Category Archives: Pierids

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!

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December 2012 Compilation

Black swallowtail caterpillar photo’d by Will Kerling on 12-22-12 in Cape May Point. (When will we see the first flying adults of this species in 2013?) Nine butterfly species flew in South Jersey in December: cabbage white orange sulphur cloudless … Continue reading

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Will K on Year’s Close

Red admiral photo’d by Will Kerling on 12-4-12 at Cape May Point. This species will apparently be the last recorded this year — on 12-23-12, also by Will. Will Kerling has been carefully following the persistence of four species of … Continue reading

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Congratulations to all of us!

Sam Galick photo’d this leucistic monarch among the many thousands of monarchs seen at Cape May on 9-29-12. Update (10-8-12): Link to September compilation now included here (scroll about 4/5 down). Whew, thank goodness for a rainy day this morning … Continue reading

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Straying or Stretching?

Long-tailed skipper missing its tails photo’d by Cynthia Allen in her garden on 9-3-12. A second long-tailed skipper, with both tails, photo’d by Cynthia in her garden the very next day, 9-4-12. The northernmost area of the species’ regular breeding … Continue reading

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The Year of the Pierid?

This sleepy orange, found and photo’d by Jim Dowdell in his yard in Cape May County 8-23-12 and 8-24-12, gives us 91 species for 2012 and seems to complete our sweep of the pierids possible in South Jersey, unless….. Will … Continue reading

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Mid-August Gallery

Little yellow, photo’d up close and personal by Will Kerling at Cape May Courthouse, 8-11-12. The last ten days or so have provided such a whirlwind of butterfly events that it’s hard to keep track of them all, including: *** … Continue reading

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ENSP Survey of Checkered Whites

As of Monday 8-6-12, this post has been updated with new info from Robert Somes. See below for more details than previously posted: Following some tips from Chip Krilowicz and others, Robert Somes of NJ’s Endangered & Non-Game Species Program … 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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