Butterfly Sighting Lists

Judith Huf
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Bayside
Milwaukee County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (5)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (5)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Green Circle Trail/ East of Airport
Portage County
Only the second time I have seen a Dainty Sulphur in Wisconsin. C.patruela where out in numbers also.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• White Admiral (1)
• European Skipper (10+)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (2)

Ann Thering
Location: Pleasant Valley
Dane County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (4)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (25+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (8)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (5)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (20)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (6)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• European Skipper (3)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Crossline Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Lake Farm Park, near Madison
Dane County

• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Monarch (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area
Price County
Also saw and was lucky to photograph my first Williamson’s Emerald

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (7)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (8)
• Northern Crescent (20+)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• White Admiral (10+)
• Viceroy (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (20+)
• Common Ringlet (2)
• Monarch (2)
• European Skipper (6)
• Indian Skipper (1)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (20+)

Mike Reese
Location: Moquah Barrens
Bayfield County
7:30–11:30

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (50+)
• Silvery Checkerspot (3)
• Northern Crescent (30+)
• White Admiral (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Common Ringlet (6)
• Dreamy Duskywing (4)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)
• European Skipper (1)
• Indian Skipper (30+)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

Natalie Serna
Location: Pell Lake, WI
Walworth County
They love my garden. I see them in my yard all the time. My daughters and I love it.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (6)
• Painted Lady (3)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (4)

Christine Taylor
Location: in my house northwest of milwaukee/ tosa
Milwaukee County
My daughter caught 3 caterpillars and they did their thing and this afternoon she saw that two had emerged. One has already manged to be set free, we are still waiting for the other to decide to climd out of the bug catcher to freedom. The third has yet to emerge.

• Mourning Cloak (2)

Ron Arnold, Ann Thering, Mike Reese
Location: NABA Sandhill/Seneca count
Wood County
The weather cooperated nicely for this year’s count, not too hot, cloudy, or windy, (or too many skippers to drive me crazy). We also saw a very worn Tiger Swallowtail but weren’t able to determine the species. The Baltimore Checkerspots and Least Skippers were more than I’ve ever previously seen in one day.

• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Bronze Copper (16)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Acadian Hairstreak (5)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (3)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (18)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (7)
• Northern Crescent (123)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (5)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• White Admiral (2)
• Viceroy (5)
• Northern Pearly-eye (11)
• Eyed Brown (19)
• Little Wood-Satyr (19)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (12)
• Least Skipper (9)
• European Skipper (103)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (50)
• Mulberry Wing (2)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Two-spotted Skipper (23)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Tod Highsmith
Location: Cherokee Marsh along the RR tracks
Dane County
Just a quick look, but found these on milkweed.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)

Mike Kirch
Location: Town of Addison, Allenton Marsh
Washington County

• Cabbage White (2)
• Viceroy (2)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Olbrich Gardens and home (Madison)
Dane County
The hairstreaks and mourning cloak were seen where I live near Rimrock Road. The remainder are all from Olbrich Gardens.

• Cabbage White (20)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Monarch (1)
• European Skipper (2)

Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Schurch-Thompson
Iowa County
The Eastern Comma was nectaring on thistle.

• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (22)
• Coral Hairstreak (6)
• Banded Hairstreak (4)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (12)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (25+)
• Regal Fritillary (8)
• Meadow Fritillary (30+)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (4)
• Monarch (9)
• European Skipper (2)
• Delaware Skipper (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Germania Marsh
Marquette County
Milkweed was barely in flower. I went looking for skippers and only saw a single Least Skipper!

• Mustard White (1)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (14)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (5)
• Little Wood-Satyr (20+)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Least Skipper (1)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County
Also flying many rusty holomelinas, urola nivalis and Reversed Haploas. Cicindela splendida, C. formosa and C. punctulata also seen.

• Clouded Sulphur (8)
• American Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (4)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (12)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith
Location: Grady Tract, UW Arboretum
Dane County

• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (8)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (6)
• Banded Hairstreak (12)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

Rose Tiegs
Location: Jones Spring Townsend,wi.
Oconto County

• Atlantis Fritillary (1)
• Silvery Checkerspot (2)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• White Admiral (12)
• Northern Pearly-eye (6)
• Little Wood-Satyr (4)
• Common Ringlet (3)
• Monarch (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (4)
• European Skipper (20+)

Peter Fissel
Location: FR2316/Blue Spruce Rd. near Mountain
Oconto County
All species seen in the tornado blowdown area south of Hwy 64.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Silvery Checkerspot (2)
• American Lady (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: 9 Springs ewat near Madison
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (5)
• Clouded Sulphur (8)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Monarch (1)
• European Skipper (2)

Rose Tiegs
Location: Buzz Besadny Fishery , Kewaunee
Kewaunee County

• Baltimore Checkerspot (10+)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)
• Monarch (5)

Mike Kirch
Location: Riverside Park West Bend
Washington County
The Swallowtail had a chunk of it’s right side tail missing.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (15)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Viceroy (2)
• Monarch (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
Saw a robber fly chasing a Meadow Fritillary.

• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Meadow Fritillary (6)
• Northern Crescent (5)
• Monarch (3)
• Least Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (5+)
• Peck’s Skipper (4)
• Long Dash (4)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Vermont Lutheran Church cemetary, south of Black Earth
Dane County

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)

Joan Braune, Tod Highsmith and Mary Dykstra
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy
Dane County

• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (19)
• Banded Hairstreak (25)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (20)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (7)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (9)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Mulberry Wing (1)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Monarch (1)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
Pink-edged Sulphur was a surprise in this non-barrens habitat. Also surprised by the Baltimore Checkerspots in this northwoods habitat.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (6)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• Northern Crescent (12)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (3)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red Admiral (1)
• White Admiral (20)
• Northern Pearly-eye (7)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Common Ringlet (3)
• Monarch (7)
• Dreamy Duskywing (3)
• European Skipper (250+)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (2)
• Long Dash (10)
• Hobomok Skipper (7)

Mike Reese
Location: Rocky Run Oak Savanna SNA
Columbia County
This was the most Tawny Emperors that I have seen in one day. Despite lots of milkweed in flower, there were not many butterflies flying. I was most amazed at not seeing a single grass skipper.

• Clouded Sulphur (6)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (4)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Tawny Emperor (3)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (5)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Eastern Comma (1)
• White Admiral (2)
• Monarch (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Monarch (4)

Andy Paulios
Location: Marblesee Prairie
Green County

• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Monarch (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Cedar Springs Fishery Area
Waushara County
Clear skies turned cloudy and then some unexpected rain.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Harvester (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Appalachian Brown (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Hobomok Skipper (2)

Tom Poklen
Location: UW Arboretum - Grady Tract
Dane County

• Cabbage White (10+)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (20+)
• Banded Hairstreak (5)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (6)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (5)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Eyed Brown (4)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (4)
• Monarch (1)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (2)

Tom Poklen
Location: Rock River Prairie SNA
Rock County
Not a lot of butterflies, considering it was excellent butterfling weather. Been seeing the same in Illinois so far this summer.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Pearl Crescent (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (12)
• Monarch (14)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (3)
• Delaware Skipper (1)

Laureanna Raymond-Duvernell
Location: Town of Lisbon
Waukesha County
I have two black swallowtail caterpillars on my parsley. I placed them in a butterfly habitat, and they left the parsley and have been walking around the mesh all morning. They’ll hopefully be in a chrysalis by the end of the day.

• Black Swallowtail (2)

Ann Thering
Location: Pleasant Valley
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (15)
• Banded Hairstreak (15+)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (11)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (4)
• Meadow Fritillary (4)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (7)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (15)
• Monarch (4)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Cloudywing (1)
• Crossline Skipper (1)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Mike Kirch
Location: LacLarawn Nature Preserve, West Bend
Washington County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (5)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Fitchburg, near Oregon
Dane County
I have garden spot with some friends near Oregon. Their house is surrounded by trees where the eyed browns and hairstreaks were.

• Cabbage White (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• Eyed Brown (4)

Mike Reese
Location: Rush Creek State Natural Area
Crawford County

• Black Swallowtail (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Coral Hairstreak (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (5)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (8)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (2)
• Painted Lady (2)
• Tawny Emperor (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (7)
• Ottoe Skipper (2)
• Crossline Skipper (1)
• Delaware Skipper (9)

Ann Thering
Location: Cherokee Marsh
Dane County
My hike was cut short by overcast skies and ferocious mosquitoes.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (10)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Least Skipper (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (1)
• Dion Skipper (1)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Dewey Shooting Range
Portage County
A short walk before work today not much going on in some of my other sites.

• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (2)
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Atlantis Fritillary (6)
• Meadow Fritillary (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Monarch (4)
• Arctic Skipper (2)
• Dun Skipper (3)

Judith Huf
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Milwaukee County
A sick American Elm tree near the parking lot is dripping sap and is attracting butterflies. At one point, there were 4 Mourning Cloaks, 1 Red-spotted Purple, and 1 E. Comma all feeding at the same time.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (4)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (5)
• European Skipper (2)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Dun Skipper (2)

Larry Breneman
Location: Bauman Rd.in Enterprise Forest.
Oneida County

• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)

SWBA Field Trip, 18 participants
Location: Schurch Thompson
Iowa County
Cool, overcast conditions kept numbers down, but we managed to flush a a few butterflies while walking through the prairie. Leadplant and yellow coneflower were beautiful.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Coral Hairstreak (10)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (8)
• Regal Fritillary (10)
• Meadow Fritillary (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (45+)
• Monarch (6)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
Very windy today. Saw a robber fly catch a Northern Crescent and saw another one chasing a Clouded Sulphur. The Buckeye nectared for over an hour on a patch of Oregano in my garden.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (4)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Dun Skipper (3)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Buena Vista Prairie / Lake Road Area
Portage County
Big patches of thistle and milkweeds butterflies were few and far between.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (10)
• American Copper (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (5)
• Regal Fritillary (1)
• Monarch (15)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
Very windy. Harris’ Checkerspot and Painted Lady were highlights. Also lots of N. Pearly-eyes here in the woods.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• Atlantis Fritillary (3)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (10)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (2)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Painted Lady (1)
• White Admiral (8)
• Northern Pearly-eye (30)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Monarch (9)
• European Skipper (150+)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (4)
• Long Dash (8)
• Hobomok Skipper (15)
• Dun Skipper (6)

Judith Huf
Location: Riveredge Nature Center
Ozaukee County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Appalachian Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• Northern Cloudywing
• Northern Broken-Dash

Judith Huf
Location: Lion’s Den
Ozaukee County

• Black Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• European Skipper

Rose Tiegs
Location: Navarino wildlife area Mcdonald rd. Navarino,wi.
Shawano County

• Harvester (1)
• American Copper (2)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (7)
• Monarch (5)

Craig Ellefson
Location: Decatur Lake near Brodhead
Green County
Area includes the boat launch and trail between the two dams.

• Cabbage White (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (5)
• Monarch (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
Very windy today with gusts at 20+ mph. Saw several butterflies and skippers that couldn’t be identified because of the wind. Went looking for Bog Coppers and found 3. All had crossed a ditch out of the bog and were along the side of the road. Two were nectaring on Yarrow. They ignored me while I steadied the Yarrow with one hand and attempted to photograph with the other. I was lucky to get any usable photos. Photos 1133 and 1177 are of one individual; 1179, 1184 and 1185 are of another.

• Bronze Copper (2)
• Bog Copper (3)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (2)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Puchyan Priarie SNA
Green Lake County
Flooding on the road and through the field to the site.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (3+)
• Meadow Fritillary (3)
• Northern Crescent
• Baltimore Checkerspot (5+)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Eyed Brown (5+)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (1)
• Poweshiek Skipperling (8)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Dion Skipper (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Captol City Bike Trail, Fitchburg
Dane County
I think this may be the first Baltimore checkerspot that I have ever seen. I was quite excited about seeing it.

• Cabbage White (8)
• Clouded Sulphur (10)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Monarch (5)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township, Harmony Township
Marinette County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)

Sharon Morgan
Location: Town of Menasha in my front flower bed
Winnebago County
likes my lilys…the first of the season here for me.

• Monarch (1)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Northern Crescent (1)
• White Admiral (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Northeast of Goodman, Shrine Rd.
Marinette County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Mustard White (3)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (2)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Northern Blue (14)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2)
• Silvery Checkerspot (2)
• Northern Crescent (30+)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (8)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• White Admiral (10+)
• Northern Pearly-eye (20+)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (2)
• European Skipper (50+)
• Peck’s Skipper (2)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (2)
• Long Dash (3)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (3)
• Dun Skipper (4)

Mary Anna Thornton
Location: Conserve School Community Garden, Land O’ Lakes
Vilas County
The monarch was lighting over and over on butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). It was unusually faded and tattered.

• Monarch (1)

Mary Anna Thornton
Location: Conserve School Community Garden, Land O’ Lakes
Vilas County
Feeding on swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).

• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)

David G. Stakston
Location: Holmen,Wisconsin
La Crosse County

• Question Mark (1)

Kevin Brown
Location: Lion’s Den Gorge Nature Reserve
Ozaukee County

• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Appalachian Brown (2)
• Monarch (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Rose Tiegs
Location: Navarino Wildlife Area McDonald rd.
Shawano County
This spot never lets me down.Awesome!

• Harvester (6)
• American Copper (3)
• Coral Hairstreak (4)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (6)
• Meadow Fritillary (3)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (12+)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (2)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Mourning Cloak (9)
• Monarch (5)

Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Schurch Thompson
Iowa County
Intermittent sun. Absolutely beautiful Marine Blue!

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (9)
• American Copper (2)
• Coral Hairstreak (18)
• Marine Blue (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (9)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (8)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (5)
• Regal Fritillary (20)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (40+)
• Monarch (8)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (1)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (4)

Kevin Brown
Location: Lion’s Den Gorge
Ozaukee County
Many Eyed Browns flying in the wet wooded/marshy areas on the Waterfowl Walk trail; 2 Appalachians intermixed with the Eyeds provided a great opportunity to compare and contrast. There are also many immature Meadowhawks (Sympetrum sp.) present; saw 1 adult Cherry-faced.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Eyed Brown (10)
• Appalachian Brown (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• European Skipper (1)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Peterson Creek Fishing Area
Portage County
Lots of annoying mosquitos and deer flies drove me out of the swamp!

• Cabbage White (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (10)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (5)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Pearl Crescent (3)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (12)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• Viceroy (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (4)
• Monarch (12)
• Peck’s Skipper (4)
• Dun Skipper (3)

Mike Reese
Location: Buena Vista Marsh
Portage County
Hoped to see my first Regal of the year, and was surprised that I had to work hard to find a single one. Lots of large robber flies, including a Promachus fitchii female laying eggs, a new species for me.

• Regal Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (10+)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
Great morning with 25 species before clouds and rain moved in around lunchtime.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Atlantis Fritillary (5)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (10)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (3)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
• White Admiral (5)
• Viceroy (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (15)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Appalachian Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (4)
• Monarch (5)
• European Skipper (25)
• Peck’s Skipper (3)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (15)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (25)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Northern Crescent (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Eyed Brown (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Dion Skipper (12+)
• Black Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (3)

Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County
It’s very unusual to see a Silver-bordered Frit on my property. This one was nectaring on Oregano in my former garden. The Oregano has formed a huge patch and is a popular nectaring spot.

• Cabbage White (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Peterson Creek Fishing Area
Portage County
Grass of Parnassus in bud stage, Swamp Thistle also in bud, Virgin’s Bower just starting to flower and Joe Pye Weed starting to flower. Should be good nectar sources in another week. Mosquitos and Deer Flies tolerable, very wet!

• Eastern Comma (3)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Black Dash (2)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Rose Tiegs
Location: Navarino Nature Center,Navarino.
Shawano County
I was surprised at how small they were no more than two inches.

• Common Buckeye (2)

Tod Highsmith
Location: East side of Madison
Dane County
Seen yesterday and today in our neighborhood and yard while doing yard work.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (5)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Monarch (1)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
Fog until lunchtime and then partly sunny. Diversity is great right now — 28 species this afternoon just walking on and adjacent to my property.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (5)
• Atlantis Fritillary (4)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (18)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (5)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• White Admiral (3)
• Northern Pearly-eye (25)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (7)
• Least Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (50)
• Peck’s Skipper (2)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (4)
• Long Dash (20)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (100+)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Madison and Fitchburg
Dane County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Eyed Brown (3)
• Monarch (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Greenwood Refuge
Waushara County
Robber fly cannibalism with the male preying on the female.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (4)
• Monarch (15+)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County
This Monarch was flying at 6:30 in the morning.

• Monarch (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Lake Farm Park, southeast of Madison
Dane County
The blues and checkerspots were “puddling” in a muddy area. It was interesting to be able to compare the eatern tailed blue with the spring azure as both were seen at the same time.

One of the tiger swallowtails was a dark phase female which is so amazing to see.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (6)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
• Spring Azure (1)
• Silvery Checkerspot (2)
• Monarch (5)

Andy Paulios
Location: Cook Arboretum
Rock County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (4)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (2)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
My first of the year…

• Banded Hairstreak (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Pope Farm Park west of Madison
Dane County
Pope Farm Park is a new county park about 1 1/2 miles west of the Beltline on Old Sauk Road. They have put in a restored prairie area which is full of blooming flowers.

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (10)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Monarch (3)

Judith Huf
Location: Bong State Recreation Area
Kenosha County
I also had a number of loverly Ctenucha virginica moths, a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird moth and a lovely Celery Looper moth.

• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch

Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County
These were all seen between about 5:30 and 6:00 this evening. The American Copper was very fresh. The hairstreaks were in good condition except for one of the Corals which had a lot of wing damage.

• American Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Monarch (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Petenwell Dam area
Juneau County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur
• American Copper
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5+)
• Monarch (3)
• Northern Broken-Dash (3)
• Dun Skipper (15+)

Mike Reese
Location: Monroe County Flowage at end of Dragonfly Rd.
Monroe County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5+)
• Northern Crescent
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (3)
• Mulberry Wing (3)
• Broad-winged Skipper (4)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Black Dash (2)
• Dun Skipper (11)

Mike Reese
Location: Rush Creek State Natural Area
Crawford County
5:30–7:30

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• Gorgone Checkerspot (2)
• American Lady (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch (3)
• Wild Indigo Duskywing (2)
• Ottoe Skipper (4)
• Crossline Skipper (3)
• Northern Broken-Dash (2)
• Delaware Skipper (1)

Marcie O’Connor, Dave Hanson, Mike Reese
Location: NABA Count
Buffalo County
Beautiful day!

• Black Swallowtail (4)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (19)
• Coral Hairstreak (5)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (12)
• Banded Hairstreak (5)
• Striped Hairstreak (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (19)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (27)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (4)
• Meadow Fritillary (8)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (18)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (16)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Eastern Comma (3)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (3)
• Viceroy (4)
• Hackberry Emperor (12)
• Tawny Emperor (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (4)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (91)
• Monarch (22)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (37)
• Northern Cloudywing (3)
• Crossline Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (15)
• Little Glassywing (4)
• Delaware Skipper (3)
• Black Dash (6)
• Dun Skipper (12)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

David G. Stakston
Location: LaCrosse River West Salem,Wisconsin
La Crosse County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Peterson Creek Fishing Area
Portage County
Confused Haploa’s flying in the fen areas, Swamp Thistle just opening buds. Found one Buprestis laeviventris on a rock at the parking area (Black with greenish reflex and orange elytra spots)

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Long Dash (1)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Black Dash (2)
• Dun Skipper (1)

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Location: Scuppernong Prairie
Waukesha County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (10+)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (4)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (15)
• Monarch (3)
• Poweshiek Skipperling (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Mike Reese, David Reese
Location: Chafee Creek area along Ice Age Trail
Marquette County
Also observed a female Black Dash lay an egg on marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris).

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• American Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Northern Crescent (2)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (4)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Eyed Brown (10+)
• Common Wood-Nymph (19)
• Monarch (8)
• Northern Broken-Dash (3)
• Black Dash (20+)
• Dun Skipper (8)

Mike Reese, David Reese
Location: Observatory Hill SNA
Marquette County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County
My Oregano patch is a popular spot for nectaring right now. Most of the butterflies today were seen there.

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (3)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: DNR property in the town of Saratoga along Highway 13
Wood County
I tried to photograph some of the many tiger beetles that were here, but they didn’t cooperate very well.

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (7)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: Buena Vista Marsh
Portage County
These were my first Gray Copper sightings. The most that I saw at any time was 2, but I was able to identify 5 different individuals from my photographs thanks to them being quite worn and with varying amounts of damage to their wings. I’ve included photos of the individuals in the best and worst conditions.

• Gray Copper (5)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Monarch (7)

Wayne Anderson
Location: Peterson Creek Fishing Areas
Portage County
Went out later in the day more skippers flying. Many more Haploa’s flying.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (4)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (3)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (3)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Black Dash (3)
• Dun Skipper (7)

Thomas Schultz
Location: My home, on my prairie restoration — between Green Lake and Princeton.
Green Lake County

• American Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
• Monarch (8)

Ann Thering
Location:
Iowa County
Late in the day.

• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Tawny Emperor (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (2)

Craig Ellefson
Location: Decatur Lake Boat Launch, Brodhead
Green County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (14)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (9)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Question Mark (2)
• Eastern Comma (5)
• Mourning Cloak (3)
• Red-spotted Purple (4)
• Viceroy (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (4)
• Monarch (6)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (3)

Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County
Also saw an unidentified Tiger Swallowtail. Lots of robber fly activity today and several ambushed insects as well.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (3)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
There was Ambush Bug activity here today also. Photo 1367 isn’t one of my better ones, but I included it because the Black Dash is very close to being ambushed.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (2)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Monarch (3)
• Broad-winged Skipper (3)
• Dion Skipper (3)
• Black Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: White River Marsh
Green Lake County
Not much for butterflies here even in areas with plenty of nectar sources. Anyone have any idea what the insect in the photo is?

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Monarch (8)
• Northern Broken-Dash (2)
• Delaware Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Peterson Creek Fishing Area
Portage County
Just checking out this area and saw a nice fresh Striped Hairstreak.

• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (2)
• Black Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (3)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Lake Farm Park near Madison
Dane County
These are the first viceroys that I’ve seen this year. Two were locked in a mating flight.

• Cabbage White (4)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Viceroy (3)
• Monarch (5)

Tom Poklen
Location: Newport State Park
Door County
Fewer species than same time/place last year.

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (8)
• Clouded Sulphur (15)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (5)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (12)
• Northern Crescent (20)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (4)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (100+)
• Monarch (40)
• European Skipper (2)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (3)
• Dun Skipper (25)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
Quick outing at my house in late afternoon/evening. Township mowed many of wildflowers previously along roadside.