Finally! A White Admiral

[Laurie Sheppard]

I've been looking for a White Admiral and finally, I found one in the area where I've been seeing the Red-spotted Admirals. I ALSO found a Red-spotted Purple in the same location - unfortunately, it was dead. 

I'm not sure what's happening on the road I've been walking, but on May 21 I found a dead Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, on May 28 a dead Cecropia Moth, and today a dead Red-spotted Purple. It seems pretty unusual on a closed access dirt road to find those leps deceased.

Here are iNaturalist links:

American White Admiral (Subspecies Limenitis arthemis arthemis) from Chester, NH, USA on June 9, 2026 at 04:34 PM by Laurie Sheppard · iNaturalist

Red-spotted Purple (Subspecies Limenitis arthemis astyanax) from Chester, NH 03036, USA on June 9, 2026 at 05:25 PM by Laurie Sheppard. Found dead on road · iNaturalist

Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) from Chester, NH, USA on May 28, 2026 at 08:22 AM by Laurie Sheppard · iNaturalist

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) from Chester, NH, USA on May 21, 2026 at 03:31 PM by Laurie Sheppard · iNaturalist

Please ignore the time stamps on the photos - dates are correct but time is messed up.

Laurie Sheppard