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Author Archives: connorj
August 2013 Compilation
August 2013 was another very good month for butterflying in South Jersey. We found 61 species during the month (one more than last August’s good count of 60). We also totaled 3680+ reports, topping last August’s excellent total of 3300+ and … Continue reading
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Kevin Karlson you need not be: the value of blurry photos
Dave Amadio sent in the following note with his photos above: “Had the giant swallowtail again this afternoon [8-30-13] at Wheelabrator in Westville. I am somewhat embarrassed to send such poor images. Kevin Karlson I am not! In my defense, … Continue reading
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Mix of Late August Pix
Thanks to these photographers and the others of you who have been sending along photos to share. Anyone willing to post a photo on the blog or log is invited to send them along to nacotejackATgmailDOTcom. I need them in … Continue reading
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Young Leps….
… can be worth a photo long before they fly! Photographers willing to share their shots on this blog or our log please send along to nacotejackATgmailDOTcom. Thank you!
Posted in Eggs, Cats, Chrysalids, Host Plants, Moths, Nymphalids, Pierids, Swallowtails
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One Odd Azure
Yes, the date above is correct. The photo was taken just last week — August 16th, not March 16th or April 16th. Jim Dowdell and Clay Sutton found the odd-looking azure on that date at the Atlantic City Airport (while … Continue reading
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2000+ Reports for August…and still counting
August has been good for us so far: as of 8-19-13 we have more than 2000 individual reports, including our first Ocola skipper for the year (found by Chris Tonkinson in the CMBO garden on 8-15-13), the first bronze copper … Continue reading
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July 2013: 70+ species for the first time
July 2013 was an excellent month for butterflies in South Jersey– as our log and contributing observers proved. We found 71 species during the month, a new record high for any single month (topping our previous high of 67, … Continue reading
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Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
What a show! Our most eye-catching butterfly seems to be flying wherever you look — and in numbers not seen in many years. We don’t have daily/monthly data going back before our log began, but we do have numbers for … Continue reading
At its northeastern limits?
The scarcity of observations we have so far this year for Hayhurst’s scallopwing (only 9 as of 7-22-13) and Jesse Amesbury’s recent photo from his backyard inspired a look-back at our records for the species. In five and a half … Continue reading
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Weekend Adventurers
At least a dozen of our contributing observers were out in the field over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, and we had some cool finds. Brian Johnson may have invented a new mode of butterfly-chasing as he brought his surfboard … Continue reading
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