Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant

 

Trip leaders:Kevin Heffernan, Cris Ausin, Kathy Litzinger, Woody Merkle, Annette Allor
Recorder: Kevin Heffernan
Date of trip: July 23, 2025
Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant Number attending: 30
Details: Temp range: 77-80. Cloud cover: 50.
Monarch caterpillar (Cris Ausin)
Photo by Kevin Heffernan
Silver-spotted Skipper (Cris Ausin)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Chis Auson)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Chis Ausin)
Juniper Hairstreak (Annette Allor)
Northern Pearly-eye (Cris Ausin)
American Snout (Sydney King)

Silver-spotted Skipper: 30
Horace’s Duskywing: 3
Least Skipper: 4
Tawny-edged Skipper: 1
Little Glassywing: 1
Sachem: 6
Zabulon Skipper: 3
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: 18
Spicebush Swallowtail: 2
Cabbage White: 12
Orange Sulphur: 5

Red-banded Hairstreak: 1
Juniper Hairstreak: 5
Gray Hairstreak: 2
Eastern Tailed-Blue: 2
American Snout: 9
Pearl Crescent: 5
Red-spotted Purple: 1
Hackberry Emperor: 1
Monarch-adult: 2
Monarch-caterpillar: 1