2026-05-25 Montague Plains WMA, Montague MA

[Peter Loshin]

I joined Steve Moore and Barbara Volkle yesterday for a trip to Montague Sand Plains. Conditions were good: warm (mid to high 80s, I believe), mostly sunny and not much wind.

On our way, on Route 2, we saw two Tiger Swallowtails flying by, and when we arrived, we saw:

20+ Duskywing (sp)

1 Indian Skipper

10 Cobweb Skipper

3 Eastern Tailed-blue

2 Dusted Skipper

4 American Copper

10 Clouded Sulphur

1 Cabbage White

1 Spicebush Swallowtail

1 Monarch

4 Pearl Crescent

1 Gray Hairstreak

The biggest concentration of duskywings was at the parking area, and I tried to get photos of as many as I could; Steve identified one or more as a Horace's Duskywing, as well as Sleepy, Dreamy and Wild Indigo Duskywing; although almost all of the ones I was able to photograph appear to be Juvenal's Duskywing.

I'll be posting to iNat later today, hoping to get firmer ID on a handful of duskywing photos.

Peter Loshin