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Author Archives: connorj
Marching Back To 2012
We recorded 19 species in March, 2020, the best count for the third month of the year since March 2016, when we also found 19. We also broke three earliest First-Of-Year records for the log and tied two others. Our … Continue reading
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A Snoutstanding Winter
As of March 20, the first official full day of spring 2020, we can point to a startling sequence of numbers that spanned the South Jersey winter of 2019-2020: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, … Continue reading
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Not A Banner Year For Skippers
The numbers for reports and individual totals of all skippers are now included in the chart comparing the numbers of all species of butterflies seen in 2019 with their ten-year averages, 2009-2018. For the spreadsheet and an explanation of what … Continue reading
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Our Log’s Greatest One-Day Flight (so far)
Our new ten-year-averages chart is available at the link on the banner above, comparing the 2019 numbers of all species reported in 2019 with their average counts from 2009-2018. Thanks again to David Reese for modifying his reporting system so … Continue reading
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A “Teaser Challenge” for Ten-Year-Averages Report Coming Soon
Thanks to good work by David Reese, who has tweaked his already wonderful reporting system, we are now able to post our Early & Late Dates Spreadsheet more quickly and accurately. You can find the 2019 update at either the … Continue reading
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Updates of Guides to Pollinator Plants & Butterfly Host Plants for South Jersey
Butterfly gardening time is not all that far away, as all experienced gardeners know. As of January 16, Jesse Connor has updated her guide to the best pollinator plants in South Jersey and her guide to the best host plants. … Continue reading
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Cape May NABA Count 7-24-19
Michael O’Brien has kindly shared his Compiler’s report of the butterflies seen on the Cape May NABA Count on July 24 — including four record highs and a new species for the count’s all-time total. Here’s his report: Cape May, NJ. Yr. … Continue reading
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Milkweed’s True Dependents
The milkweed flowering season has peaked now — for common milkweed, at least — and will fade to a close over the next few weeks. By mid-July or so all those butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, ants, soldier beetles, and flower … Continue reading
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Pollinator Plant List for Butterfly Gardeners in South Jersey
Jesse Connor has pulled together a list of the best pollinator plants in South Jersey to complement her list of the best butterfly host plants posted last month. See the document for her interest in your observations and suggestions. Jesse … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Host Plant List for Gardeners
Jesse Connor put together the list at the link below for the Southeast Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey. Since it is already time for butterfly gardeners to consider what plants they might like to add to … Continue reading
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