May 2022 Sightings

NABA flash trip (12 obs)

Jenny Jump State Forest
Warren County, NJ

9:30-1:00, sunny, high of 69. We enjoyed a spectacularly beautiful day, even without large numbers of butterflies. Migrant birds were also scarce, but a small group of warblers gave us some great looks. The sulphur and PC were seen later at the Beaver Brook section.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 10
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 10
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 12

Mike TRacy

Kittatinny Valley State Park
Sussex County, NJ

  • Harvester 1

Harvester

Garry Annibal, Lee Gaitskill, Jane Hurwitz

High Point State Park, near Kusner Natural Area
Sussex County, NJ

10:15 to 2:15 Sunny

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Spring Azure

Chao Fang

Mercer county park
Mercer County, NJ

11 to noon. No Falcate Orangetip in the power line area.

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
  • Pearl Crescent 2

Tom Halliwell

Kittatinny Valley SP
Sussex County, NJ

10:30 to 3:00. Mostly sunny to mostly cloudy; warm.

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 6
  • Harvester 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 15

Marge Barrett & Joe Burgiel

River-Bend Farm
Sussex County, NJ

Approximately Noon to 1PM; Warm with no wind.
Large amounts of Cypress Spurge present, but most of it not yet producing nectar.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • American Copper 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1

John J. Collins

Bull's Island State Park
Hunterdon County, NJ

Sunny in the 70's

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Question Mark 1

Tom Halliwell

Kittatinny Valley SP
Sussex County, NJ

10:00 to 3:30. Mostly sunny; partly cloudy later. Temps in mid 70s.

  • Cabbage White 10
  • Clouded Sulphur 6
  • Harvester 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • American Lady 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 12
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 1

John J. Collins

Fiddler's Creek/Hollystone Preserve
Mercer County, NJ

Sunny in the 70's

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 8

Joyce Cloughly

Sandy Hook
Monmouth County, NJ

12:30 - 4:15. Hazy sun and breezy, in the sixties. A very different result from the NABA trip on April 30th. Where did all those Henry's go! First Monarch I've seen this year.

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 4
  • American Copper 16
  • American Lady 3
  • Monarch 1

American Copper

Sharon & Wade Wander

Home garden, Fredon Twp.
Sussex County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Marjorie Barrett & Joe Burgiel

Delaware Watergap National Recreation Area--Roy Tract
Sussex County, NJ

Late Afternoon, Sunny, Warm

  • Cabbage White 5
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 10

Tom Halliwell & Mike Tracy

Kittatinny Valley SP
Sussex County, NJ

9:45 to 3:15. Sunny; temps upper 50s to ca. 70°. Quite breezy.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 15
  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Eastern Comma 5
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 5

John J. Collins

Hacklebarney State Park
Morris County, NJ

Cloudy in the high 60's

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

Juvenal's Duskywing

Michael Newlon

Passaic River Park - River Rd, Chatham Twp
Morris County, NJ

  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Marjorie Barrett & Joe Burgiel

White Lake
Warren County, NJ

A short walk in the late afternoon. Sunny & Warm.

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Sharon & Wade Wander

White Lake Park
Warren County, NJ

Brief visit in the latish afternoon. Partly sunny, mid-70s, but not much activity. Juniper Hairstreak nectaring on Cypress Spurge (and too skittish for photo).

  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 5

Sharon & Wade Wander

Hardwick Twp.
Warren County, NJ

One observed on Stone Bridge Rd. at the bridge. Others in hayfield on Old Orchard Rd.

  • Meadow Fritillary 3

Maria Loukeris

Canal Rd. AT trail
Sussex County, NJ

Orangetips, all male, in parking lot . Overcast, humid, warm. 8:30-10:30am

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1

Falcate Orangetip

Mike Tracy

Kittatinny Valley State Park
Sussex County, NJ

out taking photos of birds, odes and butterflies was not keeping track of species or numbers.

  • Giant Swallowtail 1

Giant Swallowtail

Mike Lee & C Wyluda

Pole Farm aka Mercer Meadows
Mercer County, NJ

70s and humid; clearwing moth;

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Nessuis Sphinx

Juvenal's Duskywing

Sharon & Wade Wander

Kittatinny Valley State Park
Sussex County, NJ

10:15-11:45, sun and clouds, high of 72º. Trail around Gardner's Pond.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2

Silver-spotted Skipper

Swallowtails

Juvenal's Duskywing

Maria Loukeris

Canal Rd. AT trail
Sussex County, NJ

Between parking lot and bridge. 2:30-3:00. Sunny, warm. males and females

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 8
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Falcate Orangetip

Dave DeSarno

Mountainside Park
Morris County, NJ

12:30-3:00 Mostly sunny with slight breeze. Dreamy Duskywing was a first for me! Possibly 2, as well as 2 other Duskywings in flight so no id. Spicebush Swallowtail was likely a male.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 21
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Dreamy Duskywing 1
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 4

Dreamy Duskywing

Sharon & Wade Wander

Frelinghuysen Forest Preserve
Warren County, NJ

Quick trip in late afternoon. Mostly sunny and low 70s. No Little Wood Satyrs or Common Ringlets yet but any day now.

  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • American Copper 3
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3

Stephen Buckingham

Newark Watershed (permit required), power line cut between Van Orden and Clinton Roads
Passaic County, NJ

2 to 4 pm. Sunny mid-70s, steady breeze. Probably more Juvenal's than 4.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4

Gray Hairstreak

Spicebush Swallowtail

Clouded Sulphur

Gray Hairstreak

1

Home garden and pollinator meadow, Fredon Township
Sussex County, NJ

Scattered observations throughout most of the day. Mostly sunny and seasonably warm. The Peck's Skipper was seen while mowing what passes for a lawn. We can't participate in a no mow May effort because with our battery powered mower waiting 31 days to mow is a definite no no.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Peck's Skipper 1

Sharon & Wade Wander

Home garden and pollinator meadow, Fredon Township
Sussex County, NJ

Observations included from May 18 and 19. The Juniper Hairstreak was briefly seen on the 18th and the more cooperative spanking brand new Red-banded seen on the 19th. This is the first May observation of Red-banded in our yard (all others have been end of July to September).

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Peck's Skipper 1

Red-banded Hairstreak

Red-banded Hairstreak

Mike Lee & C Wyluda

Baldpate Mountain--Ted Stiles Preserve, Mercer County, NJ
Mercer County, NJ

Only location of Black Cohosh was down on Red trail at far end where Blue trail meets.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Appalachian Azure 3
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Appalachian Azure

Appalachian Azure

Appalachian Azure

Barb Sendelbach

Lafayette - Backyard
Sussex County, NJ

This morning's humid sunshine brought some visitors to the blossoms. Unfortunately, most were camera shy. Two male Falcate Orangetips were patrolling the garden or fighting each other off. Early this morning I had my first Giant Silkworm Moths of the season. Two beautiful male Luna Moths showed up at the lights. They always make me smile :0

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Juvenal's Duskywing

Zabulon Skipper