Butterflies

Floyd Bennett and Jamaica Bay

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After a short stop at Jamaica Bay I decided to visit the community gardens at Floyd Bennett Field to look for butterflies.

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans), Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Osprey, Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023

Clark Botanic Garden

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Clark Botanic Garden is a small place in North Hempstead, Long, Island, New York.

Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Silver-Spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma), Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023
Clark Botanic Garden 8/6/2023

Bayard Cutting Butterflies

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Only two. I didn’t try very hard.

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Bayard Cutting Arboretum 7/22/2023
Long Dash (Polites mystic), Bayard Cutting Arboretum 7/22/2023
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Bayard Cutting Arboretum 7/22/2023

Ward Pound Ridge Butterflies

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We went on our own this time to Ward Pound Ridge Reservation (westchestergov.com). We ran into some members of the NY Butterfly Club and the Linnaean Society and said Hi to our friends. I did my best to to identify these. Skippers are a challenge. I got help from BugGuide.net for the moth.

Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Harris’ Checkerspot (Chlosyne barrisii), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Indian Skipper (Hesperia sassacus), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
European skipper (Thymelicus lineola), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Indian Skipper (Hesperia sassacus), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
White-spotted Sable (Anania funebris), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
White-spotted Sable (Anania funebris), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023
Georgian Prominant (Hyperaeschra georgica), Ward Pound Ridge 6/10/2023

Forsythe Veg and Insects

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Part two of our visit to Forsythe on May 14.

Phlox (Polominiceae), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023
Flower Fly (Allograpta obliqua) on Hawkweed (Hieracium), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023
Canadian Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023
European paper wasp (Polistes dominula), E. B. Forsythe 5/14/2023

Butterflies in the Pine Barrens

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Marc and I went with the Linnaean Society of NY led by Rick Cech to look for butterflies in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey Pine Barrens – Wikipedia and about Pine barrens – Wikipedia) of New Jersey on April 23, 2023. Rick Cech is the author of Butterflies of the East Coast… I of 8 posts.

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Holly Azure (Celastrina idella), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Grasshopper (Caelifera), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023

Central and West Maui

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Scenes along the coast of Maui. This is a continuation of our drive on day three. Some of the drive was a little hairy – no Armco next to drop-offs down to the sea. The scenery is spectacular. There were lots of tourists at the Nakalele Blowhole.

I saw the same butterflies I see in the US: Monarchs, Painted Ladies, Orange and Yellow Sulphur’s, and little Blues.

Pu’u Koa’e, Maui 11/15/2022
Pu’u Koa’e, Maui 11/15/2022
Pu’u Koa’e, Maui 11/15/2022
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Pu’u Koa’e, Maui 11/15/2022
Olivine Pools, Maui 11/15/2022
Olivine Pools, Maui 11/15/2022
Olivine Pools, Maui 11/15/2022
Olivine Pools, Maui 11/15/2022
Ohai Trail, Maui 11/15/2022
Nakalele Blowhole, Maui 11/15/2022
Nakalele Blowhole, Maui 11/15/2022
Nakalele Blowhole, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022
Honokohau Bay, Maui 11/15/2022