Here’s some more great butterflies from Saturday courtesy of Joe Koscielny. We’ll post more a little later.

Monarch

Monarch

Orange Sulpher

Silver Spotted Skipper

Chris Takacs reports that the Ruff was in DeKorte this morning and sent in the photo above. With low tide coming back around 3 pm, we’ll be able to take another good look for our rare visitor soon. The photo Chris sent shows the Ruff in the impoundment off the Transco Trail parallel to the Turnpike. “Looking  back to west it’s preening with a group of 50 or so yellowlegs and Dowitchers.”

In the meantime, check out some Ruff shenanigans from the Netherlands here

Thanks to Patrick Carney for identifying the moths from Moth Night on the previous post! ID’s listed under the photos below.

Gray-Edged Snout With Flower Fly

Juniper-Twig Geometer

Juniper-Twig Geometer

Scirpus Wainscot

Thanks to all who came out for Moth Night last Thursday and to Dr. Elena Tartaglia, co-founder of National Moth Week, for her great presentation. Thanks to Joe Koscielny for sending the photos below. Now we need your help in identifying the moths. Know which is which? Email brian.aberback@njmeadowlands.gov

Visitors marked 15 species of butterflies and moths on our whiteboard during Butterfly Day on Saturday. Did you see one that isn’t listed? Let us know by emailing brian.aberback@njmeadowlands.gov. Thanks to Alice Leurck for the photo of the Red Admiral above!

Species seen:

Monarch

Red Admiral

Silver Spotted Skipper

Dun Skipper

Broad Winged Skipper

Cabbage White

Pearl Crescent

Black Swallowtail

Orange Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Zabulan Skipper

Tiger Swallowtail

Easter Tailed Blue

Snowberry Clearwinged Moth

Clearwinged Moth

Our Seventh Annual Butterfly Day this past Saturday was a rousing success!! Close to 1,000 people came to DeKorte Park to take in butterfly talks and go on guided walks to see the majestic winged marvels. Kids loved the crafts, coloring, face painting and scavenger hunts, and dressed their butterfly best for the costume contest.

Thanks to our co-sponsors, the Bergen County Audubon Society and the North American Butterfly Association – North Jersey Chapter. We’ll be posting plenty of pics throughout the day.

Check out the story on Butterfly Day in yesterday’s Record.