Green Ridge State Forest today

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It was a beautiful day in GRSF.  Sunny, light breeze, started out in low 60s, climbed to low 70s.  The only downside was that cliff road took a bite out of a tire sidewall.  Luckily I had purchased a spare last month (50% of new cars don't come with spares!).

Cliff Road had the best butterflies, also a Wood Turtle. (and had a sawhorse with a closed sign in the middle.

I also drove up and down 15 mile creek road.  There had been washouts and there was a lot of rough rock fill.

Little Wood Satyr (less of them and worn)

Orange Sulphur

Great Spangled Fritillary (saw 2, very active)

Silver Spotted Skipper (worn)

Mourning Cloak

Pearl Crescents (the ones i looked closely at - worn)

Red Banded Hairstreak (1 very worn)

Hoary Edge Skipper (first time I have photographed one in GRSF in a number of years)

Cabbage Whites

Red Admiral (1 worn)

Red Spotted Purples (lots of them, very fresh)

Azures (probably Summer since I was at low altitude)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (saw several)

Dun Skipper (saw 2 very fresh)

Zabulon Skipper (1 worn)

Northern Cloudywings (3 pretty worn)

Spicebush Swallowtails (fresh)

Hackberry Emperor (1 fresh)

Eastern Tailed Blue (1)

Swarthy Skipper (very fresh, in an unexpected location)

Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (saw several, frustrated and could not get a photo)

Northern Pearly Eye (1 fresh)

Hobomok Skipper (1 worn)

Dusted Skipper (1)

1 unidentified skipper, I think it was an Indian Skipper female

Walter Gould