I visited a few spots in the Hadley area of the Connecticut River valley today:
Honey Pot
Hadley, MA
8/6/26
Cabbage White – 1
Orange Sulphur – 2
Clouded Sulphur – 4
Monarch – 4
Common Ringlet – 1
Fort River
(Silvio O Conte NWR)
Hadley, MA
8/6/26
Black Swallowtail - 1
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White – 4
Clouded Sulphur – 3
Summer Azure – 1
Great Spangled Fritillary – 1
Pearl Crescent – 2
Viceroy - 2
Monarch – 5
Common Ringlet – 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 12
Community Gardens
Northampton, MA
8/6/26
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3
Cabbage White – 35
Clouded Sulphur – 4
Eastern Tailed-blue – 1
Great Spangled Fritillary – 1
Pearl Crescent – 1
Monarch – 2
Silver-spotted Skipper – 6
Tawny-edged Skipper – 1
Alan Ankers
Carlisle, MA