Recent sightings
Tom Bailey
Pinelands Preservation Alliance Headquarters, Southampton Township
Burlington County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- Sulphur sp. 1
Wijbren Huisman
Atkinson Memorial Park, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. 2.00 pm Temp. 55 F. My FOY BF in the park.
- Cabbage White 1
David L. Amadio
Platt's nursery & farm market, Clarkesboro
Gloucester County, NJ
Found flying amidst flats of pansies. Temp. only mid 40's.
- Cabbage White 1
Tom Reed
Woodcock Trail tract, Cape May NWR
Cape May County, NJ
Mostly sunny, 63F, wind W 10-15mph. 12:35 pm. Red Admiral flying north along saltmarsh edge.
- Red Admiral 1
Wijbren Huisman & Lucy Hooper
Back yard Lucy Hooper
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. 12.30 Temp 60F. While photographing native Spring flowers in Lucy’s back yard, a Spring Azure showed up. My first 2024 BF.
- Spring Azure 1
Jackie Parker
712 Foster Ave. Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
- Spring Azure 1
Zac Bohm
Our home in Eldora,NJ
Cape May County, NJ
[Very cool photo by our newest contributor, Zac Bohm: mourning cloak ovipositing on willow (Salix).
I can't remember any previous photographs on our log documenting this host plant use in South Jersey.
Thank you, Zac! jc]
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Spring Azure 3
- Eastern Comma 1
Karen & Brian Johnson
Mill pond road
Salem County, NJ
Salem County tour today. Most of the butterflies were on the sand road north of Maskells Mill WMA. 63 degrees and sunny.
[Thanks to Karen and Brian for our first reports from SAL in 2024. jc]
- Cabbage White 3
- Henry's Elfin 5
- Blueberry Azure 1
- American Snout 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
Vicky McErlean
Galloway home
Atlantic County, NJ
Sunny. Mid-60's. First yard butterfly sighting of the year.
- Cabbage White 2
Greg Prelich and Jeanine Apgar
Lenape Farms WMA
Atlantic County, NJ
A nice 62-degree day brightened by a pair of Henry's Elfins.
[Nice! Our 2nd and 3rd Henry's of 2024 and first north of CMY. jc]
- Cabbage White 11
- Henry's Elfin 2
- Spring Azure 9
- Anglewing sp. 1
- Mourning Cloak 4
- Cabbage White 1
- Eastern Comma 2
Aaron Reb, Jack McDonough
Higbee Beach WMA
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
- Spring Azure 7
- American Snout 1
Aaron Reb
Higbee beach WMA
Cape May County, NJ
[Super find! This breaks our record early date for white-m that has stood for more than ten years, 3/30/2012, by two weeks! (2012 was a year that set a series of early dates.) Congratulations, Aaron, and keep these reports and photos coming! jc]
- White M Hairstreak 1
Scott McConnell
Whitesboro
Cape May County, NJ
Temp in low 60s, clear, light SW breeze; 1.4 km, 1345–1445.
- Spring Azure 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
Tom Bailey
Brendan Byrne SF, Woodland Township
Burlington County, NJ
Disjunct section off of Jones Mill Road, Chatsworth.
- Blueberry Azure 4
- Azure, sp. 1
- Anglewing sp. 1
- Mourning Cloak 3
Jack McDonough, Aaron Reb
Coral Ave, CMP
Cape May County, NJ
Partly sunny, 64 degrees, WSW at 11mph. Between 12-1pm.
Essential movement was either east-west or east-north/nnw from the dune crossing
- Question Mark 5
- Red Admiral 2
Mid-afternoon. Sunny, breezy, temperature @50 degrees.