Sighting for October 24, 2012
Thomas Jantscher
Rand Park flower gardens, City of Keokuk
Lee County, IA
- Checkered White 1
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Dainty Sulphur 5
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 8
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 80
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 80
- Eufala Skipper 1
Cloudless Sulphur
Sachem
Sachem
Common Buckeye
Fiery Skipper
Painted Lady
Fiery Skipper
Sightings recorded from 1:50 pm - 3:50 pm.
Weather: 82°F- 80°F, partly cloudy, windy
Habitat: Multi-bed public flower garden in residential neighborhood on Mississippi River bluff
A great day for end-of-year butterflying!
Eufala Skipper is a very uncommon migrant.