My sister at Dahlgren Lake, in the middle of the Lexington WMA |
Pygmy rattlesnake - notice the nearly indistinguishable rattle(s) on the tip of the tail. These sound like an insect buzzing and often go unnoticed or may not be heard. |
Pygmy rattlesnake - after Bryan encouraged it to get off the road and pose for our cameras. |
Blanchard's cricket frog at Dahlgren Lake |
Oblique-lined tiger beetle (Cicindela tranquebarice) |
Toothpick grasshopper (likely Leptysma marginicollis) |
Hesperiidae - skipper family
*Thorybes pylades pylades - northern cloudywing - 1 (ssp. found in WA is T. p. indistinctus)
*Thorybes bathyllus - southern cloudywing - 12
Epargyreus clarus clarus - silver-spotted skipper - 2 (ssp. found in western WA is E. c. californicus)
*Achalarus lyciades - hoary edge - 4
*Atalopedes campestris huron - sachem - 1 (ssp. found in WA is A. c. campestris)
Amblyscirtes vialis - common roadside-skipper - 2 (sp. also found in northwest)
Papilionidae - swallowtail family
*Papilio glaucus glaucus - eastern tiger swallowtail - 1 male
*Papilio polyxenes asterius - black swallowtail - 1
Pieridae - whites & sulphurs
Colias eurytheme - orange sulphur - 1 (sp. also found in northwest)
Nathalis iole iole - dainty sulphur - 1
Lycaenidae - hairstreaks, blues, coppers
*Calycopis cecrops - red-banded hairstreak - 1
Cupido comyntas comyntas - eastern tailed blue - 5 (ssp. found in western states is C. c. sissona)
*Celastrina ladon - spring azure - 2
Nymphalidae - true brush-footed butterflies
Phyciodes tharos tharos - pearl crescent - 1
*Chlosyne nycteis nycteis - silvery checkerspot - 1
*Euptoieta claudia - variegated fritillary - 2
*Vanessa virginiensis - American lady - 5
Vanessa atalanta rubria - red admiral - 1 (sp. also found in northwest)
Junonia coenia coenia - northern (common) buckeye - 3
*Polygonia interrogationis - question mark - 8
*Anaea andria - goatweed leafwing - 8
*Asterocampa celtis antonia - hackberry emperor - 3
*Megisto cymela cymela - little wood-satyr - 12
Danaus plexippus plexippus - monarch - 2 (1 female, 1 unknown, same sp. as in northwest)
Southern cloudywing at Dahlgren Lake |
Southern cloudywing (left) and common roadside skipper (right) on green milkweed |
Silver-spotted skipper on blackberry (note the 'clean' markings) |
Hoary edge skipper (note the smudged markings compared to silver-spotted skipper) |
Hoary edge skipper |
Eastern tiger swallowtail (male) on shore of Dahlgren Lake |
Red-banded hairstreak (yes it's that small!) |
Spring azure |
Silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) |
Silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) |
Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) |
American painted lady on evening primrose (along with some buprestid beetles) |
American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis) |
American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis) |
Buckeye (Junonia coenia) |
Question mark near coyote scat |
Question mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) |
Little wood satyr (Megisto cymela), with a possible bird strike on one of the wing eyespots. |
White wild indigo (aka white false indigo) |
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