Butterfly Gardening in Silver Spring, Maryland

Butterfly List for the Garden 2004 -2008

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See the next link for the list of sightings from 1993-2003. 

The date (month/day) listed under the year is when I first saw this butterfly species in the garden during that year. The date under "Last" is when I last saw the species that year. The list only includes records of adult butterflies; eggs, caterpillars, and pupae are not included.

 

 2004

 Last

 2005

 Last

 2006

 Last

 2007

 Last

 2008

 Last

Swallowtails

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Tiger

4/24

9/20

6/4

9/24

4/15

10/2

5/19

9/23

5/17

9/21

Spicebush

5/23

8/15

6/21

8/20

5/28

8/27

 

8-18

5/31

8/30

Black

4/30

7/17

7/16

9/17

5/7

10/1

6-11

8-12

7/12

9/5

Pipevine

7/12

 

9/16

9/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zebra

 

 

7/4

8/20

5/20

6/24

6-9

6-30

6/29

 

 Whites and Sulphurs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabbage White

3/5

11/6

4/4

11/13

3/11

10/30

3/25

11-5

4/12

11/5

Clouded Sulphur

3/24

10/30

7/11

10/31

4/15

10/15

7/14

 

5/4

9/20

Orange Sulphur

4/18

11/1

7/4

11/6

4/2

10/8

4/21

11-5

4/17

11/1

Cloudless Sulphur

 

 

 

 

5/28

9/18

 

 

 

 

Sleepy Orange

7/19

8/15

8/14

10/31

 

 

10-6

10-8

9/5

 

 Hairstreaks and Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Pine Elfin

 

 

 

 

4/28

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Tailed Blue

4/24

8/8

6/24

10/14

4/14

9/18

5/12

10-18

5/3

10/5

Spring and Summer Azure

5/17

9/5

6/5

9/16

4/15

9/15

5/25

8-12

5/27

9/7

Gray Hairstreak

6/20

9/25

6/12

10/16

6/23

10/2

7-29

9-16

6/6

10/14

Red-Banded Hairstreak

6/19

11/1

8/20

10/14

8/13

10/16

6-17

10-21

5/17

10/19

Banded Hairstreak

 

 

6/19

 

 

 

6-22

 

 

 

White M Hairstreak

9/7

 

 

 

9/3

 

9-17

10-6

8/30

9/5

 Brushfoots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Snout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variegated Fritillary

7/5

9/7

8/7

10/3

7/24

9/23

6-19

10-21

7/7

 

Great Spangled Fritillary

6/11

7/21

7/11

7/11

8/26

10/2

6/7

6/16

6/22

 

Meadow Fritillary

 

 

10/15

10/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pearl Crescent

4/24

10/31

8/7

10/31

4/15

10/2

6-30

11-5

4/26

10/26

Silvery Checkerspot

 

 

 

 

8/13

8/17

 

 

 

 

Monarch

6/28

10/30

6/19

10/23

5/6

11/11

5/11

10-20

7/13

10/14

Hackberry Emperor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tawny Emperor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-Spotted Admiral

7/19

9/20

7/24

9/18

5/28

9/18

6-17

 

8/24

10/19

Viceroy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Admiral

4/18

9/12

6/15

7/16

9/4

10/2

6-30

10-20

 

 

Eastern Comma

4/18

9/11

7/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question Mark

7/26

8/9

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/23

 

Mourning Cloak

6/11

 

10/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painted Lady

 

 

7/11

9/3

 

 

8-12

 

9/14

10/26

American Lady

5/10

7/12

7/3

9/18

5/20

8/27

6-9

7-6

5/17

7/20

Common Buckeye

7/11

9/19

 

 

8/21

10/2

9-8

 

7/12

10/13

 Skippers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver-Spotted Skipper

4/30

10/10

5/27

9/6

5/1

9/17

5/13

10-8

5/30

9/7

Long-tailed Skipper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/7

 

Hayhurst’s Scallopwing

5/28

10/10

7/24

10/17

8/26

9/17

6-17

10-1

6/1

8/24

Horace’s Duskywing

6/28

10/4

7/11

9/6

7/10

9/18

7-1

9-18

6/29

 

Juvenal's Duskywing

4/30

 

5/8

 

 

 

 

 

5/3

 

Wild Indigo Duskywing

7/9

8/22

7/3

9/3

7/1

8/20

9-9

 

8/17

9/5

Common Checkered Skipper

10/9

 

9/16

10/16

10/2

10/21

10-7

10-14

9/28

11/2

Common Sootywing

 

 

 

 

 

 

8-9

8-11

 

 

Least Skipper

5/24

 

8/21

9/1

 

 

 

 

8/30

8/31

Sachem

5/9

11/6

5/31

11/13

5/13

10/30

5/28

11-4

5/26

11/5

Peck’s Skipper

5/19

9/25

7/21

10/3

7/23

10/2

7-13

10-1

7/12

10/14

Zabulon Skipper

5/16

8/15

8/5

8/28

8/12

8/13

5/25

8-24

6/21

8/31

Clouded Skipper

8/30

10/9

 

 

 

 

9-4

10-15

9/5

9/28

Little Glassywing

6/11

8/15

6/24

8/13

6/17

6/18

8-9

8-18

6/21

8/24

Dun Skipper

8/1

8/22

7/4

8/20

8/20

 

8-11

8/26

8/16

8/31

Northern Broken-Dash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiery Skipper

7/31

11/6

8/6

10/23

8/12

10/30

8-12

10-21

6/23

10/19

Tawny-edged Skipper

9/11

9/20

8/7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Broken-Dash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8/30

 

Crossline Skipper

7/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocola Skipper

8/9

9/12

7/25

9/16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

Total Species/Year

42

 

40

 

34

 

36

 

38

 

WhiteMBoneset5_pgln.JPG

White M Hairstreak on late-flowering boneset.  9/17/2008

Butterfly Gardening in Silver Spring, Maryland
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