Butterfly sighting
| May 3 2017 |
Jim Otto
Location: Black River State Forest, Dike 17 area and along Battle Point Road
Red Admiral 
Olympia Marble 
American Lady |
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(This was a bird atlasing trip.) I was surprised to see a monarch this early in the year. The monarch was structurally intact, but was missing lots of scales. It left before I could get my camera ready. I also saw one flitty dark (black?) skipper that would not sit still long enough to be IDed.