Category Archives: Blues

Summertime Blues

Posted on August 28, 2013 by admin

I recently visited Altona Marsh outside of Charles Town, WV were I came across my first Common Checkered-Skippers of the year. A couple of Viceroys were flying about and sulphur’s were puddling a lot. In with one of the puddle … Continue reading →

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Olympic National Park

Posted on August 15, 2013 by admin

Every once an a while I.m going to post an out of the region report in the blog as they don’t happen very often. My wife and I spent one day last week in Olympic National Park located in the … Continue reading →

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Snowberry Clearwing

Posted on July 16, 2013 by admin

We present a moth today because it’s cool. I went for a lunch time walk at Cool Spring in southern Jefferson county. It was anything but cool as the temps hovered around 90 degrees with the humidity off the charts. … Continue reading →

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Black Dash and adding a cloaking device to your car

Posted on July 15, 2013 by admin

Well, Summer is here with the hottest temps of the season on the way. Fortunately, the temperatures at Finzel Swamp (Allegany county, MD) yesterday were around 80 with light winds and mostly sunny skies. It appears that Black Dash Skippers … Continue reading →

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Atlantis Fritillary, Pink-edged Sulphur, American Copper – Spruce Knob area

Posted on July 1, 2013 by admin

The wife, Barry Martz and I went on a butterfly trip to the Spruce Knob area last Saturday. The weather was beautiful with partly sunny conditions and temps in the 60’s. We got our first rain shower around 3pm but … Continue reading →

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