![Falcate orange-tip, Heislerville, April 21, 2014, photo'd by Harvey Tomlinson.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/HTomlinsonFalcate-Orangetip-1024x934.jpg)
Falcate orange-tip, Heislerville (CMY), photo’d by Harvey Tomlinson on April 21, 2014.
Is there a lovelier time of year in South Jersey than late April? Our first flowering plants — high-bush blueberry, shadbush, sassafras, trailing arbutus, dwarf cinquefoil, various violets, and others — are blooming; black cherry and other trees and shrubs have their first leaves emerging; all the world looks fresh; and butterfly-chasers can hope to find something new on every expedition.
![JMillerHenryselfinnectaring](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/JMillerHenryselfinnectaring.jpg)
Henry’s elfin nectaring on blueberry at Belleplain State Forest (CMY), photo’d by Jack Miller on
April 21, 2014.
![Blueberry azure, High's Beach (CMY), photo'd by Will Kerling on April 22, 2014.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/WKerlingblueberryazure-1024x680.jpg)
Blueberry azure, High’s Beach (CMY), photo’d by Will Kerling on April 22, 2014.
![Holly azure, Gus's Beach Road (CMY), photo'd by Will Kerling on April 22, 2014.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/WKerlinghollyazure-1024x680.jpg)
Holly azure, Gus’s Beach Road (CMY), photo’d by Will Kerling on April 22, 2014.
![Juvenal's duskywing, Dennisville RR (CMY) photo'd by Bruce Ripley (visiting naturalist from Ontario) on April 23, 2014.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/BruceRipleyjuvenalsduskywing.jpg)
Juvenal’s duskywing, Dennisville RR (CMY) photo’d by Bruce Ripley (visiting naturalist from Ontario) on
April 23, 2014.
![HTomlinsonHoary Elfin2](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/HTomlinsonHoary-Elfin2-969x1024.jpg)
Hoary elfin on bearberry at Whiting (OCN), photo’d by Harvey Tomlinson on April 24, 2014.
![Blueberry azure egg on high-blueberry, Old Port Road, Port Republic (ATL) photo'd by Jack Connor on April 26, 2014.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/IMG_1630_edited-1-1024x682.jpg)
Blueberry azure egg on high-bush blueberry, Old Port Road, Port Republic (ATL) photo’d by Jack Connor on April 26, 2014.
![Juniper hairstreak on Woodcock Trail (CMY), photo'd by Will Kerling on April 27, 2014.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/WKerlingjuniperhrstrk042714-1024x680.jpg)
Juniper hairstreak on Woodcock Trail (CMY), photo’d by Will Kerling on April 27, 2014.
![Eastern-tailed blues mating, Riverwinds Scenic Trail (GLO), photo'd by Dave Amadio on April 27, 2014.](https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/files/2014/04/DAmadioetbluesmating042514.jpg)
Eastern tailed-blues mating, Riverwinds Scenic Trail (GLO), photo’d by Dave Amadio on April 27, 2014.