Recent sightings
Fred Pfeifer
Garret Mountain
Passaic County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 8
Keith Richmond and Jim Springer
Julian L. Capik Natural Area, Sayreville
Middlesex County, NJ
74°F, sunny, breeze, 3:15-4:45pm
One orangetip was working the prevalent roadside dandelions.
- Cabbage White 4
- Falcate Orangetip 6
- Eastern Pine Elfin 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Spring Azure 3
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Sleepy Duskywing 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 4
Keith Richmond and Jim Springer
Deep Run Preserve, Old Bridge
Middlesex County, NJ
74°F, sunny, 2pm-3pm
Female orangetip nectaring on cress and rejecting advances of male.
- Falcate Orangetip 12
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Spring Azure 1
Keith Richmond and Jim Springer
Jamesburg Park Conservation Area
Middlesex County, NJ
Sunny, wind picked up mid-day. 63-72°F, 10:30am -12:45am
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Spring Azure 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 5
Jane Hurwitz
Home Garden Bernardsville
Somerset County, NJ
FOY Eastern Tiger Swallowtail for home garden at 8:30 AM.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Tom Halliwell
Jenny Jump SF
Warren County, NJ
Sunny, warm (c. 70°), and rather windy. The orangetips were all flying so the count is a guesstimate of the number of different individuals.
- Cabbage White 2
- Falcate Orangetip 7
- Spring Azure 3
Fred Pfeifer
Garret Mountain
Passaic County, NJ
Seen along Ridge. A short distance from where the Black Swallowtail was last week.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 6
Sharon & Wade Wander
White Lake Natural Area, Hardwick Twp.
Warren County, NJ
11:00-12:00, sun and clouds, about 60 degrees. Pretty slow! There is an Osprey nest on the cell tower beyond the southern end of the lake.
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Spring Azure 1
Jack McKee and Jim Springer
Allaire State Park
Monmouth County, NJ
Exploring the state of previously good butterfly sites within the park , much of the undergrowth has been decimated by deer browsing, trails on southern side of park heavily used by trail bikers 59°F, cloudy
Azures appeared to be females and where found on American Holly.
- Cabbage White 1
- Spring Azure 2
C Wyluda & M. Lee
D & R Canal StatePark, Kingston Locktender's House
Mercer County, NJ
near this location, this park is in 3 different counties, fyi
10:30-12, flowers blooming but no butterfly variety
- Cabbage White 3
- Cabbage White 5
- Falcate Orangetip 1
- Eastern Pine Elfin 1
- Spring Azure 4
- Mourning Cloak 2
- Sleepy Duskywing 1
- Juvenal's Duskywing 1
Mike Lee & C Wyluda
Negri-Nepote Grassland Preserve
Somerset County, NJ
- Cabbage White 12
- Mourning Cloak 1
Sharon & Wade Wander
Appalachian Trail toward fire tower from Millbrook Gap, DWGNRA, Hardwick Twp.
Warren County, NJ
11:00-12:00, mostly cloudy, high 50s. A couple of brief peeks of sun. Lots of Trailing Arbutus in bloom - it sat still but the Brown Elfin didn't.
- Brown Elfin 1
- Spring Azure 1
Tom Halliwell
Crystal Springs County Park
Hunterdon County, NJ
11:30 to 12:30. Mostly cloudy. Cool & breezy.
- Cabbage White 25+
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
Fred Pfeifer
Garret Mountain
Passaic County, NJ
Male Black Swallowtail found on top of ridge while birding 12 noon.
Cabbage Whites throughout the park.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 12
Sharon & Wade Wander
Frelinghuysen Forest Preserve, Frelinghuysen Twp.
Warren County, NJ
10:15-11:00, sunny, about 60º.
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Eastern Pine Elfin 1
Henry Kindervatter
Mercer County Park
Mercer County, NJ
I arrived around 3:30 pm on a sunny, warm (70º afternoon). No sooner had I stepped out of the car than a Falcate orangetip butterfly did a fly-by. There were no significant nectar sources, so all sightings were of moving insects, apart from a mating pair of Cabbage whites that briefly landed before flying off before I could get a photo.
- Cabbage White 5
- Falcate Orangetip 7
Joyce Cloughly
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, roads and fields
Monmouth County, NJ
2:15-4:30. Sunny, in the low seventies. Lots and lots of Cabbage Whites and that was it.
- Cabbage White 68
Sharon & Wade Wander
Jenny Jump State Forest
Warren County, NJ
1:30-3:15, sunny, low 60s. Southern half of the Summit Trail. Not a lot of activity considering the beautiful day. 2 male orangetips, 1 unknown. Great display of Dutchman’s Breeches, nice Cutleaf Toothwort, Early Saxifrage.
- Cabbage White 3
- Falcate Orangetip 3
- Spring Azure 7
- Eastern Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
C Wyluda
Fiddler's Creek Preserve, Hopewell Twp.
Mercer County, NJ
nothing new- cherry trees in bloom, spring ephemerals (blood root, cut tooth, trout lilies)
- Cabbage White 6
- Eastern Comma 1
Eastern Tiger Swllowtail was nectaring on barberry.