Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Friday June 6, 2025

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I was originally planning to go to Canaan Valley, but the weather forecast was sketchy.

So I headed over to Eastern Neck NWR this morning - Lydia and Dennis Fravel had found good butterflies over there.

At the parking lot for the Tubby Cove boardwalk there is a small stand of blooming Dogbane.  I saw Salt Marsh and Aaron's Skippers there.  There was also a lot of Seaside 
Dragonlets there (I failed to get a photo!)

I looked in the butterfly garden for Coral Hairstreaks on the Butterfly Weed but did not see any there.  As I walked around the "butterfly trail" I saw a very fresh Coral Hairstreak on Dogbane.  There was a lot of Dogbane and common Milkweed blooming at Eastern Neck.  On some of the Milkweed along headquarters road I photographed the only Broad Wing Skipper I saw today.  It started raining around 2 pm so I headed home.

Walter Gould

List

Silver Spotted Skippers

Salt Marsh Skippers (at least 3)

Aaron's Skipper (3)

Least Skipper

Monarch

Grey Hairstreak

Sleepy Orange

Summer Azure

Coral Hairstreak (1)

Zebra Swallowtail

Zabulon Skipper

Little Glassywing Skipper

Eastern Tailed Blue

Spicebush Swallowtail

Little Wood Satyr

Cabbage White

Silvery Checkerspots

Broad Wing Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail