I had a wonderful four day stretch over the 4th of July holiday and found many new species for the year. Barry Marts and I were in Bath County VA one day looking for Diana Fritillary. Other trips were: Preston County, WV and two different trips in MD looking for Edwards’ Hairstreak and Northern Metalmark. The weather for the most part cooperated.
It was heartening to see good numbers of Northern Metalmarks and Bog Coppers. On the Virginia trip an unexpected highlight was an adult Black Bear which ran about 100 feet run in front of the car.
Other notables for the weekend included:
American Copper
Atlantis Fritillary
Appalachian Brown
Northern Broken-Dash
Delaware Skipper
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Very nice photos—glad you got one of a female Diana!