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

 

My Yard ~ Sleepy Orange Butterfly

I found a Sleepy Orange caterpillar on the cassia on 8/20. Yard butterfly #35 ~ 2023 butterfly #27

8/23, it went into a chrysalis. On 8/31, I had a birth of a new generation of Sleepy Orange. Very exciting and hopeful that more Sleepy Orange's will find the yard and the host plant.

 

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

Holtwood Nature Center Butterflies

A visit to the Holtwood Nature Center in Lancaster County, PA yesterday. First visit but will go back. First time seeing Zebra Swallowtail in PA. 22 species of butterflies seen. Lots of nectar for the butterflies and host plants.

Zebra Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern-tailed Blue

Grand Spangled Fritillary

Sachem

Sleepy Orange

Gary Hairstreak

Common Buckeye

Monarch

Zabulon

Pearl Crescent

Variegated Fritillary

Zebra Swallowtail