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June 2011 Compilation: so far, so good

Posted on July 5, 2011 by connorj

Coral hairstreaks in tandem along the Atlantic Ave powerline in Egg Harbor Township (Atlantic Co) on June 23. June 30 is not quite halfway through the butterflyer’s year, so it’s too early for any final conclusions for 2011. Still, it’s … Continue reading →

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Early Fiery Caps FOY Run

Posted on June 14, 2011 by connorj

Fiery skipper on common milkweed at Wheelabrator Refuge, Gloucester, 6/12/11, photo by Dave Amadio. We have had several first-of-the-season observations in the last few days: coral hairstreak, white-m hairstreak, northern broken dash, broad-winged skipper, and — most surprisingly — fiery … Continue reading →

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Cape May NABA Count 7-24-19

Posted on July 30, 2019 by connorj

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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A Backward Glance at 2017

Posted on March 6, 2018 by connorj

As of March 6, 2018, our “un-butterfly” weather continues. It has been so regularly cold, windy, rainy, icy, snowy, or all of the above that we have records for flying butterflies on only three days so far this year: Feb … Continue reading →

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“Questionable” Commas in Ontario

Posted on May 16, 2017 by connorj

Rick Cavasin, Ontario butterflyer extraordinaire, has sent us a very interesting response to the March post, “Questionable Commas.” He has found and documented several different variations on the “punctuation marks” on Polygonia. I [am sending along] a photo of a … Continue reading →

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Questionable Commas

Posted on March 10, 2017 by connorj

We have had two reports recently about confusing Polygonia — individuals showing eastern comma patterns on their dorsal side and what looks like a question mark on the ventral. Chip Krilowicz photo’d one and Jack Miller photo’d the other. Jack … 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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Ninety-One Species So Far

Posted on September 19, 2016 by connorj

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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June Compilation: 70 Species/One Month

Posted on July 10, 2014 by connorj

We compiled an excellent list in June 2014 with 70 species found. That broke our all-time high for June (old record = 69 in June 2012), marked only the second time we have ever reached 70 species in a single … Continue reading →

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Early & Late Dates, Each Species, 2008-2022

Posted on January 7, 2014 by connorj

The spreadsheet at the first link below lists each year’s early and late dates for all 108 (109?) butterfly species we have found so far in South Jersey, 2008-2022. The column for First Dates 2022 shows the species as they … Continue reading →