[Ctleps-l] Conn. College Arboretum Fields, Waterford, Sep 4, 2018

[Rick Borchelt]

Plus the Sachem would be ovipositing on some kind of grass if it were ovipositing in the first place. 

> On Sep 6, 2018, at 9:18 PM, Peter DeGennaro <degennap at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dylan,
> 
> I took a look at your photos - the skipper that you have labelled as a
> Peck's is actually a Long Dash. Nice find - the second is brood is
> uncommon but apparently regular in CT.
> 
> Also, your Sachem is a male so it can't be ovipositing... I think it's
> just positioned in a strange angle.
> 
> Peter DeGennaro
>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:24 PM Dylan Pedro <pedro8410 at my.uri.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Yesterday in the fields around the junipers:
>> 
>> 8-10 Sachem, one ovipositing? (see photo)
>> 5 Peck's Skipper, including some fresh 3rd brood
>> 1 Wild Indigo Duskywing
>> 1 Monarch
>> 1 Eastern Tailed-blue
>> 1 Orange Sulphur
>> 2 Cabbage White
>> 
>> Also 1 Black-and-yellow Garden Spider, ready to take some prey.
>> 
>> See link for some photos:
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/125983298@N05/albums/72157699425265831
>> 
>> 
>> Dylan Pedro
>> Waterford
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