Category Archives: Milkweed Butterflies

Harper’s Ferry battlefield

Posted on October 8, 2014 by admin

I visited the North Schoolhouse Ridge battlefield near Harper’s Ferry during a long lunch early this afternoon and found the fields were been cut. Too bad they can’t alternate plots and cut every other year. It would save resources and … Continue reading →

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Brazilian Skippers, Long-tailed Skipper, Clouded Skippers

Posted on September 28, 2014 by admin

Barry Marts and I took a more southern tragectory on Sunday and headed towards southeast Virginia. The orginal goal was to go to the Great Dismal Swamp in hopes of finding a couple species more common in that area and … Continue reading →

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Ocola Skippers, Fiery Skippers, Sleepy Orange, Carolina Satyr

Posted on September 21, 2014 by admin

Barry Marts and I headed out to Charles and Prince George’s county, MD on Sunday in hopes of picking up some southern irruptive species. Our first location was Friendship Farm Park close to Nanjemoy Creek. We had been there in … Continue reading →

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Giant Swallowtail

Posted on August 16, 2014 by admin

A trip to Rickett’s Glen State Park in NE PA provided a nice surprice for the traveling lepsters. The weather was supposed to be mostly sunny with a high in the lower 70’s. It turned out to be mostly cloudy … Continue reading →

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Jefferson County leps

Posted on August 14, 2014 by admin

Stayed local last Saturday visting Shannondale Springs WMA and the power line cut leading to the Appalachian Trail from Chestnut Hill Rd/Spring Park Trail Rd/Cub Ln. Diversity was decent and new broods of Wild Indigo Duskywing and Silvery Checkerpots were … Continue reading →

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