Diversity at home

The Buttery Weed and bushes are all in full bloom now at the house and with that there has been an uptick in lep activity. On the moth front a Snowberry and Hummingbird Clearwing are making visits along with the following 11 species of butterflies:

* = FOY
** = New for West Virginia

  Silver-spotted Skipper     2
  Wild Indigo Duskywing      1
  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  2
  Cabbage White              4
  Orange Sulphur             2
  Banded Hairstreak          3
  Summer Azure               1
  American Snout             1
  Monarch                    1
  Red-spotted Purple         2   
  Hackberry Emperor          2
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