Barry Marts and I spent time looking for hairstreaks in Allegany county Maryland yesterday. We found 15 Banded Hairstreaks but that was all. We also ran into Annette Allor, an avid lepster who has amassed a wonderful collection of butterfly images on her Maryland Butterflies web site: http://www.marylandbutterflies.com
We found 17 species and took a break between thunderstorms. It was very warm and humid. Highlights for me were FOY Banded Hairstreak, Question Mark, Silvery Checkerspot, Tawny Emperor and Northern Broken-Dash.
6-14 Allegany county, MD 7 Silver-spotted Skipper 13 Hoary Edge 1 Crossline Skipper 1 Northern Broken-Dash 1 Little Glassywing 3 Zebra Swallowtial 1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 14 Banded Hairstreak 5 Eastern Tailed-Blue 10 Great Spangled Fritillary 11 Red-spotted Purple 6 Hackberry Emperor 2 Tawny Emperor 2 Silvery Checkerspot 2 Pearl Crescent 1 Question Mark 3 American Lady
