Recent sightings
| Oct 22 |
Mike Reese
Location: Port Washington Coal Dock
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| Oct 22 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Onalaska
Sunny and 55 at noon. A couple butterflies were missed by frosts. |
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| Oct 21 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Rural Chaseburg
Hard frost but the sun came out and it warmed to 50 F. One Autumn Meadowhawk and one Eastern Comma out and about. |
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| Oct 21 |
Alex Harman
Location: Spring Green SNA
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| Oct 21 |
Darleen Horman
Location: Yard in Allenton
After yesterday's taste of winter (cold, windy, brief snow showers) today felt much warmer. Besides the flock of Goldfinches, not much was flying around. |
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| Oct 18 |
Alex Harman
Location: Eagle Valley Nature Preserve
Additionally 1 unidentified Polygonia |
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| Oct 18 |
Joan Rickert
Location: My yard, rural Medford
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| Oct 18 |
Rory Williams
Location: Just South of Cty Z and Country Club Road
While gardening |
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| Oct 18 |
Mike Reese
Location: Rotary Botanical Gardens, Janesville
Few nectar sources available. 
Eastern Comma 
Cabbage White 
Fiery Skipper |
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| Oct 18 |
Stan Rehm
Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Also spotted one Polygonia spp. Almost all were nectaring on New England asters. 
Clouded Sulphur 
Red Admiral, Monarch |
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| Oct 18 |
Douglas Buege
Location: O'Keeffe Middle School
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| Oct 17 |
Fred Dike
Location: browntown Cadiz Springs Rec area
sunny breezy- high forties early afternoon 
Clouded Sulphur |
★ = New county photo record |
| Oct 17 |
Peter Sveiks
Location: West side of Appleton
Cool and sunny afternoon 
Mourning Cloak 
Mourning Cloak |
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| Oct 16 |
Alex Harman
Location: Eldred Prairie
In addition, 1 unidentified Polygonia spp. |
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| Oct 16 |
Pam Campbell
Location: Lake Menomin Park
Eastern Comma |
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| Oct 16 |
Rory Williams
Location: Backyard in Neenah
Helped me pick apples |
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| Oct 16 |
Mike Reese
Location: Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Not as many as I thought there would be. 59 degrees from 3:00-4:30. 
Red Admiral 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Monarch |
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| Oct 16 |
Mike Reese
Location: Horicon NWR
I hiked some on the trails hoping to see some butterflies but saw none. I drove the auto loop from Hwy 49 and saw a Monarch fly across in front of me. I counted 9 Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillars (woolly bears) crossing the road. 
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| Oct 16 |
Darleen Horman
Location: Yard in Allenton
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| Oct 14 |
Darleen Horman
Location: Yard in Allenton
At noon it was 52 degrees and partly sunny. I wasn't expecting to see any butterflies. The Red Admiral was very fresh looking 
Monarch 
Monarch |
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| Oct 10 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Onalaska around L B White
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| Oct 10 |
Fred Dike
Location: dyreson Rd roadside
late AM |
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| Oct 10 |
Fred Dike
Location: Kroncke Rd
mid afternoon 
Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Oct 9 |
Fred Dike
Location: lower yahara bike trail bridge
mid morning |
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| Oct 9 |
Rory Williams
Location: Our Backyard in Neenah
The Monarch had a broken/severely damaged wing but was still making good time going south |
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| Oct 9 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
I walked the prairie loop around the Forest Beach property - beautiful, breezy day in the 70's with dramatic clouds. Not many dragonflies left. 
Eastern Tailed-Blue 
Monarch 
'Summer' Spring Azure |
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| Oct 9 |
Mike Reese
Location: Mariners Trail, Two Rivers/Manitowoc
66 degrees and sunny!! Fresh female Fiery Skipper. Also only the eighth report this year for Painted Lady in Wisconsin and probably only the seventh individual reported since there were two reports that included one on two consecutive days, and only with one report with two individuals. 
Painted Lady |
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| Oct 9 |
Ann Thering
Location: My garden
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60 degrees and sunny, 2:00-2:45