2023 September 4
For butterflies, we are pretty well down to Cabbage Whites and Woodland Skippers, now. Here are one of each, from Aziza Cooper.
Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae) Aziza Cooper
Woodland Skipper (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Aziza Cooper
The Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar found by Barb and Mike McGrenere (see September 2) has now made this nice cocoon:
Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jeremy Tatum
Jeremy Tatum found these caterpillars at Glencoe Cove Park today, September 4:
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus (Lep.: Papilionidae) Jeremy Tatum
Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata
(Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)
Jeremy Tatum
Aziza Cooper found this butterfly at Outerbridge Park today, September 4.
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
Birders will probably speculate as to why Jeremy was at Glencoe Cove and why Aziza was at Outerbridge.