Category Archives: Swallowtails

Northern Exposure – Jutta Arctic, Bog Fritillary

It was the best of times! Barry Marts and I ventured back up to SW Maine and northern New Hampshire to have another go at a couple of species we struck out on last year. We timed out this trip … Continue reading

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The “Keys” to finding butterflies – Schaus’ Swallowtail, Amethyst Hairstreak

Barry Marts, Sarah Smith, Mike Smith and yours truly took a trip to the southern regions of Florida making an initial side trip in the northern part of the state to Suwannee State Park in Suwannee County. At Suwannee we … Continue reading

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Carolina Satyr + other FOY’s

During the last five days I’ve picked up a few new leps in the state. The cold, rainy weather gave way to sunny, still cool’ish temps on 5-14 as I returned home from a birding “Big Day” the previous day. … Continue reading

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Elfins, American Copper – Sleepy Creek WMA

Stunning weather with temps in the lower 80’s highlighted a couple of hikes within the northern areas of Sleepy Creek WMA in Berkeley/Morgan counties. My favorite group of butterflies is the Gossamer-wings and today marked FOY sightings of Brown Elfin and … Continue reading

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Olympia Marble, Sleepy Orange

After a long winter and five months of lep withdrawal it sure was nice to kick off the 2017 season with a great selection (18 species) of butterflies on a beautiful day. Barry and I met up with lep friends … Continue reading

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