Here is what she said in her email: "Numbers are down a bit from last year (the general trend this year is for higher numbers) but diversity is still good. The purple milkweed is spectacular. And your large common milkweed clones are awesome. The butterflies go nuts over this. The Delaware Skipper, while not listed as threatened or anything, is always a nice find. You never see many in one spot."
Ann will be giving a course in August at Olbrich Garden on buttefly gardening. See the details in the Empire-Sauk Chapter (Prairie Enthusiasts) web site.
| Species | Numbers | Notes |
| Silver spotted skipper | 1 | |
| Banded hairstreak | 25+ | |
| Coral hairstreak | 1 | |
| Silvery checkerspot | 3 | |
| Baltimore checkerspot | 9 | |
| Great spangled fritillary | 8+ | |
| Aphrodite fritillary | 6+ | |
| Meadow fritillary | 2 | |
| Red admiral | 1 | |
| Little wood satyr | 1 | |
| Summer azure | 15+ | Laying eggs on New Jersey tea |
| Eastern tailed blue | 1 | |
| Monarch | 8 | 3 caterpillars |
| Eyed brown | 1 | |
| Delaware skipper | 1 | |
| European skipper | 1 | |
| Black swallowtail | 3 | |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail | 1 | |
| Mourning cloak | 1 | |
| Common wood nymph | 3 | |
| Orange sulfur | 5 | |
| Clouded sulfur | 6 | |
| Data courtesy of Ann Thering |
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