Monthly Archives: September 2013

Monarchs on the decline…

I saw my first Cloudless Sulphurs (3) yesterday while counting at the Snicker’s Gap Hawk Watch in Loudoun County, VA. I’ve also seen a number of Monarchs there during the last few weeks but the numbers are down compared to … Continue reading

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Leonard’s Skipper

Just when you think the season is over comes the late summer brood of Leonard’s Skipper, a rare to uncommon species that hosts on Little Blue Stem grass. This grass is prevalent in some of the few remaining fragments of … Continue reading

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