Sighting for October 24, 2012
Brett Budach
Kansas State University Gardens, Manhattan
Riley County, KS
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 2
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow common
- Dainty Sulphur abundant
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Western Pygmy-Blue abundant
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- American Snout 1
- Variegated Fritillary common
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Mourning Cloak 2
- Painted Lady common
- Common Buckeye 5
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Monarch 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Sachem superabundant
- Eufala Skipper abundant
Western Pygmy-Blue
Eufala Skipper
Checkered White
The warm front got a lot of leps moving out in the gardens today. The most notable shift in species was a tremendous influx of Western Pygmy-blues and Eufala Skippers. This list is from spending 30 minutes on the KSU gardens.