Recent sightings

Apr 5

Andrew Block

parking lot, 10 Commerce Dr., New Rochelle
Westchester County, NY

  • Black Swallowtail 1
Apr 5

Sherry Cartwright

Allen Creeks Trail
Monroe County, IN

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Pipevine Swallowtails, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Zebra Swallowtail 12
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 6
  • Cabbage White 5
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 15
  • Orange Sulphur 8
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 22
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Gemmed Satyr 12
  • Dreamy Duskywing 1
Apr 4

Vinny Corsello

Appalachian Trail Lands From Canal Road To The Base Of Wawayanda Mountain, Vernon
Sussex County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 22
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Spring Azure 6
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
Apr 4

Vinny Corsello

Mountainside Park, Pequannock
Morris County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 16
  • Falcate Orangetip 21
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 5
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 18
Apr 4

Bob Grosek

Vestal Gravel Pitts
Broome County, NY

First Orange Sulphur of the year.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Orange Sulphur 1
Apr 3

Jim Springer

Allaire State Park
Monmouth County, NJ

Most of the Brown Elfins were found in openings sunning themselves on the sand and gravel.

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Henry's Elfin

  • Cabbage White 4
  • American Copper 1
  • Brown Elfin 35
  • Henry's Elfin 4
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Spring Azure 2
Apr 2

Troy Shively

Shawnee State Forest
Scioto County, OH

Very Early Silvery Blue and Roadside Skipper!

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Common Roadside-Skipper

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Brown Elfin

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Silvery Blue

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Dusky Azure

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Zebra Swallowtail 10+
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10+
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Orange Sulphur 5
  • Brown Elfin 6
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 7
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 10+
  • Spring Azure 3
  • Dusky Azure 4
  • Silvery Blue 3
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • American Lady 10+
  • Red Admiral 8
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 10+
  • Common Roadside-Skipper 1
Apr 2

Larry Gridley

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Here is my first ever Southern Dogface butterfly. I photographed it today 4-2-12.

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Southern Dogface

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 14
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 14
  • American Snout 8
  • Red Admiral 10
  • Red-spotted Admiral 8
  • Southern Pearly-eye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Little Wood-Satyr 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 6
Apr 1

Thomas Jantscher

Brinton Timber
Washington County, IA

Weather: 83°F, mostly sunny, calm
Habitat: Mature oak-hickory woods on steep Skunk River slopes

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 15
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 15
Apr 1

Craig Marks

R. Evans/Grandview Prairie WMA
Hempstead County, AR

This was a two day total for March 31 and April 1.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 5
  • Black Swallowtail 5
  • Giant Swallowtail 5
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Falcate Orangetip 3
  • Orange Sulphur abundant
  • Southern Dogface 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur abundant
  • Sleepy Orange 9
  • Frosted Elfin 20+
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak common
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 17
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Silvery Checkerspot 1
  • Pearl Crescent abundant
  • Question Mark 4
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Red Admiral 8
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Goatweed Leafwing 11
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr abundant
  • Monarch 20+
  • Northern Cloudywing common
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 5
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Northern Broken-Dash 1
  • Bell's Roadside-Skipper 15
Apr 1

Dave Hanson

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

Found by Mike Rickard

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Dark Kite-Swallowtail

  • Dark Kite-Swallowtail 1
Apr 1

Aaron Brees

Red Haw SP/WA
Lucas County, IA

  • Black Swallowtail 8
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Henry's Elfin 3
  • Spring Azure 10
  • Meadow Fritillary 3
Apr 1

Aaron Brees

Stephen's State Forest -- Lucas Unit
Lucas County, IA

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Sleepy Duskywing

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Horace's Duskywing

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Harvester

  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10
  • Cabbage White ++
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Harvester 2
  • Eastern Comma 14
  • Gray Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 2
  • Red Admiral 18
  • Sleepy Duskywing 4
  • Horace's Duskywing 22
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Apr 1

Mike Reese

Brockway Rd.
Jackson County, WI

American Lady was nectaring on trailing arbutus.

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Brown Elfin

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Hoary Elfin

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American Lady

  • Olympia Marble 20+
  • Brown Elfin 3
  • Hoary Elfin 3
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 3
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • American Lady 1
Mar 31

Tom Palmer

Okalocoochee Slough State Forest
Hendry County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 22
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 9
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 13
  • Viceroy 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 26
  • Soldier 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Zarucco Duskywing 2
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 23
  • Southern Broken-Dash 13
  • Sachem 4
  • Delaware Skipper 11
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Palmetto Skipper 7
  • Dun Skipper 7
  • Monk Skipper 2
  • Dusted Skipper 2
  • Twin-spot Skipper 18
  • Ocola Skipper 1
Mar 30

David L. Amadio

Wheelabrator Refuge, Westville
Gloucester County, NJ

Both Orangetips were males

  • Cabbage White 26
  • Falcate Orangetip 2
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Mourning Cloak 5
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
Mar 30

David L. Amadio

Riverwinds Scenic Trail, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Falcate Orangetips included 6 males & 1 female. Also observed an anglewing sp., likely E.Comma

  • Cabbage White 17
  • Falcate Orangetip 7
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • American Copper 21
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Mourning Cloak 5
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
Mar 30

Jim Springer

Woodland Twp
Burlington County, NJ

White M Hairstreak is rare at this location.

  • Brown Elfin 6
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
Mar 30

Jim Springer

Warren Grove Recreation Area
Ocean County, NJ

New early date for Hoary Elfin in the state.

  • Brown Elfin 12
  • Hoary Elfin 7
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 3
Mar 30

Steven Rosenthal

sand dunes at the turnaround, West End of Jones Beach State Park
Nassau County, NY

spring form "vernalis" fide Rich Kelly; windy with temperatures in the low 50s

  • Checkered White 4
Mar 29

Rose and Jerry Payne

private property
Bibb County, GA

Southern Cloudywing was a 1st of the year. Yucca Giant-Skipper was observed laying eggs.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 11
  • Sleepy Orange 12
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 31
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 35
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • Gemmed Satyr 5
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 4
Mar 29

Mara Meisel

Rose River Fire Road, within 1.5 mile from boundary, Shenandoah National Park
Madison County, VA

Rick Frederick & I saw these butterflies today. The White-M Hairstreak (photo) is uncommon here; Silver-Spotted Skipper was first of season, & early.

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  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • West Virginia White 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 5
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Mar 28

Ann Thering

Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County, WI

  • Olympia Marble 35+
  • Spring Azure 4
Mar 28

Dan Sonnenberg

Page Creek SNA
Marquette County, WI

Early date

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Olympia Marble

  • Olympia Marble 4
Mar 27

Harry Zirlin

Pelham Bay
Bronx County, NY

White M Hairstreak is early and unusual in NYC

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • White M Hairstreak 1
Mar 27

Bart Jones

Eagle Lake Wildlife Management Area
Shelby County, TN

This is a full 3 months earlier than previous first of year date for the Phaon Crescent.

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Phaon Crescent

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Zebra Swallowtail

  • Zebra Swallowtail 7
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Clouded Sulphur 8
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
  • American Snout 1
  • Phaon Crescent 10
  • Pearl Crescent 100+
  • Question Mark 2
  • American Lady 2
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1
  • Monarch 4
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
Mar 27

Craig Marks

Blackwater River State Forest
Santa Rosa County, FL

Thanks to Mary Ann Friedman for directions.

  • Polydamas Swallowtail abundant
  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Brown Elfin 3
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 5-10
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 5
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Dusky Roadside-Skipper 1
Mar 25

Jim Monroe

Paleo Hammock
St. Lucie County, FL

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Long-tailed Skipper

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Whirlabout

  • Giant Swallowtail 15
  • Great Southern White 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 7
  • Zebra Heliconian 40
  • Carolina Satyr 35
  • Monarch 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 40
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 8
  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Whirlabout 5
  • Southern Broken-Dash 5
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 8
Mar 25

Mike Reese, Ken Tennessen

Brockway Rd.
Jackson County, WI

Both Elfins were early records for Wisconsin.

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Brown Elfin

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Spring Azure

  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1
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