Date: 08/23/2015

Number: 5

3:20 p.m. @north entrance to Washington Park, Second Street & Palisade Avenue, Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey: Separate individuals of adults, 3 males and 2 females nectaring on white buddleia. All were strong flyers with frequently observed gliding and repeated returns to different tops of buddleia. I held one female in my hand. All were untagged. One of the females was small as was a male; one female's wings were faded, no sign of wing bites from predators.
Also observed in company of Monarchs were silver-spotted skippers and bumblebees. Monarchs preferred the tops of plants.
Temperature 82degrees F, sunny.

Union City, NJ

Latitude: 40.8 Longitude: -74

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