Category Archives: First Emergences

A Halfway Point Check: Who’s Missing?

Posted on July 4, 2021 by connorj

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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Marching Back To 2012

Posted on April 6, 2020 by connorj

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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SJBF Project Compilation for 2018

Posted on February 7, 2019 by connorj

First Some Good Memories: The explosion of Brazilian skippers in CMY, in many gardens growing Canna, seems what most of us will remember longest about 2018. [See earlier posts on this blog for the details.] Stay tuned in 2019 and for … Continue reading →

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Beth Polvino: Documenting My Brazilian Skippers

Posted on September 17, 2018 by connorj

Beth Polvino has tracked and photographed the entire sequence of Brazilian skippers in her garden in North Cape May this year: from eggs to adults (still continuing). Until this year the species was not known to breed in NJ. Thanks … Continue reading →

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A Slow, Cold Spring…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by connorj

Thanks to Jack Miller and to Michael Gochfeld for their help in assembling this post. Our South Jersey Butterfly Project log’s numbers so far this year seem good evidence of the simple truth that temperature affects butterfly activity – … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon?

Posted on April 11, 2018 by connorj

I unplugged the heaters from the yard’s bird baths the other day. Wishful thinking! Both were frozen solid this morning. Needless to say, 2018 has been a late-starting butterfly year. As of noon, today, April 11, SJBP observer/reporters have found … Continue reading →

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Early and Late Dates, Each Year, 2008-2016

Posted on January 22, 2017 by connorj

The spreadsheet at the first link below lists each year’s early and late dates for all 106 butterfly species we have found so far in South Jersey, 2008-2016. The extreme dates are in color: Green = earliest date we have … Continue reading →

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August 2016 Compilation

Posted on September 4, 2016 by connorj

August 2016 seemed a good month for butterflies and butterfly observers in South Jersey, despite the heat and general lack of rain. We compiled our highest total of reports this year (460+) and observers (40), and we documented 64 species … Continue reading →

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July Compilation

Posted on August 11, 2016 by connorj

Let me start with a shout-out to Jack Miller who compiled observers and species for the month and also helped select the photos for this month’s gallery. Thank you, JM! Twenty-eight observers contributed to the log in July 2016: Cynthia … Continue reading →

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June Compilation

Posted on July 10, 2016 by connorj

As cold, wet May 2016 fell behind us, the weather turned better in early June and, for the most part, stayed that way. In fact, June 2016 seemed a butterfly-chaser’s dream month: filled with bright, pleasantly warm, and mostly dry … Continue reading →

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