Franconia Notch and Trudeau Road area yesterday

[Steve Mirick]

Jane and I traveled north yesterday.....in another failed attempt to
find Early Hairstreak!  :-(

Excellent weather for a change.  We first hit The Basin trail in
Franconia Notch in late morning.  This is a wonderful old Beech Forest
in the Notch.  We had zero butterflies in among the beeches, but along
I93 we had several Canadian Tiger Swallowtails, a Clouded Sulphur, and a
QUESTION MARK.  Our first of the year, and a bit far north for this species:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369859968

Up at Trudeau Road and  nearby Gale River Trail road.  We had the following:

Canadian (presumed) Tiger Swallowtail - 100 rough number.  Includes a
puddle party of about 60.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369859944
Pepper-and-Salt Skipper - 5
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369859948
Arctic Skipper - 3
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369859942
Dreamy Duskywing - 3
Mourning Cloak - 2
Crescent - 1
Little Wood Satyr - 1
Long Dash - 1
Azure - 1
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369859933
White Admiral - 0

Perhaps more interesting was the nice collection of Flower Flies
(syrphids).  We had roughly 12 species including some we don't usually see:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2026-06-08&place_id=41&taxon_id=49995&user_id=stevemirick&verifiable=any&view=species

But no Robber Flies for us for the day.  :-(

Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA

[Steve Mirick]