Category Archives: Remote Trip

Northern Cloudywing

Rick Borchelt, Beth Johnson and Tom Stock reported a number of Northern Cloudywings in Green Ridge State Forest, MD on Saturday (Thanks guys!) So, I took a long lunch today and went up to Hoop Pole Rd to look. It … Continue reading

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Harvester

While coming back from the mountains yesterday I received a ping from a butterfly buddy (Rick Borchelt – his excellent Lep Blog link is in the right hand column) that 4 Harvesters had been puddling at Indian Springs WMA in … Continue reading

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Dusted Skipper, Hessel’s Hairstreak + Elfins

Barry Marts and I left the eastern panhandle in the pre-sunrise light heading for what we hoped would be a good day of lep’ing in southern New Jersey. We were searching for specific target species and we weren’t sure if … Continue reading

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Cobweb Skipper and Elfins

Barry Marts and I had a wonderful two days trying to locate “one and done” spring univoltine species and other earlier flyers. The plans were altered on each day depending on the weather which was marginal on Friday (mostly cloudy … Continue reading

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Green Ridge State Forest

Barry Marts and I ventured out to Green Ridge State Forest in Maryland on Saturday in quest of Olympia Marble which had been seen there the week before. In fact Barry saw one there on the previous Thursday. I didn’t … Continue reading

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