Butterfly Sighting Lists

Mike Reese
Location: High Cliff State Park
Calumet County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Cabbage White (50+)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Orange Sulphur (5)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (11)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (9)
• Least Skipper (4)
• Fiery Skipper (1)

Rhonda Hansen
Location: Burlington School Forest
Racine County

• Black Swallowtail (4)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (12)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• American Copper (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (6)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Pearl Crescent (4)
• Red-spotted Purple (3)
• Viceroy (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (6)
• Monarch (10)

Rhonda Hansen
Location: Bong Rec Area North
Kenosha County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Giant Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (10+)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Pearl Crescent (5)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (3)
• Viceroy (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (10+)

Dave Fallow
Location: UW Arboretum/Curtis Prairie
Dane County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (5)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Little Yellow (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (5)
• Viceroy (4)
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Tie Mill Rd.
Florence County

• Mustard White (11)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (4)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (10+)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2+)
• Atlantis Fritillary (5+)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Satyr Comma (1)
• Gray Comma (4)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (30+)
• Red Admiral (1)
• White Admiral (30+)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (7)
• Common Branded Skipper (18)
• Long Dash (2)
• Dun Skipper (20+)

sharon benson
Location: 725 deerfield lane Summit
Waukesha County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Rocky Run Oak Savanna SNA
Columbia County
10:00–12:00; Cloudy and cool.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (11)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (29)

Mike Reese
Location: Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Dane County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (10+)
• Spring Azure (2)
• Question Mark (2)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (7+)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Peck’s Skipper (5)

Joan Braune
Location: Faville Grove
Jefferson County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (15+)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Purplish Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (10+)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (20+)
• Northern Crescent (3+)
• Viceroy (4)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (8+)

Mike Reese
Location: White River Marsh
Green Lake County
I was very surprised by the Mustard White, the first that I have seen in Green Lake County.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Mustard White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (7)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Viceroy (5)
• Monarch (2)
• Least Skipper (22)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR East and West Avoca Units
Iowa County
The Gray Hairstreak was very fresh and in mint condition. It is also my first!

• Gray Hairstreak (1)

Mike Reese, Todd Sima
Location: LWR Avoca Wildlife Area
Iowa County
I found the Gray Hairstreak after Todd left. Could it be the same one he saw yesterday?

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (5)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Little Yellow (7)
• American Copper (2)
• Gray Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (30+)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (15+)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (20+)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Pearl Crescent (10+)
• Eastern Comma (19)
• Gray Comma (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (8)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Common Sootywing (10+)
• Least Skipper (1)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (3)

Royan Webb
Location: Faville Prairie Sanctuary
Jefferson County
All butterflies were seen walking the road.

• Black Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Purplish Copper
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• Pearl Crescent
• Northern Crescent
• Question Mark
• American Lady
• Common Buckeye
• Viceroy
• Monarch

Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Reserve
Sauk County
Only had time to hike lower trail. Also saw a dozen giant swallowtails, mainly while biking between Plain and Leland in Sauk County.

• Gray Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (4)
• Monarch (4)
• Leonard’s Skipper (10)

Andy Paulios
Location: Turtle Valley Wildlife Area
Walworth County

• Cabbage White (10+)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (5)

Mike Reese
Location: Quincy Bluff SNA
Adams County

• American Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (10)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (4)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (4)
• Monarch (3)

Judy Bautch
Location: Village of Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
On August 20, around 4pm in full sun a very worn butterfly was seen in some petunia blossoms.

• Giant Swallowtail (1)

Mike Reese
Location: MMSD Wildlife Observation Area
Dane County

• Cabbage White (30+)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (6)
• Fiery Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Puchyan Prairie SNA and White River WLA
Green Lake County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (7)
• American Copper (18)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (15)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (7)
• Meadow Fritillary (2)
• Northern Crescent (5)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Viceroy (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (3)
• Least Skipper (3)
• Leonard’s Skipper (1)

L. McMillan
Location: Beloit Township
Rock County
I spotted the butterfly on the edge of my woods on a zinnia plant.

• Giant Swallowtail (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Muscada
Grant County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (4)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Eastern Comma (4)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Leonard’s Skipper (4)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Blue River Unit
Grant County
The American Lady and Red Admiral were both Very Fresh and both have the great blue accent colors.

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (7)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (3)
• Eastern Comma (10+)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (6)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Leonard’s Skipper (10+)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Rural Jefferson County/Atzalan State Park
Jefferson County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (10+)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (2)
• Monarch (2)

Todd Sima
Location: Woodman, Millville, Bagley and Cassville
Grant County
The Cloudless Sulphur was photographed on the trail going into the Boat Launch at Bagley.

• Giant Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (25+)
• Clouded Sulphur (50+)
• Cloudless Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (5+)
• Harvester (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Pearl Crescent (4)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (20+)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Monarch (4)
• Least Skipper (6)