Three of us did the count this year – Mike Reese, Dave Hanson, and me – on July 24th. It was a good day – very sunny, but not as hot and muggy as it has been in the past.
Here’s Dave with a newly hatched Monarch that he found in the wetland.
We returned the Monarch to a milkweed plant so it could finish drying its wings.
A Tawny Emperor landed on Mike Reese.
We saw a Crossline Skipper – a new butterfly for the farm and for Mike’s records for Buffalo County.
Here’s our list:
Black Swallowtail – 4
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail – 2
Cabbage White – 1
Clouded Sulphur – 19
Coral Hairstreak – 5
Acadian Hairstreak – 1
Edwards’ Hairstreak – 12
Banded Hairstreak – 5
Striped Hairstreak – 3
Eastern Tailed-Blue – 19
‘Summer’ Spring Azure – 1
Great Spangled Fritillary – 27
Aphrodite Fritillary – 4
Meadow Fritillary – 8
Gorgone Checkerspot – 18
Silvery Checkerspot – 1
Northern Crescent – 16
Baltimore Checkerspot – 1
Eastern Comma – 3
Gray Comma – 2
Compton Tortoiseshell – 2
Red-spotted Purple – 3
Viceroy – 4
Hackberry Emperor – 12
Tawny Emperor – 2
Northern Pearly-eye – 4
Eyed Brown – 1
Common Wood-Nymph – 91
Monarch – 22
Silver-spotted Skipper – 37
Northern Cloudywing – 3
Crossline Skipper – 1
Northern Broken-Dash – 15
Little Glassywing – 4
Delaware Skipper – 3
Black Dash – 6
Dun Skipper – 12
Common Roadside-Skipper – 1
38 species
375 individuals