Sunday's Butterfly Talk and walk was a big success — if you didn't mind a little heat. The butterflies sure didn't.
During the day we saw 15 species of Butterflies, including a second-ever-reported-for-DeKorte American Snout (one of the ugliest names for a butterfly). See fleeting photo at right.
To see the North American Butterfly Association's checklist for DeKorte Park, click here.
Full list follows.
__Pipevine Swallowtail
__Black Swallowtail
__Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
__Cabbage White
__Orange Sulphur
__Great Spangled Fritillary (seen by Don Torino)
__Pearl Croissant
__American/Painted Lady
new!American Snout
__Monarch
__Silver-spotted Skipper
__Wild Indigo Duskywing
__Delaware Skipper
__Broad-winged Skipper
Adapted from the North American Butterfly Association’s New Jersey Chapter’s Dekorte Park list.