8/22/2025 East Dennis Yard, Cape Cod

[Linnet Tse]

It's been slow for butterflies this summer even in our pollinator garden/meadow patch.

Today I saw:

• 1 Monarch
• 1 HUGE nearly perfect Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - it seemed larger than usual, I had to do a double-take! Photo here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308310816
• 6 cabbage whites
• 1 very worn Pearl Crescent nectaring on Joe-Pye Weed: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308312539

On 8/19 in same East Dennis yard, I saw:

• 2 American Coppers: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307663805
• 2 cabbage whites mating: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307663804
• 1 Broad-winged Skipper

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