West Friendship Park, Howard county on September 5, 2025

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Bonnie Ott and I visited West Friendship Park last Friday in the morning before the temperatures became too unbearable. We did not get down to the wetland but stayed up in the fields and forest.  So almost no dragonflies -- only butterflies and moths.  If you recognize the unknown moth caterpillar on red maple please let me know -- thanks.

Odonates Seen:

Black Saddlebag -- 1

Butterflies Seen:

Eastern Tiger Swallowtails -- 6

Spicebush Swallowtail -- 1

Cabbage Whites -- 4

Clouded Sulphur -- 1

Orange Sulphur -- 1

Monarchs -- 4

Red-spotted Purple -- 1

Common Buckeye -- 1

Least Skippers -- 8

Sachems -- 3

Caterpillars Seen:

Monarchs — See: Monarch Caterpillar | Monarch Caterpillar. West Friendship P… | Flickr  and  Monarch Chrysalis | Monarch Chrysalis. West Friendship Park,… | Flickr  

Skiff Moth (Prolimacodes badia) on Sycamore — See: Skiff Moth Caterpillar on Sycamore Leaf | Skiff Moth (Prolim… | Flickr 

White-dotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa) 

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar (Lochmaeus manteo)

Oakworms (Symmerista sp. — species not determined)

Sycamore Tussock Moth (Halysidota harrisii) — See: Cuckoo Eating a Caterpillar | Yellow-billed Cuckoo eating a … | Flickr 

Drab Prominent Caterpillar on Sycamore leaf — See: Drab Prominent Caterpillar on Sycamore leaf | Drab Prominent… | Flickr  

Unknown Caterpillar on Red Maple — See: Unknown Caterpillar on Red Maple | Unknown Caterpillar on Re… | Flickr 

Other Photos Taken:

Wheel Bugs mating — See: Wheel Bugs in Love | Wheel Bugs (Arilus cristatus). Male on … | Flickr 

Oak Lobed Gall with planthopper — See: Oak Lobed Galls with Guest | Oak Lobed Galls caused by the g… | Flickr 

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher — See: Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. This … | Flickr 

Richard Orr