In addition to butterflies we saw other insects and amphibians. I was pleased to be able to identify the Red Velvet and Ant which is actually in the wasp family.
Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Six-spotted Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Beautiful Tiger Beetle (Cincindela formosa), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Appalachian Tiger Beetle (Cicindela ancocisconensis), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Spider, Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Jumping spider with prey, Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiequea), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Leopard Frog (Rana), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022
On Sunday, April 24, we covered a lot of southern New Jersey, from Atlantic to Cape May Counties, with Rick Ceck (author of Butterflies of the East Coast) and some members of the Linnaean Society of NY. I tried my best to identify these. Any corrections are welcome.
Two more posts to follow about the Pine Barrens trip.
Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Atlantic Holly Azure (Celastrina idella), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus),Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius),Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022
