Recent sightings

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Frank Sencher

Miller Park Road, Holland Twp.
Hunterdon County, NJ

12:25pm, 63°F, mostly sunny, windy

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Dave DeSarno

Manasquan Reservoir
Monmouth County, NJ

1:55-2:55 sunny and 60's with a breeze. 2 mourning cloaks were chasing and this one landed on a metal bar to bask and then kept coming back to my dad's yankee hat!! Nice shot of the cloak, not so much the hat [moderators].

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mourning Cloak

Sharon & Wade Wander

Swartswood SP, Stillwater Twp.
Sussex County, NJ

Late morning walk with ZuZu through campground near office. Breezy, full sun, and low 50s. One of the nice aspects of being a moderator is that you can sanctify your own sightings

  • Eastern Comma 1

Sharon & Wade Wander

Whittingham WMA, Fredon Twp.
Sussex County, NJ

Short early afternoon walk through the woods. Breezy and upper 50s.

  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Marjorie Barrett & Joe Burgiel

Hillside Park, Andover Township
Sussex County, NJ

Sunny

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Garry Annibal

Centennial Park, Lincoln Park
Morris County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

Jim Springer

Great Swamp NWR
Morris County, NJ

3:15pm-4:15pm, mostly cloudy, 63 °F

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Ken Witkowski

Lake Glenwood, Vernon
Sussex County, NJ

Partly sunny 63 degrees

  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mike Tracy

Kittatinny Valley State Park
Sussex County, NJ

walked Sussex Branch trail from Twin Lakes parking lot south toward Rt 206 and one of the trails off it into the woods near Whites Pond. Think my number for Commas on the low side. Only one posed for some photos.

  • Eastern Comma 3
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Sharon & Wade Wander

Fredon Twp.
Sussex County, NJ

Flyby on a 60-degree afternoon.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Frank Sencher

Holland Township Yard
Hunterdon County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

Dave DeSarno

Swimming River Natural Area
Monmouth County, NJ

1:05-1:35 warm and sunny. I was able to get a photo of a Mourning Cloak this time - nectar-feeding on red maple flowers with some bees. I've never seen them use anything but sap so this was really cool!!
Good observation and a reminder to not overlook flowers on trees and shrubs [moderators].

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Claok on Red Maple flowers

honey bee on Red Maple flowers

Sharon & Wade Wander

Kittatinny Valley State Park
Sussex County, NJ

2:00-3:00, sunny 50º.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

C Wyluda

S. Broad St. at Assunpink Creek, Trenton
Mercer County, NJ

FOY butterfly for me—only trees (plum, magnolia) and dandelions blooming.

  • Cabbage White 1

Marge Barrett and Joe Burgiel

Kittatinny Valley State Park, Mt.Nebo area
Sussex County, NJ

Sunny, Temperature in 50s.
All three Mourning Cloaks in flight.

  • Mourning Cloak 3

Dave DeSarno

Swimming River Natural Area
Monmouth County, NJ

First butterfly of the year!! I've now had this species here in March, May and June. (2:15-3:05 sunny and mid 50's)

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Fred Pfeifer

Garret Mountain
Passaic County, NJ

YEAH!!!

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mike Tracy

Swartswood State Park
Sussex County, NJ

Good numbers from a state park that gets little attention from butterfly enthusiasts. However, a field next to the park office that is maintained as a pollinator meadow is worth visiting, and two of the vegetated islands in the office parking lot have been converted into pollinator gardens (WW, SW).

  • Eastern Comma 6
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Eastern Comma

Mourning Cloak