Sleepy Orange – White-M Hairstreak

When you grow weary of long streaks of heat and humidity where do you go? To the mountains! That’s exactly what I did yesterday. While the temps in our region were 90-95 the temps at Dolly Sods in Tucker county, WV were 72-77. Wildflowers were in bloom and provided plentiful nectaring sources. I saw 16 species over a three hour period highlighted by a Sleepy Orange and even more rare (for me) White-M Hairstreak. Common Ringlets were the most numerous species and decent numbers of Frits were still on the wing (Meadow, Great Spangled, Aphrodite).