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Author Archives: connorj
Redbud, Hollies, & Green Henry’s
Brian Johnson’s recent night-time shot of a Henry’s elfin with green highlights inspired some reading into a spring-season butterfly mystery that has surfaced now and again on our Sightings Log for several years. The mystery revolves around two questions: What … Continue reading
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A New Butterfly for South Jersey
Thanks to Kathy Horn’s sharp eyes and quick-thinking camera work, we have added a new species to our South Jersey Butterfly Project’s all-time list, the southern broken-dash, Wallengrenia otho. Our log is in its 15th year, so new species — … Continue reading
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Are The Anglewings In Sync?
Our two local anglewings, the eastern comma and the question mark, show many similarities besides their physical resemblance: They share a mostly-overlapping range with each other, south from Maine to Florida and west to the Dakotas, and are the most … Continue reading
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Jack Miller: Some Thoughts On South Jersey’s Dion Skippers
[Update (8-3-21): In response to Jack Miller’s post below, Dale Schweitzer has kindly provided his own thoughts about the host plant for Euphyes dion in our area. See the end of this post for his comments. Any observer observing ovipositing … Continue reading
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A Halfway Point Check: Who’s Missing?
As of the morning of July 1, our South Jersey Log’s list includes 81 species for 2021. We had found 82 species at this time last year. A quick review of the species not yet recorded for 2021 that we … Continue reading
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Sharon Wander Makes Skipper ID Easier
Sharon Wander has pulled together an amazingly helpful, informative, and easy-to-use document focused on New Jersey’s grass skippers. You can find it on the NABA-NJ Resources page (where you will find lots of other good stuff): NABA-NJ Resources Page Or, … Continue reading
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Five Ways Of Understanding South Jersey’s Azures
[This post has been updated as on 5-5-21 to include the responses of Dale Schweitzer and Wade Wander, now to be found below “Sources“ at the end of the article] “How many different azure species are there in South Jersey?” … Continue reading
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Wade Wander: The Cicadas Are Coming
Get ready, everyone! Sometime in the next month or so, Brood X periodical cicadas should emerge from underground, where they have been feeding on tree roots since 2004. According to the University of Connecticut’s newest map, Brood X ranges from … Continue reading
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A Male Monarch Mystery?
[This post has been updated as of 5/29/20. See Comments from Emile DeVito and Jack Miller below — and a link to Journey North with further information.] Kathy Horn’s photograph above sparked a search for comments or other photos on … Continue reading
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Log Sightings & Park Closures
[May 2 Update: Governor Murphy re-opened the state parks today. Leaving the note below for future reference.] South Jersey Butterflyers & Friends, As everyone knows, we are living through a disorienting and frightening time. Decisions that were so simple two … Continue reading
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