Monthly Archives: July 2011

July Cooking: Heat & Butterflies

Yes, it’s been hot lately and more heat is coming this weekend, but July has been our group’s best month yet for diversity. With two days to go, we are already up to 65 species for the month, apparently our … Continue reading

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What do you see here?

A mystery photo along Rt 608 (Cape May County) by Will Kerling, 7/15/11 Can you tell what’s captured in this image by Will Kerling? No, it’s not a Salvador Dali-ian cartoon of a red-bearded lizard head with one eye and … Continue reading

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Alert about mosquito spraying from Pat Sutton

Pat Sutton has given permission to post her email from this morning (July 13) here: Hi Gang, Butterflies in our garden in Goshen, NJ (Cape May County), exploded in numbers by June 30th and have been abundant – plentiful – … Continue reading

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Those D—— Skippers!

Dion skipper on redroot, photo by Will Kerling, 7/6/11 South Jersey hosts three single-brooded and tough-to-find skippers whose common names begin with d, and two of them are flying now. The dusted skipper, Atyrtonopsis hianna, flies in very limited numbers … Continue reading

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The Pipevine S-tail Story Continues….

In our previous installment, when last we left our caterpillar heroes (“Pipevine Cats Mystery” June 23), they were climbing over pipevines in several gardens in South Jersey, munching as fast as they could. In our Port Republic garden, most of … Continue reading

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Here come the Frittish!

Great spangled fritillary at Reed's Beach, Cape May Co., photo by Tom Reed, 7/5/11. (Click to enlarge.) We picked up two different fritillary species in Salem County last week, and now thanks to Tom Reed’s find in his family’s yard … Continue reading

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June 2011 Compilation: so far, so good

Coral hairstreaks in tandem along the Atlantic Ave powerline in Egg Harbor Township (Atlantic Co) on June 23. June 30 is not quite halfway through the butterflyer’s year, so it’s too early for any final conclusions for 2011. Still, it’s … Continue reading

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Salem County: Hopping w/Leps

Bronze copper at Mannington Marsh, photo by Dave Amadio, 7/2/11. (Click to enlarge.) July has started just as June ended — with lots of of action recorded in our log from a wide variety of spots across South Jersey. The … Continue reading

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