Butterfly sighting

Jun 30 2012

Sylvia Edlebeck

Location: Verona, Badger Prairie County Park
Dane County

Glad to see that there were many black swallowtails today in the area of the park where last year there were many. There were clouded sulphurs everywhere you looked. Lots of dragonflies, an interesting grasshopper, and several cedar waxwings in the field with the butterflies. The hairstreak did an interesting thing. First it just sat on the plant, then it actually crawled inside the plant.

Common Wood-Nymph

Common Wood-Nymph

Calico Pennant

Calico Pennant

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Edwards' Hairstreak

Edwards' Hairstreak

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

cedar waxwing

cedar waxwing

grasshopper

grasshopper

Common Buckeye

Common Buckeye