A few belated reports and one from today

[Matthew Arey]

Martin Burns WMA – Newbury, Essex Co. MA (5/10/18)

 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) 1

 

American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) 2 or 3

Red Admiral (V. atalanta) 1

 

Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) 10+

Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas) 2

American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) 5

Eastern Pine Elfin (Incisalia niphon) 1

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) 1

 

Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) 2

 

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) 2 or 3

 

Moths worthy of mention:

 

Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) 3

Bluish Spring Moth (Lomographa semiclarata) 25+ common

 

Rubchinuk Hill – Middleton, Essex Co. Mass. (5/11/18)

 

Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius) 12+ males and 2 females, common and fresh

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) 1

 

American Painted Lady (V. virginiensis) 5+

 

Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) 2 or 3

Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) 3

 

Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) 15+ common

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) 4 or 5

Cabbage White (P. rapae) 12+

 

Horn Pond Mtn. – Woburn, Middlesex Co. MA (5/13/18)

 

Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes ssp.) 1 male, 1 female

Spicebush Swallowtail (Pterourus troilus) 1

 

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) 1 flyover (they are back)

American Painted Lady (V. virginiensis) 2 or 3

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) 1, very worn

 

Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) 5+

Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas) 3

Olive Hairstreak (Mitorua (Callophrys) gryneus) 2

Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus) 5+, already a little worn

Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus) 1

Eastern Pine Elfin (Incisalia niphon) 2

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) 3 or 4

American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) 2

 

Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) 3

Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea) 1 – I had seen these up here before in onesies or twosies but it has been a few years.

 

Cabbage White (P. rapae) a few around

 

Moths worthy of mention:

 

Eight Spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) 1

Common Metarranthis (Metarranthis obfirmaria) 20+ common

Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) 1

M. Arey