Allend Pond Butterfly Census 9.11.21

[Lauren is Quax]

Hello MassLep,

We had an excellent turn out for yesterdays Allens Pond Census.  I did not realize it was the 20th year until particpants reminded me that they had counted on 9/11/01.

Having such a large group, we broke out into two census areas for the first half of the day: the Field Station and Allens Neck. For those of you who would like to come out and see the Red-bandeds and White Ms I'm including a map at the end of this report.  

Allens Pond Census 9/11/21

Allens Pond Field Station, Dartmouth MA

Black Swallowtail 2
Cabbage White 2
Sulphurs 50+
American Copper 1
Eastern tailed-blue 2
Pearl Crescent 6
Mourning Cloak 1
Common Buckeye 25
Monarch 20
Least Skipper 4
Peck’s Skipper 6
Ocola Skipper 1
Sachem 25+

Allens Neck, Dartmouth MA

Cabbage White 9
Orange Sulphur 17
Clouded Sulphur 62
Cloudless Sulphur 1
American Copper 2
White M Hairstreak 3
Red-banded Hairstreak 8
Summer Azure 2
Pearl Crescent 6
Red Admiral 1
Common Buckeye 7
Monarch 45
Least Skipper 1
Sachem 4

Sylvan Nurseries, Dartmouth MA

Cabbage White 12
Clouded Sulphur 2
Summer Azure 1
American Lady 4
Painted Lady 1
Monarch 17
Zabulon Skipper 1
Broad-winged Skipper 1
Sachem 4
(ocolas seen before our arrival- however the lush butterfly bush was selling quickly and half of it was gone by the end of the day)

A majority of the Hairstreaks have been on the Japanese knotweed west of the Woodland Loop and Boulder Loop trails shown here:

Happy butts!

Sincerely, Lauren Miller-Donnelly

Westport, MA