Crane WMA

[Joe Dwelly]

Crane WMA, Falmouth, Ma. - 8/5/18.  Mid to high 80s, sun.  Walked a 2300meter loop from 10:10 to 1:20.

Wild Indigo Duskywings were everywhere today, I have never seen anything like it.  They were in masses on knapweed all along the trail.  Mountain Mint patches were a chaos of butterflies.  The larger numbers here are probably decent ballpark figures but it was difficult to sort things out.  Pearl Cresents were beyond abundant.

6 Black Swallowtail

3 Spicebush Swallowtail

15 Clouded Sulphur

43 Orange Sulphur

1 American Copper

9 Gray Hairstreak

8 Eastern-tailed Blue

180+ Pearl Crescent

3 American Lady

1 Common Buckeye

6 Viceroy

40+ Common Ringlet

14 Common Wood Nymph

32 Monarch

2 Horace's Duskywing

85+ Wild Indigo Duskywing

1 Northern Broken Dash

Joe Dwelly

Yarmouth, Ma.