Monthly Archives: June 2013

Where Have You Gone, Hoary Edge?

What’s happening with hoary edge skippers? Not so long ago — fifteen years ago or so — Achalarus lyciades seemed to be a species South Jersey butterflyers could hope to spot somewhere during the year, given just a little luck. … Continue reading

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Appreciating The Taken-For-Granted

Outliers and oddball individuals — the rare and hard-to-find, the wildly-lost strays, the early emergers, and the late, last survivors — tend to become the focus of attention in butterflyers’ conversations (and on this blog). It’s good to remember, therefore, … Continue reading

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Staying or Straying?

Last weekend’s re-appearance of great spangled fritillary in Marilyn Patterson’s garden in Alloway, as documented by Steve Glynn’s lovely photos, sparks the question above. Steve’s report makes only the 18th for the species since the log began in 2008. Ten … Continue reading

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Five Years of Satyrium Hairstreaks By County

The reports of banded hairstreaks in Camden County in the last several days from Dave Amadio and Chris Herz announced the opening of our Satyrium season and sparked me to look back at our five years of reports of this … Continue reading

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But On Second Thought….

The last post below about European skippers from the other day represents the state of knowledge from last week… and now that understanding seems so obsolete! Will Kerling’s find on June 5 sparked at least four other SJBFers to get … Continue reading

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Abundant Elsewhere, Why So Rare Here?

Will Kerling’s recent find of European skipper in Cape May Courthouse makes the first report for this year and only the third of the last three years. In fact, we have had so few other sightings in our 5+ years … Continue reading

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Our blog is up again & January-May Compilation

Yes, the blog is live again, having migrated from our old url to this one.     Between January 1 and May 31, we compiled 1900+ reports of 57 species and 5900+ individuals. (At least three species have been added … Continue reading

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