Category Archives: Gossamer-winged

Lower Rio Grande Valley – “off the charts”

Posted on November 18, 2017 by admin

This is a much belated post containing a lot of photos (a good thing). I procrastinated a lot in going through the 2,500+ photos taken during the trip to the LRGV between 11-5 and 11-16. After several years in a … Continue reading →

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American Copper – Sleepy Creek WMA

Posted on October 1, 2017 by admin

My Son Andrew was down for a short vacation and we went on a hike in Sleepy Creek WMA. The weather was perfect, a little on the cool side (70 degrees) with a light breeze. Along the hike we noted … Continue reading →

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Early Hairstreak – Ricketts Glen

Posted on July 25, 2017 by admin

Once or twice a season usually between mid-July and mid-August I’ll go up to the Ricketts Glen State Park area located about 30 miles NW of Wilkes-Barre, PA looking for Tortoiseshells, Two-spotted Skipper, Dion Skipper and Early Hairstreak. On the … Continue reading →

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Diana Fritillary, Northern Metalmark, Bog Copper,
Edwards’ Hairstreak

Posted on July 4, 2017 by admin

I had a wonderful four day stretch over the 4th of July holiday and found many new species for the year. Barry Marts and I were in Bath County VA one day looking for Diana Fritillary. Other trips were: Preston … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 30, 2017 by admin

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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