October Mt. 8/4

[Barbara Volkle]

Here's our belated report from October Mt in Washington MA on 8/4.

It was a lovely day with a breeze and clear skies.  Puddles were in the
road after the recent rains.

There were few skippers.  We saw:

Black Swallowtail  1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Cabbage White 3
Clouded Sulphur 2
Orange Sulphur  1
Summer Azure  3
Great Spangled Fritillary 4
Aphrodite Fritillary 4
unidentified Fritillary - many flybys
Pearl Crescent   25
Baltimore Checkerspot 2
Eastern Comma 2
Mourning Cloak 1
Red Admiral 1
Red-spotted Purple 4
Viceroy 6
unidentified Brown
Common Wood-Nymph 2
Monarch 2
Wild Indigo Duskywing    20
Northern Broken-Dash 4 (probably more)
Little Glassywing 3
Delaware Skipper 1
Mulberry Wing 3
Dun Skipper 7

Steve Moore and Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
bar...@theworld.com