Hardwick butterflies

[Wendy Howes]

It's still quiet on the butterfly scene here in Hardwick, but Monarch numbers increased recently.

Muddy Brook WMA, Hardwick 9/19

1 Clouded Sulphur

1 Cabbage White

1 Great Spangled Fritillary

5 Monarch

1 Gray Hairstreak

Home, Hardwick 9/19

17 Monarch, nectaring on New England Aster ~ mid-afternoon

Muddy Brook WMA (different parcel than the one mentioned above), 9/20

2 Clouded Sulphur

1 Great Spangled Fritillary

1 Eastern Tailed-Blue

3 Monarch

Wendy Howes & Alan Rawle