Observed butterfly nectaring activity during the last two weeks
Native Wildflowers
- Foxglove Beardtongue: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail, Hobomok Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper, Great Spangled Fritillary
- White Bergamot: Pepper and Salt Skipper, Hobomok Skipper
Naturalized Non-Native Wildflowers
- Oxeye Daisy: Pepper and Salt Skipper, Clouded Yellows, Great Spangled Fritillary, Pearl Crescent
- White Clover: Pepper and Salt Skipper, Great Spangled Fritillary, Cabbage White
- Dandelion: Great Spangled Fritillary
- Red Clover: Great Spangled Fritillary
- Deptford Pink: Northern Cloudywing, Great Spangled Fritillary
Non-Native Garden Annuals
- Zinnias: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Great Spangled Fritillary, Hobomok Skipper
- Marigolds: Great Spangled Fritillary, Silver-spotted Skipper, Huron Sachem
Other butterflies observed in the area during this period, but not on any flowers: Little Wood Satyr, Northern Pearly-Eye, Question Mark, Red-banded Hairstreak, American Lady, Painted Lady, Summer Azure, Zebra Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail
Some of the relevant observations are attached below
Observations
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)Observer
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Nectaring on Oxeye Daisy flowers
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Huron Sachem (Atalopedes huron)Observer
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Nectaring on Marigolds
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele)Observer
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Nectaring on Marigolds
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Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok)Observer
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Nectaring on Zinnia flowers
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Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)Observer
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Nectaring on Oxeye Daisy flowers
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Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)Observer
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Nectaring on Foxglove Beardtongue flowers. Strapping the feedbag on.
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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Observer
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Nectaring on Foxglove Beardtongue flowers
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Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)Observer
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Two nectaring on the same White Bergamot flower
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Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok)Observer
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Nectaring on Foxglove Beardtongue flowers
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele)Observer
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Nectaring on Oxeye Daisy flowers
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)Observer
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Nectaring on Foxglove Beardtongue flowers
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele)Observer
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Two in the lawn. One nectaring on White Clover flowers, the other on Dandelion flowers.
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Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)Observer
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The checkered fringe is somewhat visible in the first photo when the sun was behind a cloud. It isn’t visible in the second, when the sun was out. These skippers stay on the same flower for very long periods of time. There was another one 10 feet away, also on an Oxeye Daisy flower.
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Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)Observer
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Nectaring on Deptford Pink. Wikipedia says, “Its flowers are scentless and do not appear to be insect pollinated often, with self-pollination the norm”. I also noticed a Great Spangled Fritillary nectaring on Deptford Pink flowers today.
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Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon)Observer
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Nectaring on White Clover flowers
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