Sighting for July 15, 2018

Robert Bell

Tuttle Marsh
Iosco County, MI

Noon to 4:30PM
Sunny 83 degrees
Main nectar source was Swamp Milkweed.
A fabulous afternoon for butterfly aficionados.

  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Pink-edged Sulphur 7
  • Bronze Copper 3
  • Acadian Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
  • Great Spangled Fritillary 17
  • Meadow Fritillary 3
  • Northern Crescent 3
  • Baltimore Checkerspot 13
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 10
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Eyed Brown 1
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1
  • Monarch 85
  • Least Skipper 3
  • Peck's Skipper 5
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Long Dash 12
  • Northern Broken-Dash 1
  • Little Glassywing 3
  • Delaware Skipper 15
  • Mulberry Wing 12
  • Broad-winged Skipper 1
  • Dion Skipper 12
  • Black Dash 1
  • Dun Skipper 178

Black Dash, Dion Skipper