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Category Archives: ID Challenges & Tips
Limenitis Complexities
A “white admiral” butterfly in South Jersey? Photo by Kerri Sellers, Rancocas Nature Center, 8-2-12 Kerri Sellers of the Rancocas Nature Center managed to photo the eye-catching butterfly above with her cell phone on Thursday, Aug 2. The Nature Center … Continue reading
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July 2012 Compilation: A Pierid Festival
Can you name the butterfly species in this beautiful photo by Harvey Tomlinson from 7-21-12 at Bunker Pond, Cape May Point State Park? Answer below. Thirty-four observers contributed a truly remarkable total of 3210 reports, the most we have ever … Continue reading
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Uh-oh — Look-Alike Skippers On The Wing
Two photos by Will Kerling at Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve in the past week of two close look-alike skippers. According to Will, and confirmed by David Wright, one is a crossline skipper, the other a tawny-edged. Which is which, do … Continue reading
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Can you name either of these butterflies?
An anglewing, sp. photo’d by Harvey Tomlinson in the Great Swamp (Morris Co) on 4-21-12 Harvey Tomlinson has sent along the photo above as an unsolved puzzle: Is it a comma or a question mark? He points out that the … Continue reading
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And now we have ten…
Photo by Mike Crewe, 12-4-11, at the Beanery in Cape May That last blog entry (“Double-Digit December?” below) proved obsolete almost as soon as it was posted. Mike Crewe has reported a tenth species for December — a clouded sulphur … Continue reading
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Oddball Azure
What is it? Photograph by Will Kerling in Vineland on 9-14-11 Imagine you stumble on this guy nectarting on goldenrod somewhere in southern New Jersey. What is it? Could it be a butterfly from the Caribbean brought here by Hurricane … Continue reading
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