6/5/2025 - Old Town Hill, Newbury and Kamon Farm, Ipswich

[Paul Seaman]

The sunny and humid 88 degree weather seems to have brought out the butterflies here, but being outside for long is a bit brutal! I'm in Essex County for the week, and Old Town Hill in Newbury, MA, and Kamon Farm in Ipswich, MA was where I stopped today.  

Old Town Hill - Newbury, MA

6/5/2025

Peck's Skipper 1x
Hobomok Skipper 2x
American Copper 3x
Common Ringlet 27x

Kamon Farm - Ipswich, MA

6/5/2025

Common Ringlet 4x
Little Wood Satyr 2x
Red-Spotted Purple 2x
Zabulon Skipper 3x (one landed in my palm when I stuck my hand out!)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1x
American Copper 4x
Silver-Bordered Fritillary 4x