Jamaica Plain butterflies, 8/2/18

[Lucy Merrill-Hills]

Hi,

Today at the Peters Hill section of Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, from 9:45-11AM:

3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

1 Black Swallowtail

8 Monarch

2 Orange Sulphur

2 Clouded Sulphur

6 Cabbage White

2 Eastern Tailed-blue

1 Silver-spotted Skipper

1 Least Skipper

1 European Skipper

7 Peck's Skipper

2 unidentified Skipper species - there are many, many Skippers flying in the grassy fields here; some day I hope to be able to identify them all.

Plants growing here are Yarrow, Queen-Anne's Lace, goldenrod, a lot of clover, and a variety of grasses.

Sunny, 81-88 degrees, breezy

Lucy Merrill-Hills

Roslindale, Ma