Category Archives: Lycaenids

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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New Jersey’s First Great Purple Hairstreak Since….?

Beth Polvino shook up NJ’s butterfly community on June 15 when she found and photo’d a great purple hairstreak, one of the most beautiful and sought-after butterflies in all North America, nectaring on Coreopsis in her garden in North Cape … Continue reading

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Ninety-One Species So Far

Will Kerling has very kindly compiled our list of all species reported to our log so far this year in South Jersey. Here’s his report. Thank you, Will! As of September 19, I think that we have the 91 species … Continue reading

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March 2016 Compilation

Two snowstorms, several hard rains, a mix of cold winds from the northwest and warm winds from the south, and wildly-swinging temperatures (from the low 20’s to 80+) made for an exciting month for butterflying in South Jersey. According to … Continue reading

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Nine Species in Nine Days — an Early-March Outburst

In the first nine days of March South Jersey witnessed both a three-inch+ snowstorm and record-setting heat. Meanwhile, our intrepid observers wiped the snowflakes off their binoculars, stripped down to their short-sleeves, and documented nine different species of butterflies flying … Continue reading

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The Butterflies of January

  Will Kerling has looked back over our January records, 2008-2016, and compiled this interesting report: We have recorded ten butterfly species in January since our log’s start in 2008. Eight were recorded at least once from 2008-2015, and so … Continue reading

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A December to Remember

Dave Amadio has reviewed and compiled our records for the month.  His report:   I couldn’t resist reviewing the stats on this amazing December: First off we had 4 “1st ever for December” species: Summer Azure Eastern Tailed-Blue Blueberry Azure … Continue reading

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Field Trip Report: Heislerville Migration 10-7-15

We came, we saw, and we contemplated. Jack Miller led a half dozen of us on an investigation of the butterfly migration along Bay Avenue in Maurice River Township and in other, nearby spots on October 7. We were searching … Continue reading

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September 2015 Photo Gallery

Among its many other advantages, David Reese’s new logging system allows us to share our photographs much more easily than we could previously. You can see all 70+ photographs posted by our observers in September 2015 by going to our … Continue reading

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Late July to mid-August Photo Gallery

As always, SJBF Project photographers have been documenting sightings throughout our area. Here are just few of their recent shots — with at least one from each of our eight counties. Thanks to these contributors for passing along their photos. … Continue reading

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