Two small reports

[Wendy Howes]

Hello fellow Masslep friends,

The summer butterfly season seems to be getting off to a slow start in our area, but on June 21 we found the following along the Quabbin Gate 42 trail:

1 Black Swallowtail

I Tiger Swallowtail

5 Great Spangled Fritillary, very fresh

2 Common Wood Nymph

2 Silver-spotted Skipper

At home in Hardwick today, June 24:

1 Spicebush Swallowtail that overwintered in an outdoor butterfly cage eclosed, was released, and set off for parts unknown

1 Great Spangled Fritillary

1 Cabbage White

2  Silver-spotted Skipper

Wendy Howes & Alan Rawle

Hardwick