Butterfly Sighting Lists

Mike Reese
Location: Lunch Creek Fishery Area, Highway 21
Waushara County
The Giant Swallowtail was my third sighting of this species in Waushara County and first since the early 1990s. It was also my earliest by far! The Hobomok is a dark female that is called form pocohontas. I also sighted a couple Tiger Swallowtails but I couldn’t tell the species.

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Arctic Skipper (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (5)

Ann Thering
Location: Avoca LWR
Iowa County
Saw my first spangled skimmer…thanks to Todd Sima!

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (4)
• Cabbage White (2)
• American Copper (4)
• Pearl Crescent (3)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (25+)
• Red-spotted Purple (5)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (30+)
• Monarch (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Northern Cloudywing (2)
• Common Sootywing (2)
• Least Skipper (4)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (15+)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (3)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
Both Brown Elfins were very worn.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Brown Elfin (2)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Arctic Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: South of Coloma, Chafee Creek and Bohn Lake
Waushara County
There weren’t very many butterflies at Bohn Lake, but there were a lot of dragonflies and they were landing on my hat and shoulders every time I stopped. I decided to try to set up my tripod and set the timer and see what kind of photo I could get. I was amazed to see that I had five Chalk-fronted Corporals on my hat, another one on my shoulder, and a Common Whitetail.

• American Copper (3)
• Silvery Blue (1)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (4)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (4)
• Indian Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (5)

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

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Harvester (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (5+)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• White Admiral (1)
• Long Dash (1)

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

• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Rocky Run Oak Savanna SNA
Columbia County
The Clouded Sulphurs were abundant and a Midland Clubtail took advantage of it. I also attached one photo from the 17-yr cicada trip to Lake Geneva. We had a great time. If you missed this trip, think about joining us on June 9th for another cicada field trip.

• Clouded Sulphur (50+)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• American Copper (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (17)
• Monarch (6)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Green Bay, WI
Brown County

• Monarch (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
Cloudy with only very brief periods of sunshine.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (4)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)

Todd Sima
Location: South of Tower Hill
Iowa County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• American Copper (1)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (2)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5+)
• Monarch (1)
• European Skipper (1)

Todd Sima
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• American Copper (3)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Viceroy (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10+)
• Monarch (1)
• Northern Cloudywing (2)

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

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (6)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (2)
• White Admiral (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Monarch (1)

Ann Thering
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie
Dane County
Stopped briefly early morning; very windy. My first great spangled of the year.

• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
Breezy today. Started out with lots of sun and then quickly clouded over for the rest of the day. Many of the Harris’ Checkerspots were on wet sand.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (4)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (40)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• White Admiral (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Monarch (1)
• Arctic Skipper (2)
• Indian Skipper (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Various places in Adams County including Quincy Bluff
Adams County
Also saw a duskywing

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Brown Elfin (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Monarch (3)
• Arctic Skipper (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)

Kathy Kirk
Location: southwest side of Madison
Dane County
Two females laying eggs on pipevine, Aristolochia tomentosa.

• Pipevine Swallowtail (2)

Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Harvester (1)
• American Copper (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (4)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10+)
• Monarch (3)
• Northern Cloudywing (2)

Ann Thering
Location: Avoca
Iowa County

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (8)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (20+)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (20+)
• Monarch (8)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Northern Cloudywing (1)
• Common Sootywing (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

Todd Sima
Location: Necedah NWR
Juneau County

• Pipevine Swallowtail (1)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (20+)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (5+)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (3)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (5+)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (3)
• Northern Crescent (10+)
• Question Mark (3)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)
• American Lady (4)
• Painted Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (20+)
• White Admiral (10+)
• Red-spotted Purple (10+)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10)
• Monarch (5+)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (3)
• Arctic Skipper (4)

Todd Sima
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (5)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (6)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (2)
• Northern Crescent (5+)
• Question Mark (2)
• Mourning Cloak (5+)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Common Buckeye (4)
• White Admiral (10+)
• Red-spotted Purple (5+)
• Viceroy (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10+)
• Monarch (5+)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Indian Skipper (2)

Ron Arnold, Mike Reese
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County
Sunny but very windy today.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (3)
• Northern Crescent (8)
• Red Admiral (8)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (23)
• Dreamy Duskywing (3)
• Arctic Skipper (3)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold, Mike Reese
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
Sunny but very windy today. The Harris’ Checkerspot that has more orange is the most common here. Only 3 of the ones seen today were of the darker form that is more common in the eastern United States.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (60+)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (6)
• White Admiral (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Monarch (2)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)
• Indian Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
The Common Ringlet was the first I’ve seen in Wood County.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Brown Elfin (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (3)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• Red Admiral (3+)
• White Admiral (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Common Ringlet (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
Also saw a duskywing, but it was too worn to identify. After seeing my first ever Common Ringlet in Wood County, I saw a second one on my property, about 2 miles from the first sighting.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• American Lady (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Common Ringlet (1)
• Monarch (4)
• Arctic Skipper (2)
• European Skipper (3)
• Long Dash (1)

Mike Reese, Karl & Dorothy Legler, et al
Location: Beulah Bog State Natural Area
Walworth County
SWBA/Madison Audubon Society cicada field trip afternoon stop. 1 singing 17-yr cicada.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (8)

Todd Sima
Location: Necedah Refuge Area
Juneau County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (20+)
• Checkered White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (5+)
• Little Yellow (3)
• Sleepy Orange (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Variegated Fritillary (3)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (5+)
• Meadow Fritillary (3)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (5+)
• Northern Crescent (10+)
• Question Mark (5)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Mourning Cloak (5+)
• Painted Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• White Admiral (10+)
• Red-spotted Purple (5+)
• Viceroy (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10)
• Common Ringlet (1)
• Monarch (5+)
• Dreamy Duskywing (3)
• Common Checkered-Skipper (1)
• Arctic Skipper (3)
• Least Skipper (8)
• Indian Skipper (4)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• American Snout (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Near Lake Vuiex Desert
Vilas County
Another un-ided duskywing as well.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (10)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Monarch (10)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (12)

Mike Reese
Location: Germania Marsh
Marquette County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5+)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (10+)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (30+)
• Monarch (5)
• Arctic Skipper (2)
• Least Skipper (8)
• Long Dash (3)
• Hobomok Skipper (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog and wooded edges along cranberry reservoirs in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County
The Brown Elfin was very worn.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (5)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Brown Elfin (1)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (135+)
• Northern Crescent (2)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• White Admiral (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Common Ringlet (1)
• Monarch (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (4)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• American Lady (3)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Common Ringlet (2)
• Monarch (6+)
• European Skipper (5+)
• Long Dash (1)

Eric Howe
Location: Lulu Lake SNA
Walworth County
Casual observations while out pulling garlic mustard in open woodlands adjacent to wetlands throughout the day. Also heard a dozen plus 17-year cicadas at various locations.

• Mustard White (11)
• Cabbage White
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• Spring Azure
• Pearl Crescent
• Red Admiral
• Red-spotted Purple
• Viceroy
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper

Ann Thering
Location: Necedah Wildlife Refuge
Juneau County
Saw 15+ additional tiger swallowtails.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (6)
• Variegated Fritillary (7)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (3)
• Northern Crescent (10)
• Question Mark (2)
• Mourning Cloak (3)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Common Buckeye (7)
• White Admiral (15+)
• Red-spotted Purple (15+)
• Viceroy (1)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10)
• Monarch (8)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)
• Indian Skipper (2)
• Two-spotted Skipper (1)

Micheal Woodmansee
Location: Town of Berlin
Marathon County
Location is an old school forest trail. Area is dense forest with pockets of sunlight - where most were soaring like eagles on warm air currents.

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (20+)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (20+)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (5)
• White Admiral (15)
• Monarch (10+)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location:
Sauk County
We did our 50-stop Federal Breeding Bird Survey this morning. Healthy 17-year cicada chorus at 2 stops and a Little Yellow on the last stop.

• Little Yellow (1)

Todd Sima
Location: Millville LWR Wildlife Area
Grant County

• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Harvester (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Silvery Checkerspot (4)
• Eastern Comma (3)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (100+)
• Tawny Emperor (4)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (1)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (4)

Ryan Brady
Location: Long Lake west of Washburn
Bayfield County
Unusually high numbers of these two species in the northwoods so far this year.

• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Common Buckeye (3)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Sleepy Orange (1)

Rose T
Location:
Oconto County
100’s of butterflies on wild flowers and dirt roads.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (40+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Spring Azure (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (50+)
• Question Mark (3)
• Mourning Cloak (3)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (7)
• Red-spotted Admiral (1)
• White Admiral (20+)
• Monarch (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Northern Cloudywing (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Necedah NWR
Juneau County
The Dainty Sulphur was heading east at a pretty good clip and I was able to follow it for over 200 yards to get the photo. The Elfin was very worn but the arrowheads on the hindwing below, which are characteristic of the Eastern Pine Elfin, were still present.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (7)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (8)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (6)
• Northern Crescent (30+)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• White Admiral (6)
• Red-spotted Purple (8)
• Viceroy (4)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (8)
• Monarch (5)
• Long Dash (3)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

joan braune
Location: Cherokee Marsh
Dane County
We also saw a horned clubtail dragonfly.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (3+)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Spring Azure (3+)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Viceroy (3)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (2)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Nine springs Eway, southest of Madison, & Fitchburg
Dane County
Most of the sightings were at 9 springs eway, with 1 Tiger Swallowtail and a few whites in rural Fitchburg near Co Hys D & M. Also saw a couple blues, but unable to indentify and several dragonflies in 9 Springs area.

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (10)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (2)

Andy Paulios
Location: Mostly in and around Crex Meadows and Governor Knowles State Forest
Burnett County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (10)
• Spring Azure (5)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)
• American Lady (1)
• White Admiral (15)
• Hackberry Emperor (5)
• Northern Pearly-eye (5)
• Little Wood-Satyr (15)
• Monarch (5)

Ryan Brady
Location: My house in Ashland
Ashland County
More evidence this species is unusually abundant this year…

• Variegated Fritillary (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Lake Mills Wildlife Area - Zeloski Marsh
Jefferson County
Also saw a small black skipper that wouldn’t stay still long enough for me to ID it.

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (20)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Pearl Crescent (3)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (5)
• Least Skipper (4)

Ann Thering and Joan Braune
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Silvery Checkerspot (3)
• Question Mark (1)
• American Lady (6+)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (4)
• Monarch (4)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Cloudywing (1)

Ann Thering and Joan Braune
Location: Avoca LWR
Iowa County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (1)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Cloudywing (1)
• Fiery Skipper (1)

Micheal Woodmansee
Location: My House - just outside of Wausau
Marathon County
I have lived in the Wausau area for 11 years and this is the first Common Buckeye I have seen. I was painting my house and about fell off the ladder.

• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• White Admiral (2)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (3)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Little Yellow (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)

Todd Sima
Location: Hardscrabble SNA
Lafayette County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (10+)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (5+)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (10+)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (3)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (4)
• Red-spotted Admiral (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (4)
• Tawny Emperor (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Least Skipper (10+)
• European Skipper (10+)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

Anthony Westkamper
Location: Waterford Rd.
Waukesha County
Individual nearly perfect condition suspect it had just emerged.

• Red-spotted Purple (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Bakken’s Pond and Curson Slough
Sauk County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (4)
• Cabbage White (10+)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR AVOCA
Iowa County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (4)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Red-spotted Admiral (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Monarch (1)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Cloudywing (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: Roche-A-Cri State Park
Adams County
The White Admiral flew over the observation deck at the top of Roche-A-Cri Mound.

• White Admiral (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)

Royan Webb
Location: Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge
Dodge County

• Question Mark (1)

Todd Sima
Location: South of Tower Hill
Iowa County
Note especially the snout with no snout photo. This was the first Snout that Todd had ever seen and it had no snout! What are the odds of that?
Mike

• Cabbage White (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• American Snout (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (3)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Least Skipper (2)
• European Skipper (25+)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (5)
• Northern Crescent (6)
• American Lady (1)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (7)
• European Skipper (50+)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (3)

Tom Bentley
Location: The Ridges Sanctuary
Door County

• American Copper (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (1)
• Arctic Skipper (4)
• Hobomok Skipper (2)

Tom Bentley
Location: Penisula State Park
Door County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (5)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Monarch (15)
• Northern Cloudywing (3)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (3)

Tom Bentley
Location: Toft Point State Natural Area
Door County

• Northern Crescent (10)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (15)
• Monarch (2)
• Arctic Skipper (5)
• Hobomok Skipper (10)

Tom Bentley
Location: Kohler-Andrae State Park
Sheboygan County

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (5)

Tod Highsmith
Location: Nine Springs and Lake Farms, Madison
Dane County
There were easily 100 Red Admirals in the boat ramp parking lot on Lake Waubesa alone, and many were dead on the pavement. There were enough at Nine Springs to be distracting while I was trying to watch dragonflies.

• Red Admiral (150+)

Patricia S. Brooks
Location: Soldiers Grove
Crawford County
Notice how long the tails appear.
Mike

• Zebra Swallowtail (1)

Cathy Burrell
Location: Village of Paddock Lake
Kenosha County
Seen fluttering around and landing on clover plants in the grass

• Red Admiral (1)

Claude Schilling
Location: Willow River State Park
St. Croix County
There were 20 or more near the falls mixed in with the Red Admirals. It was about 8:30 am. They were vere active, much more so than the Admirals, preventing any photographs.

• Gorgone Checkerspot (20)

Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County
Very windy.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (6)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (4)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Little Wood-Satyr (4)
• Monarch (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Lake Farm Park, southeast of Madison,WI
Dane County
The trails are full of red admirals. There is no way to estimate their exact number. They were even landing on me.

• Cabbage White (20+)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red Admiral (40+)
• Monarch (1)
• Least Skipper (2)

Nancy Miskulin
Location: Edgerton, on the Rock River
Rock County

• Red Admiral (100+)

Lynn Gnirk
Location: Our home in S. Eau Claire
Eau Claire County
At least 50 in one tree in our front yard. Several individuals are fluttering around our entire property. Lovely Sight!

• Red Admiral (50+)

Ann Thering
Location: Cherokee Marsh
Dane County
Red admirals on the road, on the sumac, etc. Hard to pick out the other species!

• Cabbage White (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (6)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (7)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (2)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (200+)
• Viceroy (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Least Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (15+)
• Fiery Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (1)
• Mulberry Wing (3)

Mike Reese
Location: Buena Vista Marsh
Portage County

• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Monarch (14)
• European Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (12)

Dave Hanson
Location: Meridean, along the Chippewa River
Dunn County

• Sleepy Orange (1)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Red Admiral (100+)
• Tawny Emperor (6)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County
Flowers being visited by butterflies included (especially) Common Milkweed, Canada Thistle and Indian Hemp.

• Black Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Banded Hairstreak
• Striped Hairstreak
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure
• American Snout
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Meadow Fritillary
• Question Mark
• Mourning Cloak
• American Lady
• Red Admiral
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Red-spotted Admiral
• Red-spotted Purple
• Hackberry Emperor
• Little Wood-Satyr
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• European Skipper
• Fiery Skipper (10+)
• Hobomok Skipper

lisa hartwig
Location: Willow River State Park
St. Croix County
There were 1000s of these butterflies lining the multi-use trail of the state park. I have never seen so many at one time.

• Red Admiral

Ryan Brady
Location: Intersection of Scott Lake Road (FR2183) and Experimental Road (FR2184)
Forest County
Probably more Greenish Blues but I didn’t even know what I was looking at until I studied my photos later.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Greenish Blue (2+)
• Silvery Checkerspot (2)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (3)
• Northern Crescent (4)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (1)
• Red Admiral (5)
• White Admiral (10)
• Northern Pearly-eye (6)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Ringlet (15)
• Monarch (4)
• European Skipper (500+)
• Long Dash (1)

Gertrud Zoeller
Location: My backyard in Sussex
Waukesha County
Left tail almost gone.

• Giant Swallowtail (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Buena Vista Marsh
Portage County
1st Regals of the year.

• Cabbage White (2)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (3)
• Regal Fritillary (3)
• Northern Crescent (4)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Common Buckeye (7)
• Viceroy (1)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Monarch (10+)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Long Dash (20+)

Mike Reese
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Acadian Hairstreak (5)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (3)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (5+)
• Northern Crescent (10+)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (2)
• Mourning Cloak (3)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (30+)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (20+)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Monarch (6)
• Least Skipper (4)
• European Skipper (5)
• Peck’s Skipper (3)
• Long Dash (30+)
• Two-spotted Skipper (7)

Ryan Brady
Location: Thunder Lake State Wildlife Area
Oneida County
More Buckeyes…

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (2)
• Question Mark (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (15)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• White Admiral (3)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Common Ringlet (2)
• Monarch (4)

Deborah Johnson-Peabody
Location: Stoughton
Dane County
From the 21st through the 26th the blossoms of the 12 foot diameter hydrangia in my yard were covered with Red Admirals from late morning until almost dusk. They were so numerous that there were often two and sometimes three to a bloom. This happened in 2001 as well. It becomes a living shrub and is marvelous to see.

Mike Reese
Location: Brooks Bluff State Natural Area
Adams County
Cloudy, 5-minutes of spotty sun.

• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Striped Hairstreak (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (1)

Amanda
Location: WPS Insurance
Marathon County
Took some pictures of these because they were all over the trees

• Red Admiral (20)

Rhonda Hansen
Location: Burlington School Forest
Kenosha County
My First Striped and Coral in Racine County!

• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (4)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Mourning Cloak (3)
• Red Admiral (50+)
• Viceroy (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (4)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Least Skipper (3)
• European Skipper (2)

Kathy Esser
Location: Madison (East Side)
Dane County
Numerous in backyard

• Red Admiral (4)

B. Leja
Location: Cottage Grove
Dane County
100’s of Red Admirals on the blossoms of a tree in our backyard and sunning on the side of the house.

• Red Admiral (100+)

Jack & Linda Pace
Location: Numerous back roads near Rio & Otsego
Columbia County
Our count of 100 is likely an underestimation. Sighting of the Red Admirals have been prolific over the past 3 days along Hwy 60 and Cty Hwy C.

• Red Admiral (100)

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

• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (2)
• Harris’ Checkerspot (2)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (5)
• Mourning Cloak (5)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (19)
• White Admiral (1)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Monarch (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (3+)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2+)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (3+)
• European Skipper (2+)
• Long Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

David Drexler
Location: Lake Farm Park and Nine Springs E-way
Dane County
Red Admirals everywhere! My first Buckeye, too, though before I could get a better shot it was chased off by… a red admiral.

• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (500+)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (3)

David Drexler
Location: UW Arboretum, Grady tract
Dane County
Numerous red admirals at the Arb as well, but not in the same crazy numbers. Photo is of a mourning cloak, comma, and red admiral competing for a patch of prime sap—first time I’ve managed three species in the same frame.

• Coral Hairstreak (3)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (4)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• Eastern Comma (3)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red Admiral (12)

Andy Paulios
Location: Lake Tomahawk - Kemp Station
Oneida County
American Lady was previously reported.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (5)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (10)
• Monarch (5)

Todd Sima and Mike Reese
Location: Avoca Wildlife Area
Iowa County

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (5+)
• Little Yellow (2)
• Sleepy Orange (1)
• Harvester (2)
• Coral Hairstreak (25+)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (30+)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (4)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (10+)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (9)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (10+)
• Red Admiral (600+)
• Red-spotted Admiral (2)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Tawny Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (4)
• Common Wood-Nymph (6)
• Monarch (6)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Northern Cloudywing (3)
• Least Skipper (4)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Delaware Skipper (3)
• Hobomok Skipper (2)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Todd Sima and Mike Reese
Location: Hardscrabble Prairie, State Natural Area
Lafayette County
Photos are of the same male Byssus Skipper.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Coral Hairstreak (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (15+)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5+)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (1)
• Crossline Skipper (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Delaware Skipper (4)
• Byssus Skipper (3)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Bronze Copper
• Banded Hairstreak
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• American Snout
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Pearl Crescent
• Baltimore Checkerspot
• Question Mark
• Mourning Cloak
• American Lady
• Red Admiral
• Common Buckeye
• Viceroy
• Hackberry Emperor
• Northern Pearly-eye
• Eyed Brown
• Little Wood-Satyr
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• Least Skipper
• European Skipper
• Fiery Skipper
• Long Dash
• Mulberry Wing
• Dion Skipper
• Dun Skipper

Royan Webb
Location: Horicon Marsh Auto Tour
Dodge County
Red Admirals were everywhere!
Fritillary was being chased off the flowers by them.

• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Red Admiral (300)

Kevin M. Koch
Location: Berlin,3 mi S
Green Lake County
We have had Red Admirals in our garden and around our pond for days now, more than I have ever seen!!

• Red Admiral (50+)

joan braune and tod highsmith
Location: cherokee marsh
Dane County
The red admirals were incredible - probably at least 1,000! They were all over the road, the paths, the flowers.

• Cabbage White (15+)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (6+)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (3)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (3)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Monarch (2)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Nine Springs Eway & West Beltline Hwy.
Dane County
Most of the sightings are at 9 springs, however, I saw a pair of banded hairstreaks outside my balcony window in the trees. When one landed on a maple leaf, I got out the binoculars to identify it.

• Cabbage White (10)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• Red Admiral (20+)

J. Ross
Location: All rural roads and backyard garden
Rock County
100+ is probably a conservative estimate. They seemed to be covering the road, and I felt bad that I was probably hitting a lot of them with my car. They seem very friendly as well. I’ve had a number of them land right on me while working in my garden at home.

• Red Admiral (100+)

Jack & Linda Pace
Location: Hwy BB, near Deerfield
Dane County
Literally 2,000 plus Red Admirals seen, flying, landing on roadways and trails. Incredible to see so many at one time.

• Red Admiral (2000+)

Curt Rogers
Location: North shore of Lake Como
Walworth County
Outbreak! Sighted at least 50 on east facing white picket fence and the trees behind early in the morning.

• Red Admiral (50)

Mike Reese
Location: Dewey Heights Prairie SNA
Grant County

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Monarch (1)
• Crossline Skipper (3)
• Byssus Skipper (2)

Sharon Morgan
Location: In the backyard flower beds…next to the house
Winnebago County
He stayed for quite a while. I got a lot of pictures and then he closed his wings and he didn’t even look like the same butterfly. I think he was going for the oriole nectar.

• Red Admiral (1)

Helen Arens
Location: East of Hwy 83 and Hwy 59 1 mile on north side of road
Waukesha County
The gravel driveway is covered with the red admirals. Seems to coincide with the blooming of the Canadian thistle that we are trying to control in our prairie area. There were hundreds around the farm tractor doing work in the field.

• Red Admiral (200+)

David Drexler
Location: Lakeshore forest preserve, UW Madison
Dane County

• Question Mark (3)
• Red Admiral (15+)

Kristina Taylor-Brand
Location: 17th Avenue Between Main and Oregon
Winnebago County
Amazing view, we have never seen so many in one area. I have noticed one living in my fern this last week when watering. Never thought I would see such a sight!

• Red Admiral (100+)

Rhonda Hansen
Location: Richard Bong SNA Hwy BB North Entrance
Kenosha County

• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (6)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (6)
• Question Mark (2)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (20+)
• Northern Pearly-eye (7)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (20+)
• Monarch (1)

Becky Sorenson
Location: 10th Avenue in Winneconne
Winnebago County
My husband and I see them all over the yard. They like the garage and our rocks by our small pond. They like to sit on the flowers and in the mulch below them.

• Red Admiral (4)

mike helf
Location: 1248 lake breeze rd oshkosh wi
Winnebago County
They’re all over. The chihuahua I rescued from the animal shelter is amazed.

• Red Admiral (100)

Jill O’Neill
Location: south park and 18th
Winnebago County
hundreds of these in the trees

• Red Admiral (100+)

Andy Paulios
Location: Allen Creek - Karow Property
Jefferson County
Very hot and lots of deer flies! Also photographed an unknown skipper.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Red Admiral (15)
• Eyed Brown (10)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (2)
• Mulberry Wing (15)
• Dion Skipper (3)

Karen Garrison
Location: Half way between Omro and Oshkosh on Highway K
Winnebago County
The past two days I have seen 20–50 butterflies in my driveway, on the garage and house, and in trees. What a fabulous sight to see!!

• Red Admiral (20–50)

Sheryl Kraft
Location: in our yard
Brown County
Our first sighting was in the the morning in our front yard. We had another sighting later in the afternoon in our backyard. We have been pleased to notice a greater variety of butterflies last year and this year.

• Red Admiral (2)

Claude Schilling
Location: Phoenix Park & Altoona garden
Eau Claire County
Single sightings on three different days 27th, 28th, & 30th

• Red Admiral (3)

Karla Sharp
Location: Stoughton
Dane County

• Red Admiral (10)

Andy Paulios
Location: Western Dane County - Private Land
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail (5)
• Clouded Sulphur (15)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (5)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (25)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (4)
• European Skipper (2)
• Delaware Skipper (2)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR MILLVILLE
Grant County
Mike told me to check areas that had Junipers for the Juniper Hairstreak so I decided to check a new area. Well, I walked right into 5 Rattlesnakes. A first for me. When I heard the rattle and looked down they put the fear into me!

• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (5+)
• Harvester (3)
• American Copper (2)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (5+)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (10+)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (30+)