Sighting for September 9, 2012
Thomas Jantscher
Waubonsie State Park
Fremont County, IA
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 12
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 5
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 13
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 17
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 7
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Mourning Cloak 3
- Painted Lady 4
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 3
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Sachem 19
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 1
- Common Roadside-Skipper 1
Silver-spotted Skipper
Sightings recorded over 4 hours, within 10:20 am - 3:15 pm.
Weather: 70°F - 75°F, clear, light wind
Habitat: Mature upland woods with prairie on steep south- and west-facing ridgetop slopes.