Butterfly sighting

Aug 8 2022

Alon Coppens

Location: Town of Wheaton, Chippewa River floodplain
Chippewa County

Early afternoon. Mostly sunny. Upper seventies, calm.
Most of the Giant Swallowtails were in fields but one was in the woods where there were few flowers. I saw two different pairs of swallowtails twirling about each other close enough to touch, but did not see either actually couple. They were relatively plentiful and after a while I stopped counting for fear of counting some twice.

Viceroy

Viceroy

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary