The butterflies are really moving into the area, with many species hanging out at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst and the Amvets Carillon in North Arlington. Above, a broad-winged skipper on a coneflower in DeKorte Park.
Below, a yellow sulphur on thistle. 
The Kearny marsh is a gem located just off Schuyler Avenue in -- where else -- Kearny. You access the marsh by turning into Gunnell Oval Park and driving around back.
The 300-acre marsh is significant because, as the only freshwater wetlands in the Meadowlands District, it provides a major stopover for migrating waterfowl.
This time of year, it is decidedly laid back, with dragonflies a-plenty, painted turtles sunning themselves, and some nifty plants -- Meadow salsify and black raspberries.
For directions and more information on Kearny Marsh, click here.
Click "Continue reading" to see more images and read more about the marsh.
This Eastern black swallowtail (above) was flitting around the Amvets carillon in North Arlington earlier this week -- along with the silver-spotted skipper on nodding thistle (below).
Above: an orange sulfur butterfly on bull thistle.
Below: cabbage white on spreading dogbane.
Both photographed near the Amvets memorial carillon near the entrance to Mill Creek Marsh Trail in North Arlington.
Summer kicks off today with the summer solstice.
Don't forget the Meadowlands Environment Center's program on the summer solstice on Saturday. More info here.
