Cape May, NJ Trip - Butterflies

 I had a super few days in Cape May last week. Here are some of the 15 species of butterflies I saw while there. I sure wish I'd seen more Monarch's but I saw really great numbers of Ocola's, Long-tailed and Fiery's to make up for the Monarch's.

I had a super few days in Cape May last week. Here are some of the 15 species of butterflies I saw while there. I sure wish I'd seen more Monarch's but I saw really great numbers of Ocola's, Long-tailed and Fiery's to make up for the Monarch's.

Center front garden from my former home

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Long-tailed

Ocola

Fiery

American Lady

Monarch

Red Admiral

Ocola

Black Swallowtail

Long Tailed

My Yard ~ American Lady

 Yesterday, in my yard there was an American Lady that eclosed. Picture of AL with the wings open shows the liquid it was expressing as it pumped up it's wings. Seen on the leaves under it.

More Recent Butterflies

Reakirt's Blue

Gulf Fritillary

American Lady

Checkered White

Dun Skipper

Checkered White

Dainty Yellow

Sleepy Orange

Orange Sulphur

Sleepy Orange

Red Admiral

Northern Cloudywing

 

Cape May Point ~ Harvard Avenue Garden

 Harvard Avenue Garden ~ 3 southern strays _ Fiery, Ocola & Long-tailed. I wished I could have gone into the yard as there was a Giant Swallowtail flyby but my pictuures were very blurry so the good documenetation wasn't there. And, even though I was hanging out, it never came out front to the sidewalk again. And, to think, I almost didn't go back here today since yesterday here only had 2 butterflies species.

Long-tailed

American Lady

Fiery

Ocola

Ocola

Monarch

Lancaster County Butterflies ~ Holtwood Nature Perserve

 I was shocked to go back and find the main field with butterfly weed and other wildflowers has been mostly cut to the ground in prime season for the butterflies. I was told by a Nature Conservancy volunteer, they planted them by mistake instead of the grasses they received a grant to plant so are the staff are cutting everything now so they can replant in Oct. Very sad not to wait another 4-6 weeks.  Below are some of the butterflies from the day.  I missed missing any Zebra swallowtails but happy to see mating Sleepy Orange.

Mating Sleepy Orange

Great Spangled Fritillary

Summer Azure

Orange Sulphur

American Lady

 Eastern-tailed Blue 

Monarch Caterpillar

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Clouded Sulphur

Great Spangled Fritillary

Pearl Crescent

Clouded Sulphur

Common Buckeye

My Yard ~ Butterflies

 American Lady yard species #34 & 2023 species #17. Today, was a good butterfly day!

American Lady

Monarch

Red Admiral

Sachem

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail & Monarch

Silver-spotted 

Cabbage White

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Dark Morph