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Butterfly Sightings @ Celery Farm
For recent butterfly sightings at the Celery Farm, click on "Comments" below. You can post your sightings and see what others have seen.
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Aug. 29. Male Sachem on N.Y. Ironweed Greenway meadow. Also 5 Peck’s Skippers, 2 Silver Spotteds, 3 Cabbage Whites. 2 pm.
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2:30-3:30 8 species of butterflies on the New York Ironweed and Mtn. Mint at Greenway field, highlighted by a Fiery Skipper,a southern immigrant at the northern edge of its range.
Cabbage White 5
Clouded Sulfur 1
Pearl Crescent 1
Monarch 5
Silver-spotted Skipper 3
Zabulon Skipper 1
Firey Skipper 1
Peck’s Skipper 2 -
Thursday, Aug. 2, 11 a.m. Viceroy, Monarch, Spicebush Swallowtail and Peck’s Skipper in the Green Way field. (Thanks, Fred!)
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Viceroy at Greenway meadow sparring with a Monarch. Tiger Swallowtail nectaring on Buttonbush and laying eggs on Black Cherry, along brook.
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Fred Weber reports:
Almost 3 hrs. of looking today (July 18) at the Greenway meadows at various times produced only 8 species, compared to 11 yesterday in half the time. Tiger Swallowtail, Cabbage White 3, Red Admiral 2, Monarch 2, Silver-spotted Skipper 10, Peck’s Skipper 4, Northern Broken Dash, and Little Glassywing. 9 or 10 Humminbird Clearwing Moths. I’d help with the walk Sat. but I’ll be at a family gathering in Vermont. -
Back and forth between the 2 Greenway meadows 11:15-12:30. Spicebush and Tiger Swallowtails, Cabbage White 2, Variegated Fritillary, Eastern Comma, Monarch, Silver spotted Skipper 2, Sachem (female), Peck’s Skipper 2, Northern Broken Dash, and Dun Skipper.
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Monday, 4 – 4:30 p.m.
Saw black swallowtail (Pipevine?)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Butterfly Garden)
Summer Azure (on path)
Likely Red Admiral (Parnell’s Path)
Silver Spotted Skipper and Hummingbird Clear-winged Moth (Green Way field). -
Sunday, July 15, 4 p.m. 2 Monarchs in field east of Phairs Pond, Red Admiral along Parnell’s Path, Silver Spotted Skipper along the Green Way field path.
(Also had Monarch, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and black swallowtail species in my backyard, abutting Celery Farm on Franklin Tunrpike. -
On Saturday, July 14, I was there early in the day and I had
Silver-Spotted Skipper (on the monarda)
Monarch (on milkweed)
Cabbage White (flitting around)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (in the smaller meadow near the swamp milkweed)
On an other-notable-insects note, I also had my first Ebony Jewelwings of the year in the woods near the recently-fixed bridge, and heard my first cicadas of the year.
I am sure my butterfly tally would have been higher if I’d been in the meadow past 9am, but I was already gone. -
Reported by Fred Weber: I butterflied the 2 Green Way meadows for about an hour and a half and had very little on Wednesday. 7/11/18 Tiger Swallowtail 1 Cabbage White 2 Red Admiral 1 Monarch 1 Silver spotted Skipper 2 Delaware Skipper 1 Peck’s Skipper 2 Northern Broken Dash 1 Over all it’s a bad year. All the storms in late winter with a few hot days mixed in may be a factor. The Wild Bergamot is nearing peak flowering and there’s still plenty of Milkweed. The Mtn. Mint is just starting to flower. The Monarch today was on Swamp Milkweed in the back meadow, which will be flowering longer than the Common Milkweed. So the next few weeks will be prime butterfly time. I hope to check out the meadows frequently and see what shows up. Fred Weber
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July 10, 10 a.m.
Two Monarchs on Common Milkweed in field by Phair’s Pond.
Red Admiral on Common Milkweed on path along Phair’s Pond toward Green Way entrance.
One Hummingbird Clear-winged Moth on Monarda in Green Way Field.
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3 monarchs and a clearwing moth in the milkweed meadow east of Phair’s Pond this evening 7/9
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Huge Monarch last night 7/8, east of Phair’s Pond on common milkweed.
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One Tiger Swallowtail from the Pirie-Mayhood platform yesterday 7/8.2018
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Last Wed. (7/4) I saw a red admiral, a cabbage white, and a monarch.
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2 monarchs on common milkweed yesterday (7/7) over by Fred’s red cedar grove…east of Phair’s pond.
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Seen Sunday, July 8:
Two Monarchs enjoying each other’s company on Common Milkweed and three Slver-spotted Skippers on Monarda in Green Way Field.
One Eastern Tiger Swallowtail near long,low bridge on eastern trail.
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Fred Weber
Aug. 29. Male Sachem on N.Y. Ironweed Greenway meadow. Also 5 Peck’s Skippers, 2 Silver Spotteds, 3 Cabbage Whites. 2 pm.
Fred Weber
2:30-3:30 8 species of butterflies on the New York Ironweed and Mtn. Mint at Greenway field, highlighted by a Fiery Skipper,a southern immigrant at the northern edge of its range.
Cabbage White 5
Clouded Sulfur 1
Pearl Crescent 1
Monarch 5
Silver-spotted Skipper 3
Zabulon Skipper 1
Firey Skipper 1
Peck’s Skipper 2
Jim Wright
Thursday, Aug. 2, 11 a.m. Viceroy, Monarch, Spicebush Swallowtail and Peck’s Skipper in the Green Way field. (Thanks, Fred!)
Fred Weber
Viceroy at Greenway meadow sparring with a Monarch. Tiger Swallowtail nectaring on Buttonbush and laying eggs on Black Cherry, along brook.
Fred Weber. 7/31.
Jim Wright
Fred Weber reports:
Almost 3 hrs. of looking today (July 18) at the Greenway meadows at various times produced only 8 species, compared to 11 yesterday in half the time. Tiger Swallowtail, Cabbage White 3, Red Admiral 2, Monarch 2, Silver-spotted Skipper 10, Peck’s Skipper 4, Northern Broken Dash, and Little Glassywing. 9 or 10 Humminbird Clearwing Moths. I’d help with the walk Sat. but I’ll be at a family gathering in Vermont.
Fred Weber
Back and forth between the 2 Greenway meadows 11:15-12:30. Spicebush and Tiger Swallowtails, Cabbage White 2, Variegated Fritillary, Eastern Comma, Monarch, Silver spotted Skipper 2, Sachem (female), Peck’s Skipper 2, Northern Broken Dash, and Dun Skipper.
Jim Wright
Monday, 4 – 4:30 p.m.
Saw black swallowtail (Pipevine?)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Butterfly Garden)
Summer Azure (on path)
Likely Red Admiral (Parnell’s Path)
Silver Spotted Skipper and Hummingbird Clear-winged Moth (Green Way field).
Jim Wright
Sunday, July 15, 4 p.m. 2 Monarchs in field east of Phairs Pond, Red Admiral along Parnell’s Path, Silver Spotted Skipper along the Green Way field path.
(Also had Monarch, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and black swallowtail species in my backyard, abutting Celery Farm on Franklin Tunrpike.
julie
On Saturday, July 14, I was there early in the day and I had
Silver-Spotted Skipper (on the monarda)
Monarch (on milkweed)
Cabbage White (flitting around)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (in the smaller meadow near the swamp milkweed)
On an other-notable-insects note, I also had my first Ebony Jewelwings of the year in the woods near the recently-fixed bridge, and heard my first cicadas of the year.
I am sure my butterfly tally would have been higher if I’d been in the meadow past 9am, but I was already gone.
Jim Wright
Reported by Fred Weber: I butterflied the 2 Green Way meadows for about an hour and a half and had very little on Wednesday. 7/11/18 Tiger Swallowtail 1 Cabbage White 2 Red Admiral 1 Monarch 1 Silver spotted Skipper 2 Delaware Skipper 1 Peck’s Skipper 2 Northern Broken Dash 1 Over all it’s a bad year. All the storms in late winter with a few hot days mixed in may be a factor. The Wild Bergamot is nearing peak flowering and there’s still plenty of Milkweed. The Mtn. Mint is just starting to flower. The Monarch today was on Swamp Milkweed in the back meadow, which will be flowering longer than the Common Milkweed. So the next few weeks will be prime butterfly time. I hope to check out the meadows frequently and see what shows up. Fred Weber
Jim Wright
July 10, 10 a.m.
Two Monarchs on Common Milkweed in field by Phair’s Pond.
Red Admiral on Common Milkweed on path along Phair’s Pond toward Green Way entrance.
One Hummingbird Clear-winged Moth on Monarda in Green Way Field.
Plus a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly in the GW field.
Tom Mitchell
3 monarchs and a clearwing moth in the milkweed meadow east of Phair’s Pond this evening 7/9
Mike Limatola
Huge Monarch last night 7/8, east of Phair’s Pond on common milkweed.
Mike
Fred Kaselow
One Tiger Swallowtail from the Pirie-Mayhood platform yesterday 7/8.2018
Chris Alber
Last Wed. (7/4) I saw a red admiral, a cabbage white, and a monarch.
Sue Dougherty
2 monarchs on common milkweed yesterday (7/7) over by Fred’s red cedar grove…east of Phair’s pond.
Jim Wright
Seen Sunday, July 8:
Two Monarchs enjoying each other’s company on Common Milkweed and three Slver-spotted Skippers on Monarda in Green Way Field.
One Eastern Tiger Swallowtail near long,low bridge on eastern trail.