Recent sightings

60 degrees and sunny

Upper 60's, sunny, medium wind, late afternoon. ETB puddling and a new species for this location.

Upper 60's, early afternoon, sunny with some wind. Always happy to see a new butterfly for me! (First one reported this year! MR)

Windy, sunny, and near 70 degrees.

Saw these Cabbage White while on a walk through the neighborhood. Very windy, sunny, 68 degree afternoon.

Walked from Picnic Point to Allen Centennial Garden and back.

Beautiful sunny day with temps in the mid 60s.

Picture was taken today around 3:30 p.m.

A new late date for Holcocephala

Warm breezy and clear.

Very windy, partly sunny, 77 degree morning.

The Compton Tortoiseshell was landing on the siding of our cabin similar to last September. Windy, sunny, 80 degree afternoon.

80's slight breeze, partly sunny

low 80s, slight breeze, partly sunny

86 degrees. Sunny.

Beautiful, warm, sunny day, slight breeze, noisy with tree crickets.

Sunny, 85, light breeze, afternoon. Observed 3 fresh looking Monarchs while taking care of fall chores in my garden. Also, the monarch chrysalis spotted back on Sept 4 is starting to turn a darker green. The Autumn Joy sedums are buzzing with activity again--bumblebees, honey bees, many smaller bees and flies.

The fritillary was looking pretty good for almost 3 months old!

New late date of RSP for me.

Warm, sun and windy.

Late afternoon visitor. Have not seen a Viceroy in two years. The Apple Trees were the draw.

Sunny, breezy, 65 degree afternoon.

Windy, Sunny, late afternoon

Very windy, cloudy, 70 degree late afternoon.

Edge of the prairie, on thistle. Near noon, sunny, high 70's.

Sunny, warm, breezy.

Early afternoon ,mostly sunny,breezy

Sunny, low 80's and quite windy. Happy to see an Eastern Comma and my first Painted Lady of the year. Unfortunately the Painted Lady was too quick for my camera. Every where I went a Clouded Sulphur greeted me!

Clear skies, light winds, low 80s. Always a great place to observe Monarchs during peak migration.

In addition to seeing this beautiful prairie in all its late season glory and a good number of butterflies, we saw a leopard frog, a garter snake of unidentified species, two bald eagles and an osprey.

We walked 2 miles in the grassland and we each walked a different 1/2 mile of roadside. The Purplish Coppers were on both sides of Archer Road within 250 meters of the road (2 were in the roadside), all less than 1/2 mile wet of County Hwy W. The Variegated Fritillary was nectaring in the same patch as a Purplish Copper and was pestering the copper.

We walked 2.5+ miles in the grassland and about 1/4 of the time there was standing water. This ties our latest date in the year for seeing a Regal Fritillary. The (male) Regal Fritillary was in the same plot where we found our first one this year on June 25.
The mosquitoes were bothersome.

Afternoon and sunny

This is probably an undercount as there seemed to be more butterflies as we retraced our steps to the car, but we were no longer counting.

Mid 60s in the morning warming up to high 70s but with the warming came the wind. The Purplish Copper count was conservative. I had a hard time counting all of them in the mowed grass area around the bathrooms at the rest area. I had never seen one there before. They were landing on the grass then moving down to the ground.

Attracted to my moth bait.

In a grassy pasture, around 1:00 p.m.

Sunny, low 70's, no wind. Happy to finally see an Orange Sulphur this year and also pleased to see another Red Admiral. The Red Admiral sightings seem to have been pretty scarce this summer for me.

I walked around Lake LaGrange on trails. This was my first Gray Comma in the southern half of the state in three years. My new late date for Holcocephala calva.

Partly cloudy, breezy, 78F. Fritillaries seen on New England aster and goldenrod flowers.

These butterflies were feeding in my zinnia garden on a sunny, light breezy day of 72 degrees.

74F, mostly sunny, light breeze; Leaf cutter bees, metallic green bees, small carpenter bees and halictid bees busy on the asters.

Mostly sunny, started around 65F and ended 73F; 5-10mph wind off the bay. Great weather!

partly sunny, breezy, 70s

low to mid seventies, partly sunny light wind

This butterfly was feeding on the zinnias in my garden in the late afternoon, 68 degrees, sunny
(Only the 9th Painted Lady reported this year. MR)