Will Kerling photo’d this orange sulphur, apparently a survivor of Hurricane Sandy on 10-31-12, two days after the storm made landfall.
Superstorm Sandy’s high winds, devastating surf, and extensive damage to dunes, beaches, houses, businesses, parks, and wildlife areas meant October 2012 ended with bad news. Until those last few days, we were having another excellent month.
Observers reported 47 species in October, several on new late dates:
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black swallowtail
tiger swallowtail (new late date: 10-6)
spicebush swallowtail
cabbage white
clouded sulphur
orange sulphur
cloudless sulphur
little yellow (multiple reports for 5th month)
sleepy orange
American copper
white-m hairstreak
gray hairstreak
red-banded hairstreak
eastern tailed-blue
summer azure
American snout
variegated fritillary
pearl crescent
questionmark
eastern comma
mourning cloak
American lady
painted lady
red admiral
common buckeye
red-spotted purple
viceroy
monarch
silver-spotted skipper
long-tailed skipper (93 reports and new late date: 10-24)
Horace’s duskywing (new late date: 10-24)
wild indigo duskywing (new late date: 10-25)
common checkered skipper
swarthy skipper
clouded skipper (new late date:10-14)
least skipper
fiery skipper
Peck’s skipper
tawny-edged skipper (new l.d.: 10-5)
little glassywing (new l.d.:10-11)
sachem
zabulon skipper
broad-winged skipper (new l.d.:10-5)
dun skipper
Brazilian skipper (app. 4 different individuals)
saltmarsh skipper
Ocola skipper
Fresh cloudless sulphur egg photo’d by Will Kerling on 10-26-12.
Our total of 2287 records for the month brought our total for the year to 18,000+, already 5K more than our previous high for a single year (13,400 in 2010) — and we have November and December yet to come.
Thanks to each of who contributed your observations in October, 2012:
Amy Gaberlain
Anita Richmond
Brian Johnson
Chip Krilowicz
Chris Herz
Chris Tonkinson
Clay Sutton
Cynthia Allen
Dave Amadio
Dick Walton
Donna Desjardins
Donna Grygiel
Elle McGee
Evelyn Fowles
Gabe Johnson
Jack Connor
Jackie Parker
Jean Gutsmuth
Jesse Connor
Jim Dowdell
Keith Richmond
Mike Crewe
Mike Fowles
Mike Hannisen
Michael O’ Brien
Pat Sutton
Pat Amadio
Peter Bosak
Rhea Doherty
Sam Galick
Sandra Keller
Shawn Wainwright
Steve Glynn
Tiffany Kersten
Will Kerling
Keep them coming, everyone.
Here’s a significant find that came in a little late to be included in our original compilation of September reports: a sleepy orange found and photo’d by Deni Regensburg in her garden in Ocean View on 9-28-12. This record will be added into the end-of-year compilation.
For the full spreadsheet for October, go to the link below and hit the + sign for easier viewing: