Recent sightings

Bright and sunny, temps in the 70's.

first time here during flower season; daisies, clovers, tons of orange milkweed, cone flowers, dog bane just budding, butterflies almost all on a very fragrant patch of common milkweed in the sun

3:15-4:00, sunny, mid 70s.

11:00-12:00, sunny, low 70s.

Late Morning, Sunny, Low 70s
The Harvesters were a very big surprise.
Marge's photo was taken on her cell phone and enlarged.

3pm-4pm, cloudless sky, mid 70s, minimal breeze
Tourne recently reopened due to bear issue, poor bear
Expected more activity,
Milkweed opening

10 AM - 1:30 PM. Sunny, 75F. Little nectar except for dogbane in one small scrubby clearing. Powerline cut inaccessible because of construction.

Mostly sunny early then some clouds later, breezy, low 70's 11:30am-4:30pm
Although there was Common MIlkweed and Dogbane nearby that attracted other butterflies, no Banded Hairstreaks were found nectaring. All were found in groups of 2-5 chasing each other followed by retiring to neutral leaves to rest before resuming their chasing.

Leaderless Walks - 8 participants. Sunny, temps in the 60's.

Late Afternoon, Sunny, Warm

Late Morning, Sunny, Temperature in low 70s

1:30-3:15, mostly sunny, low 70s. The Coral Hairstreaks were not nectaring in dense stand of Dogbane and Com. Milkweed, but all were perching (displaying?) in adjacent goldenrod field.

11-1. A beautiful day in low 70s. Great to see so many Coral Hairstreaks in N. Jersey. No Banded, though!

A fresh Banded Hairstreak came to the moth lights. It remained all day clinging to the siding to avoid the rain.

4:00-4:45. Sunny, in the 80s. The Hairstreak, which was very fresh, gave chase to an intruding Silver-spotted Skipper. First Edwards' Hairstreak I've ever seen.

Mostly sunny, hot and very humid all day. Nice to see that our little colony of Banded Hairstreaks persists, displaying in the Sassafras tree (rather than nearby oaks) that they use every year.

Quick roadside stop. 7 of the Frits were nectaring on Canada Thistle, 1 on Birdfoot Trefoil.

2:50-3:40, sunny, high 80s

12:20 - 1:15 PM. Clouds and sun, about 85 F. Nice dogbane patch here. One grass-skipper sp.

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM. Clouds and sun, about 85 F. Little nectar here now, may improve in a week or so when the Mountain-mint gets going. One Blue/Azure sp.

Extremely hot (90's) and sunny from 3:00 - 5:00. I've been to this park hundreds of times and this is the first time I've ever had glassywings there. It was absolutely stunning to see 4 coral hairstreaks chasing in the fields after having just seen one for the first time on the field trip 6.19. Pretty sure I photographed 3 individuals. Four were swirling around in a group at one point trying to claim perches, and one even buzzed me! Possible viceroy and another unidentified skipper. Also saw a monarch chase a blackbird.

was marveling that South Jersey had monarch cats already,
but apparently I missed the early stages in my own yard

1:40-3:00, mostly sunny, low 80s. Abundant Dogbane and Spreading Dogbane. Trails not mowed. Mosquito repellent recommended.

9:45-11:00, mostly sunny, upper 60s. Cabbage Whites and GS Fritillaries are undercounts as we could not cover the whole field.

3-4pm; rain halted our survey;
rb hairstreak was not on milkweed but in an unknown tree.

1:00-1:30, partly sunny, 86 degrees

Sunny, 1:30pm-4:15pm, 80°, breezy

9:30-12:30, sunny and warm. 20 observers.

fritilary was on the main Teetertown side. skippers on thistles and milkweed; etbs fresh; may have missed a spread wing.

Warm and mostly sunny from 4:10-6:05. Beautiful, stunning, fresh great spangled fritillary! Estimate on the glassywings and broken-dashes as many were in the same areas and flying. Dark swallowtail was quick but likely a spicebush. Not positive about the first hairstreak (upside down on milkweed) - the blue hindwing spot extends a ways inward as in hickory but the top band doesn't widen as it extends to the edge - I put both as banded (a first for me!) but feel free to correct.

3:00-4:45. Sunny, low 80s. Few butterflies, lots of ticks. Also three medium-sized brownish flybys.

3:30-4:35. Gardens were re-planted so not much at peak, but the lavender was attracting lots of whites and skippers. I was very surprised to see the American Snout - looked like it was possibly laying eggs on the hackberry tree, but there was also witch-hazel woven in the area. Also one angle-wing unidentified, and possibly some broken-dashes mixed in.

Hiked past gate along road to fire tower trail 10:30-noon
Clear skies
Birds very quiet
Permit required to hike watershed

banded hairstreaks today- no oak… possibly a viceroy but it was too fast to be certain. bflies very cooperative as I have the poorest camera.

9:30 AM - 2 PM; sunny, breezy, 75-80F. Loads of dogbane at the WOC but most butterflies on a little patch of Purple milkweed. A nice milkweed patch on Pleasant Plains Rd just N of the HQ driveway had only Least skippers and a Cabbage White.

Leaderless Walks (5 participants). Bright and sunny, 70°

late (5-7pm) dry and breezy. Between Maidenhead and Cold Soil parking lots. milkweed in bloom in many areas but butterfly #s low.

9:45-1:00, Sunny, upper 70s, low humidity. Wind increasing as the day went on.
Extensive dogbane in bloom along with a bit of milkweed. Plenty of azures and frits, but skippers were hard to come by.
2 photos of a single unidentified Hairstreak individual. Wondering if perhaps this is an Oak?
All photos by Mike Newlon.

[moderator]: Yes, it is an Oak Hairstreak. It's been a good year for them in both north and south NJ.

2:45 - 4:30 warm and breezy with sun and clouds. Lots of European Skippers, coppers, and blues feeding on and flying over the huge clover patches. Cool group of eastern tailed-blues puddling on the sand. 3 other dark skippers unidentified.

A very quick late walk around the main lake- if you think you have cicadas, they were truly deafening here. Had to find something with which to fashion ear plugs. Not too much flowering, though I did not go through the upper fields. Jewel weed, a bit of honeysuckle, spicebush, clovers.

2:30-5:00. Sunny and breezy, around 80 degrees. Most butterflies were nectaring on Milkweed and Dogbane. Much butterfly activity in extensive Dogbane patches around the Norway Spruce trees past the airline navigation beacon. Also lots of equestrian activity today.

10:45 to 2:00. Sunny. Excellent nectar at Dogbane and Canada Thistle. Common Milkweed mostly in bud.

10:45 to Noon, Sunny, Mostly Cool

11:30-12:20, sun and clouds, low 70s.

4:15. Roadside stop near patch of Canada Thistle. Our first sighting of 2nd brood of Meadow Frit.

3:20-4:10, mostly sunny, upper 70s. Also had one Lady sp.

Warm with sun and clouds. If you are looking for the cicadas this is an excellent spot - there were 100's in the fields and viewable at close range - the trees were also buzzing in some areas.

4 to 5 PM, Temp upper 70s

Cloudy, cool and breezy morning. Specific location not disclosed.

Partly sunny for the 1 1/2 hours I was there. Unfortunately, there are few flowers in bloom right now.

Dyson Track is off Quaker Bridge Rd, Mercer Butterfly Count Area.

2:10pm noticeable cooler and overcast.

12:20pm hike from parking area to Tower and back.

had an unknown anglewing sp. off the bridge that gave us the slip.

8-11 AM, overcast and cool, various locations in the Meadows

Warm and mostly sunny 4-6 pm. Checking for some harvesters at this location in the beech woods but no luck - the habitat looks quite promising though. Still a lot of activity in the many fields I checked.

70s and cloudy, zab was a female, missed a hairstreak in a Juniper, and possibly a duskywing sp. Another unidentified caterpillar

70s, cloudy… zab was a female. missed a hairstreak in a juniper and possibly a dusky wing…

9:30-1:30, overcast with fleeting brighter patches, 64-70º. 10 observers. Oak Hairstreak and swirls of fritillaries made up for the gloom and damp. 2 early instars of an Azure sp. seen on Black Cohosh flower buds. All photos by Wade Wander.