Sighting for August 11, 2012
Thomas Jantscher
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center
Linn County, IA
- Checkered White 3
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 7
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 12
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Meadow Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 9
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 5
White M Hairstreak
Sightings recorded over 1.5 hours.
Weather: 76°F, mostly clear, relatively still
Habitat: Restored prairie, dense and open woodlands
Most sightings recorded as part of Iowa Butterfly Survey Network.
*Also found White M Hairstreak (1)