Arlington 8/24/25 Trip Report

[kstei...@aol.com]

16 participants enjoyed a field trip on Sunday, August 24 to the Arlington Reservoir’s Habitat Garden, followed by visits to the yards of two homes in a nearby neighborhood. Thank you to Sara, Peter, and Lisa for sharing their amazing, butterfly- and people-friendly yards with us!

Photos will be posted to the Mass Butterflies Facebook page tonight --

Arlington Reservoir Habitat Garden

(arlingtonreservoir.org)

Cabbage White - 3
Pearl Crescent - 2

Yard #1

Black Swallowtail - 1

Cabbage White - 1

Male Zabulon - 1

Yard #2

Black Swallowtail - 1

Cabbage White - 2
Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 - seen and photographed after most participants had left
American Lady - 1

Monarch - 1

Female Zabulon - 1

Male Zabulon - 2

Plus Black Swallowtail caterpillars and chrysalis and a Monarch chrysalis (I didn’t think to count numbers – anyone who knows, please feel free to add)

Kristin Steinmetz

Paxton, MA

[LisaH]

Thank you Kristin! and thank you Sara for setting this up, and to everyone who came to visit.

I don't think anyone actually got a photo of the red-banded hairstreak unfortunately- but it was spotted by Zach and Calvin, then Peter, and it seems like they all got a good look at it. (There was a hairstreak flying around today too but it didn't ever stop long enough for an ID.)

We have 4 Monarch chrysalises left; and there are somewhere around 40 black swallowtail eggs/baby caterpillars (most have hatched).

-Lisa Wolfe