Central Mass and points westward 5/25/23 through 5/28/23

[Andrew Griffith]

Took a road trip (our annual anniversary western mass trip) for a four days this year rather than for just a day or two.  It will be hard to remember EVERYTHING we saw, but I can say that in every single location we saw a red admiral.  Are they having a big flight this year or what?  Last year I saw exactly zero.  

5/25/23 Fannie Stebbins full sun but a bit chilly in the mid 60's

1 Red Admiral

1 Silver Spotted Skipper

1 Clouded Sulphur

2 Zabulon Skippers

1Gray Hairstreak

3 Pearl Crescents

several azures

5/26/23 Lime Kiln Audubon full sun high 60's

1 Red Admiral

5 Pearl Crescents

several Common Ringlets

several azures

5/26/23 Bartholemew's Cobble full sun high 60's

1 Red Admiral

1 Eastern Pine Elfin

2 azures

5/26/23 Elsewhere in Berkshire County full sun high 60's

3 Wild Indigo Duskywings

5 Mustard Whites (lifers for us)

photo:  https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h6667d8f4#h6667d8f4

5/27/23 Mount Graylock full sun mid 70's

6 West Virginia Whites

photo:  https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h6cd7d007#h6cd7d007

3 Early Hairstreaks

photos: https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h654b9d45#h654b9d45

https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h654b9d45#h60ccd5fd

1 Red Admiral

3 Tiger Swallowtails

1 Black Swallowtail

1 Silvery Blue

5/27/23 Moran WMA full sun mid 70's

1 Mourning Cloak

1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

3 Pearl Crescents

1 Red Admiral

5/28/23 Montague Sand Plains full sun mid 70's

1 Red Admiral

2 Dusted Skippers

3 American Coppers

1 Spicebush Swallowtail

1 Viceroy

5 Juvenal's Duskywings

2 Pearl Crescents

3 Indian Skippers

3 Cobweb Skippers

photos: https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h68bd27a3#h68bd27a3

https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h68bd27a3#h6999f0e1

5/28/23 Myles Standish State Park full sun low 80's

Went here on the way home to see if there were any Cobweb skippers to be found.  We didn't find any.  This was also the only place we didn't see a red admiral!  We weren't there very long though.

Several duskywings

2 Dusted Skippers

2 elfins that we didn't get good looks at

1 Frosted Elfin

photo: https://awgriffith.zenfolio.com/p458204332/h6737637e#h6737637e

[fsm...@aol.com]

That's a very nice Early Hairstreak - both the butterfly itself and the photo.

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