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=M_vr55WYvfu6gSETmn6TwlU1Ud6Rm72-IIQOhJtmgGM&s=Y4mKVtsvZiGjj_AqX8_oTDMo7vnQJfZJLPhvYsg4xVY&e= 

Also around were two Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, a worn Spring Azure, and
two Juvenal's Duskywings.

4/29 - Hidden Valley Preserve, Washington - about 6 West Virginia Whites
were flying, including one along the river by the bridge near the parking
lot. Toothwort was the whites' nectar source:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_connecticutpete_34257001390_&d=DwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=M_vr55WYvfu6gSETmn6TwlU1Ud6Rm72-IIQOhJtmgGM&s=aNTH6u-A10woauE0I-7yOmiRJOy0dpDYDmMZM_MLfis&e= 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Spicebush Swallowtail 1
West Virginia White 6
Cabbage White 1
Orange Sulphur 1 - out of place in the forest
Spring Azure 5
American Lady 1
Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Peter DeGennaro
Naugatuck
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