Butterfly sighting
| May 18 |
Lynn Erickson
Location: Town of Marion, near Castle Rock dam
Crane Fly sp. 
Juvenal's Duskywing 
Eastern Tailed-Blue |
| May 18 |
Lynn Erickson
Location: Town of Marion, near Castle Rock dam
Crane Fly sp.
Juvenal's Duskywing
Eastern Tailed-Blue |
Sunny, gusty winds, mid-70s. Took a leisurely hike through our woods and spotted a wide variety of butterflies. It seems to be a very good year for the Azures. I positively identified 2 that lingered on the ground but witnessed at least a dozen other blues flying too high to ID. The Admiral was a nice surprise, the first this year. No Olympia Marbles today. I've also included a picture of a predatory insect that visited my garden yesterday.