Sightings – Butterflies & Moths
Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 4/7/14
Observation Time: 11:55 a.m.
Observation Location: Gavins Pond area (field near dam)
Common Name:“The Infant” moth
Scientific Name: Archiearis infans
Comments: “Infans” is a Latin word meaning “an infant”; refers to the adult’s early emergence from a pupa in the spring, and is the basis for the common names “The Infant” and “First-born Geometer.”
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Observer: Richard Mandell
Observation Date: 5/20/22
Observation Time: 11:55 a.m.
Observation Location: Mountain Street
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: This gorgeous butterfly discovered the sugar water in my hummingbird feeder.
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Observer: Lonnie Friedman
Observation Date: 5/31/20
Observation Time: 1:50 p.m.
Observation Location: In our yard (Gavins Pond Road)
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: This striking, large butterfly is fairly common.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 5/6/23
Observation Time: 8:15 a.m.
Observation Location: Moose Hill Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: This striking, large butterfly is fairly common in Sharon. I was surprised to see it so early in the season. It was feeding on a flowering tree near the barn on the Billings Loop. It appears to be missing a small part of the trailing edge of its wing. Perhaps a bird tried to catch it.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 6/24/21
Observation Time: 2:35 p.m.
Observation Location: Moose Hill Farm (TTOR)
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: This striking, large butterfly is fairly common in Sharon.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 5/26/14
Observation Time: 6:10 p.m.
Observation Location: field near Gavins Pond dam
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: Tiger swallowtails are spectacular and relatively common.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 5/30/10
Observation Time: 3:50 p.m.
Observation Location: Moose Hill Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: Females are dimorphic. The yellow morph differs from the male in having a blue postmedian area on the dorsal hindwing. In the dark morph, the areas that are normally yellow are replaced with dark gray or black.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 7/17/13
Observation Time: 1:30 p.m.
Observation Location: 4 Gavins Pond Road (back yard)
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: As I was picking raspberries in the garden, I saw this gorgeous butterfly, so I ran inside and grabbed my camera.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 7/25/14
Observation Time: 3:20 p.m.
Observation Location: Gavins Pond Dam
Common Name: Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: This butterfly posed nicely on a thistle blossom.
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Observer: Paul Lauenstein
Observation Date: 7/26/11
Observation Time: 1:30 p.m.
Observation Location: dirt road leading to the Gavins Pond dam
Common Name:Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Scientific Name: Papilio glaucus
Comments: This butterfly was so preoccupied with feeding on some decomposing organic matter that I was able to approach within a few inches to take this photo.
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