5/1/26 - A few different places

[Andrew Griffith]

Couldn't let this nice day pass us by! Once the sky cleared up, it was sunny and in the low to mid 60's with little to no breeze. A real nice one for butterflies!  Photos on Massachusetts Butterflies Facebook page. 

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation Mattapoisett, MA
sunny but colder in the mid 50's

1 Spring Azure

Myles Standish State Forest, Carver MA
40+ Spring Azures (probably much more than that)
25+ Brown Elfins
20+ Hoary Elfins
3 Eastern Pine Elfins (FOY)
2 American Lady's
1 Juvenal's Duskywing (FOY)
1 Duskywing (sp)

3 Red Spotted Purple caterpillars

Wareham MA (at our house)
1 American Copper (FOY)

Andrew and Lauren Griffith