Black Dash butterfly

Hi, This past Saturday I had the pleasure to meet two people who were doing the NABC's  (North American Butterfly Count) usually done during the 4th of July week. Since I am only a couple of miles from Lancaster County, I decided to do their count. I had E-mailed some info the previous week and from their website obtained directions to a meeting place for this event. I arrived to find between a half dozen participants already there. I joined a father and son team from the Lititz, PA area and we did the area of extreme northern Lancaster and Lebanon Counites border. We did mostly power line cuts and some open brushy fields and found over thirty species. I did well, by my asperations, with three new 'life' butterflies. They were; Black Dash, Mulberry Wing and Baltimore Checkerspot. Great folks to spend the day with!  Here is a Black Dash on Common Milkweed, Denis