Follow up on Sedge Meadow Conservation Area, Wayland

[Peter Loshin]

First off, a big thank you to Wayland Conservation Commission member Shannon Fischer, who did a fantastic job on making the Sedge Meadow trip this weekend a success: from introducing me to the area last year and showing me that it is a rich habitat for butterflies to drumming up interest in the Wayland area.

I've fallen behind on reporting my field trips over the past month, in part because I've been focusing on acquainting myself with the Sedge Meadow area.

During June, I visited Sedge Meadow 10 times, and saw 24 different species including:

Bronze Copper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Eastern Comma

* Banded Hairstreak

* Red-spotted Purple

* Viceroy (caterpillars)

* Red Admiral

Monarch

European Skipper

Painted Lady

American Lady

Zabulon Skipper

American Copper

Azure (sp)

Mourning Cloak

Tiger Swallowtail (sp)

Pearl Crescent

Eastern-tailed Blue

Tawny-edged Skipper

Orange Sulphur

Common Ringlet

Peck's Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Cabbage White

Species listed with an asterisk above were first seen during Sunday's field trip.

I plan to continue visiting Sedge Meadow and we may try to schedule another field trip later in the summer. 

Historically, this has been the site of a second flight of Bronze Copper in late August/September. In the meantime, I'll keep posting my trip reports.

Peter Loshin