Butterflies of Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
PICATINNY ARSENAL NATURAL RESOURCES
Picatinny Arsenal, established in 1880 as a powder depot, began to manufacture powder and became an arsenal in 1907. It is now recognized as a world class research and development center for the Army Materiel Command; Tank-Automative and Armaments subcommand, Picatinny is home to the Armament Research, Development & Engineering Center, as well as several tenant military and civilian personnel.
Situated between Green Pond Mountain and Mount Hope in seven-mile long Picatinny Valley, the Arsenal lies just 40 miles northwest of New York City. Green Pond Brook runs the length of the valley. Denmark Lake and Picatinny Lake, as well as several small ponds are located on the installation. A unique shrub-swamp covers the north half of Denmark Lake. These rarely disturbed wetlands, forests, and rocky outcrops provide varied habitat for a multitude of insects, plants, animals and birds.
The natural Resources office manages 5,850 acres of lands, surface water, ground water, and forest. Wildlife populations are monitored, assisted often by volunteer birders, nature enthusiasts and hunters. The variety of montane wetlands has produced many unique populations. Three butterflies from the New Jersey Endangered Species List breed on the installation. Due to mission security, the Arsenal is not open to the public. Visits to much of the facility can be arranged. For information, contact 973-724-4691.
Legend
Abundant - 1
Common - 2
Uncommon - 3
Rare - 4
NJ Endangered - Name in bold
Butterflies
|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov| Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes |---|---|--2|222|222|222|222|222|---|---| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus |---|---|--2|222|22-|222|222|22-|---|---| Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus |---|---|--2|222|22-|222|222|22-|---|---| Cabbage White Pieris rapae |---|---|111|111|111|111|111|111|---|---| Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice |---|---|222|222|222|222|222|222|222|22-| Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme |---|---|111|111|111|111|111|111|111|11-| American Copper Lycaena phlaeas |---|---|--2|222|22-|222|22-|---|---|---| Coral Hairstreak Satyrium titus |---|---|---|---|--2|222|---|---|---|---| Edward's Hairstreak Satyrium edwardsii |---|---|---|---|-33|33-|---|---|---|---| Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus |---|---|---|---|-22|222|---|---|---|---| Hickory Hairstreak Satyrium caryaevorum | Probable; confirmation needed | Striped Hairstreak Satyrium liparops |---|---|---|---|333|3--|---|---|---|---| Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus |---|---|--3|33-|---|---|---|---|---|---| Olive Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus |---|---|---|222|---|-22|---|---|---|---| Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus |---|---|--3|333|333|333|333|333|333|---| Eastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntas |---|---|--1|111|111|111|111|111|111|---| Spring Azure Celastrina ladon |---|--2|222|222|222|222|222|222|---|---| Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele |---|---|---|---|--2|222|222|222|---|---| Meadow Fritillary Boloria bellona |---|---|--1|111|-11|111|--1|111|111|1--| Harris' Fritillary Chlosyne harrisii |---|---|---|---|444|---|---|---|---|---| Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos |---|---|---|111|111|111|111|111|111|---| Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton |---|---|---|---|--2|22-|---|---|---|---| Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis|---|---|---|---|--2|22-|---|---|---|---| Eastern Comma Polygonia comma |---|---|--3|33-|--3|---|--3|---|---|---| Compton Tortoiseshell Nymphalis vau-album |---|--3|3--|---|--3|3--|---|-33|33-|---| Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa |---|--2|2--|---|--2|2--|--2|222|2--|---| American lady Vanessa virginiensis |---|---|-22|222|222|222|222|222|222|---| Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta |---|---|-22|222|222|222|222|222|222|---| Common Buckeye Juninia coenia |---|---|---|333|333|333|333|333|333|---| Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis |---|---|--2|22-|---|-22|--2|22-|---|---| Viceroy Limenitis archippus |---|---|---|--3|333|-3-|---|-3-|---|---| Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis |---|---|---|---|-33|33-|-33|33-|---|---| Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton |---|---|---|---|---|44-|-44|4--|---|---| Northern Pearly-Eye Enodia anthedon |---|---|---|---|--3|333|---|---|---|---| Appalachian Brown Satyrodes appalachia |---|---|---|---|-22|222|2--|---|---|---| Little Wood-Satyr Megisto cymela |---|---|---|-11|111|---|---|---|---|---| Common Ringlet Coenonympha tullia |---|---|---|---|222|---|222|---|---|---| Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala |---|---|---|---|--2|222|222|2--|---|---| Monarch Danaus plexippus |---|---|---|---|222|222|222|222|222|222| Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus |---|---|---|222|222|222|222|222|---|---| Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades |---|---|---|---|--3|3--|---|---|---|---| Southern Cloudywing Thorybes bathyllus |---|---|---|---|--3|3--|---|---|---|---| Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades |---|---|---|--2|222|22-|---|---|---|---| Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus |---|---|---|-22|222|---|---|---|---|---| Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis |---|---|-22|222|22-|---|---|---|---|---| Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius |---|---|--3|333|---|333|---|---|---|---| Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae |---|---|---|-22|22-|222|--2|222|---|---| Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus |---|---|---|-22|222|222|222|22-|---|---| Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor |---|---|---|---|222|222|2-2|222|2--|---| European Skipper Thymelicus lineola |---|---|---|---|111|1--|---|---|---|---| Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea |---|---|---|222|---|---|---|---|---|---| Indian Skipper Hesperia sassacus |---|---|---|--2|22-|---|---|---|---|---| Peck's Skipper Polites peckius |---|---|---|--1|111|--1|111|111|---|---| Tawney-edged Skipper Polites themistocles |---|---|---|---|--2|222|---|---|---|---| Crossline Skipper Polites origenes |---|---|---|---|--2|222|---|---|---|---| Long Dash Polites mystic |---|---|---|---|333|---|---|---|---|---| Northern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia egeremet |---|---|---|---|--1|111|---|---|---|---| Little Glassywing Pompeius verna |---|---|---|---|--2|222|---|---|---|---| Delaware Skipper Anatrytone logan |---|---|---|---|---|222|---|---|---|---| Mulberry Wing Poanes massaoit |---|---|---|---|---|222|---|---|---|---| Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok |---|---|---|--2|222|2--|---|---|---|---| Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon |---|---|---|--2|222|---|222|---|---|---| Dion Skipper Euphyes dion |---|---|---|---|--4|44-|---|---|---|---| Black Dash Euphyes conspicua |---|---|---|---|---|222|2--|---|---|---| Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris |---|---|---|---|--2|222|-22|---|---|---| Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna |---|---|---|--3|3--|---|---|---|---|---| Pepper and Salt Skipper Ablyscirtes hegon | Probable; confirmation needed |
The Department of the Army and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are cooperating on an international program to promote conservation of neotropical migratory birds. For information, call DoD at (703) 604-1773 or NFWF at (202) 857-0166.
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