Great butterfly trip
Kathie Brock, Ann Thering, and Karl Legler |
The trip focused on butterflies of our wetlands and wet mesic prairies. Most of the time was spent along the fire break between the Valley Prairie and the marsh. The original plan had been to cover a lot more ground, but there were so many butterflies in this area that there was no need to go further.
The trip probably benefited greatly from the great burns we had had in early March. Because of the favorable early spring weather, we were able to burn both the Valley Prairie and the marsh on March 13.
Here is Ann's preliminary list of sighting:
- Clouded Sulphur (8+)
- Orange Sulphur (6+)
- Bronze Copper (1)
- Banded Hairstreak (1)
- Gray Hairstreak (1)
- Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
- ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
- Great Spangled Fritillary (20+)
- Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
- Meadow Fritillary (3)
- Silvery Checkerspot (1)
- Baltimore Checkerspot (50+)
- Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
- American Lady (2)
- Red Admiral (1)
- Common Buckeye (2)
- Viceroy (1)
- Eyed Brown (2)
- Little Wood-Satyr (1)
- Common Wood-Nymph (2)
- Monarch (5)
- Silver-spotted Skipper (4)
- Least Skipper (5)
- European Skipper (6)
- Long Dash (1)
This is the third year that SWBA has led a trip to Pleasant Valley Conservancy. We are pleased to host these trips and are grateful for all the information on butterflies that they give us.
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