After 3 days of cool temps in the low 60’s with winds; today was sunny & 75. 3 mint fresh species - Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady & Silver-spotted plus first sighting of Long-tailed since 11/1.
Silver-spotted 
Sachem 
Fiery 
Painted Lady 
Variegated Fritillary 
Long-tailed 
Gray Hairstreak 
Fiery 
Common Buckeye
Shocked and excited to have a Long-Tailed Skipper fly out of a large bushy lantana I was watering. Also had an Ocola here along with 8 other species of butterflies. This is really great for the end of October in a drought year. We haven't had a freeze here yet so I still have zinnia's blooming though many of them are dyeing. I have still been watering due to the drought.
Lantana 
Zinnia 
Sachem
Fiery 
Long-tailed 
Ocola 
Ocola 
Cabbage White 
Orange Sulphur 
Fiery 
Clouded Sulphur 
Common Buckeye
Yesterday, I had the best butterfly day of the year here at my home & probably the best in the yard since I moved to PA. It had rained the past few days so the butterflies were anxious to be out & about again as the sun was shining brightly. I saw 19 species of butterflies with about 6 clearwing moths which included both Hummingbird & Snowberry.
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| Painted Lady |
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| Huron Sachem |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Eastern-tailed Blue |
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| Zebulon |
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| Monarch |
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| Hummingbird Clearwing |
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| Snowberry Clearwing |
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| Fiery |
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| Red-banded Hairstreak |
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| Red Admiral |
