Sighting for May 19, 2012
Thomas Jantscher
Shimek State Forest, Donnellson and Croton Units
Lee County, IA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 11
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 12
- Cabbage White 20
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 65
- Little Yellow 6
- Bronze Copper 1
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 17
- Spring Azure 24
- American Snout 10
- Great Spangled Fritillary 8
- Silvery Checkerspot 1
- Pearl Crescent 20
- Question Mark 30
- Eastern Comma 13
- Gray Comma 8
- American Lady 2
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 13
- Viceroy 2
- Hackberry Emperor 60
- Little Wood-Satyr 50
- Silver-spotted Skipper 80
- Funereal Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Least Skipper 5
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 20
- Tawny-edged Skipper 4
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Hobomok Skipper 35
- Zabulon Skipper 25
- Dun Skipper 25
Pipevine Swallowtail
Weather: 72-86 degrees F, hazy clouds, some wind
Habitat: Gravel roads and trails through hilly mature woodlands
Sightings recorded over about 5.5 hours
This is only the second year a Funereal Duksywing has ever been recorded from Iowa.