2016 September 12

 

   Gordon Hart sends the results of the August Butterfly Count, as follows:  (August 2015 numbers in parentheses)

 

Anise Swallowtail                               1          (0)

Cabbage White                              302      (259)

Cedar Hairstreak                               0          (1)

“Ringlet”                                           32        (19)

Grey Hairstreak                                 0          (4)

Lorquin’s Admiral                              4          (5)

Mourning Cloak                                 0          (2)

Painted Lady                                       5          (6)

Pale Tiger Swallowtail                       0          (3)

Pine White                                          6          (2)

Purplish Copper                                  0          (2)

Red Admiral                                        0          (3)

West Coast Lady                                 0          (1)

Sulphur sp.                                          1          (0)

Western Tiger Swallowtail                1          (3)

Woodland Skipper                         357      (595)

 

Total                                                 709      (905)

Observers                                         12        (17)

Reports                                             29        (40)

Locations covered                            27

 

 

   Jeff Gaskin saw a  skipper (presumably woodland) today on Cecilia Avenue.

 

   More reports of interesting invertebrates received today – but they’ll have to wait until tomorrow’s posting!  Jeremy Tatum