I did some chores around the house which included planting some Lantana. I couldn’t stand being inside any longer and had to go out somewhere. I ended up at South School House Ridge Battlefield in Harper’s Ferry NHP. The fields are chocked full of tall mixed grasses and various clovers. It didn’t take long to find the first of dozens of grass skippers. Seven new WV leps for the season; Least Skipper, Sachem, Peck’s Skipper, Tawny-edged Skipper, Dun Skipper, Common Checkered-Skipper and Gray Hairstreak.
5-25 Harper's Ferry NHP 2 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Common Checkered-Skipper 12 Least Skipper 1 Sachem 14 Peck's Skipper 35 Tawny-edged Skipper 3 Dun Skipper 1 Black Swallowtail 5 Cabbage White 3 Clouded Sulphur 1 Orange Sulphur 1 Gray Hairstreak 7 Eastern Tailed-Blue 5 Pearl Crescent
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