I spent the bulk of last week assisting with a WV birding tour run by WINGS. Of course butterflies were also noted and a few images were taken along the way. After getting rained on Tuesday morning around Harper’s Ferry the rest of the week was great with highs in the 60’s in the mountain counties. We saw 22 butterfly species along the way. I’m including a Hobomok Skipper image here that I had taken previously at Spruce Knob Lake.
This is an European Skipper. Introduced in Canada in 1910 they are wide spread in the mountains of WV. Taken on the Rt 150 Scenic Hwy:
Finally, a fresh Red-spotted Purple at Cranberry Glades:
Species list:
Pipevine Swallowtail (lifer)
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Summer Azure
Great Spangled Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot
Eastern Comma
Mourning Cloak
Red Admiral
Red-spotted Purple
Hackberry Emperor
Northern Pearly-eye
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Ringlet
Silver-spotted Skipper
Least Skipper
European Skipper
Sachem