I sprayed for ticks at the beginning and then lightly sprayed for mosquitos and left my insect repellant in my car. We carpooled to various spots, so I did not return to my car. The deer flies and mosquitoes were quite persistent by the end of the walk and by that point, most of any bug spray I had used had long since been sweated off in the humidity. We had a good-sized group, close to 15, and saw some nice butterflies, beautiful Canada lilies, and a Common Yellowthroat, Cedar Waxwings, a Baltimore Oriole, Red-tailed Hawk, and Eastern Kingbirds too. It was lovely to be out on a sunny day again, but the humidity was brutal!
First, we walked the power line trail in Shrewsbury. It was hot, hot, hot.
Crossline Skipper
American Copper
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Eastern-Tailed Blue
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Canada Lilies
Delaware Skipper (life butterfly)
Summer Azure
Appalachian Brown
Wild Indigo Duskywings ~~ mating
Canada Lily
Next, we drove over to Sudbury Valley Trustee's properties and walked the Crane Swamp trail (I think) on the Westboro/Northboro line. The bugs were bad here, but I saw most of my life butterflies here. You have to take the good with the bad! Next time, I will carry spray!
Northern Pearly-Eye (life butterfly)
Steve set up his scope so that we could all get a closeup view of this beauty!
Steve set up his scope so that we could all get a closeup view of this beauty!
Canada Lily
Broad-winged Skipper (life butterfly)
Mulberry Wing Skipper (life butterfly)
The orange marking on the wing looks like a jet airplane, making it an easy one to remember!
The orange marking on the wing looks like a jet airplane, making it an easy one to remember!
Pearl Crescent
Banded Hairstreak
Striped Hairstreak
Appalachian Brown
Little Wood Satyr
Mulberry Wing Skipper
Appalachian Brown
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