Butterfly sightings for May 2007

May 1 2007	joan braune Location: picnic point, madison Dane County Both yesterday and today i saw the meadow fritillaries late in the afternoon.	Meadow Fritillary4+
May 1 2007	Ann Thering Location: Spring Green Preserve Sauk County	Olympia Marble15+ Clouded Sulphur2 Juniper Hairstreak1 ☆ Spring Azure3 ☆ Mourning Cloak1 American Lady4 Red Admiral1 ☆ Monarch1 ☆ = New county sighting record
May 1 2007	Mike Reese Location: Bowers Creek Fishery Area Waushara County First of the year.	Mustard White1
May 1 2007	Todd Sima Location: LWR Woodman, Millville and Wyalusing Grant County I was shocked to find two Olympia Marbles at Woodman and Millville is really buzzing. The first DNR trail on HWY C west of HWY 133 that goes up to the mile high prairie was just full of butterflies. Two of the three Swallowtails were black females.	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 Cabbage White3 Olympia Marble2 Clouded Sulphur30+ Eastern Pine Elfin1 Spring Azure6 Question Mark2 Eastern Comma20+ Mourning Cloak3 American Lady20+ Red Admiral30+ Sleepy Duskywing2+ Juvenal’s Duskywing30+
May 2 2007	Scott Monsma Location: Madison, West side Dane County The four were chasing each other above my garden and around the trees, usually staying within 1-2 feet of each other, and about 10-20 feet above ground. Ocassionally one or two would break off and land for a moment or two.	Red Admiral4
May 2 2007	Adrian M. Konell Location: Lake Township Marinette County	Mourning Cloak2 Red Admiral1
May 3 2007	Mike Reese Location: North of Mount Morris Waushara County	Henry’s Elfin4 Spring Azure2 Silvery Blue1
May 4 2007	Andy Paulios Location: West Bloomfield Township Waushara County Henry's Elfins in the same spot as last year plus one additional individual across the road near cabin!	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 Henry’s Elfin6 Eastern Pine Elfin1 ‘Spring’ Spring Azure4 Mourning Cloak1 American Lady1 Red Admiral3
May 6 2007	Karl and Dorothy Legler Location: Roche a Cri St. Pk. Adams County	Eastern Tailed-Blue1 Silvery Blue3 ★ ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 6 2007	Mike Reese Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area Price County	Brown Elfin12 ★ ☆ ‘Spring’ Spring Azure3 ☆ Mourning Cloak1 ☆ Dreamy Duskywing1 ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 6 2007	Ann Thering and David Eide Location: Mirror Lake State Park Sauk County	Olympia Marble3 Eastern Pine Elfin3 ☆ ‘Spring’ Spring Azure5+ ☆ Silvery Blue10+ ☆ Mourning Cloak1 American Lady5+ Red Admiral8+ Juvenal’s Duskywing8+ ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 7 2007	Andy Paulios Location: Cook Arboretum Rock County	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 American Lady2 ☆ Red Admiral5 Juvenal’s Duskywing1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 7 2007	Jorgen Goderstad Location: Lake Farm Park, 9 springs Eway, Madison,WI Dane County Red adminrals commonly spotted. Saw 3 to 4 Mourning Cloaks along path at Lake Farm Park that goes through the woods on the west end of the park.	Cabbage White Question Mark Eastern Comma Mourning Cloak Red Admiral
May 7 2007	Todd Sima Location: Baxters Hollow Sauk County	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 ☆ Mourning Cloak4 Red Admiral2 Juvenal’s Duskywing6 ☆ = New county sighting record
May 7 2007	Mike Reese Location: Bowers Creek Fishery Area Waushara County	Mustard White6 Clouded Sulphur2 Mourning Cloak1 Red Admiral1
May 7 2007	Todd Sima Location: LWR Avoca West Side Iowa County	Giant Swallowtail1 Clouded Sulphur10+ Eastern Pine Elfin1 Mourning Cloak1 Red Admiral4 Juvenal’s Duskywing10+
May 8 2007	Ilona Loser Location: along Ice Age Trail (Lewis Street section - Cross Plains) Dane County	Juvenal’s Duskywing1
May 8 2007	Karl and Dorothy Legler Location: Roche a Cri St. Pk. Adams County There they were. Tryed out our new digital SLR. Silvery Blue	Silvery Blue1
May 8 2007	Ann Thering and David Eide Location: Spring Green Preserve Sauk County	Olympia Marble4 American Copper4+ American Lady2
May 8 2007	Ann Thering and David Eide Location: Baxter's Hollow Sauk County The elfins were basking on the road.	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 Eastern Pine Elfin3 Red Admiral2 Juvenal’s Duskywing4
May 8 2007	Royan Webb Location: 9 Springs Dane County Rather scruffy individual	Red Admiral1
May 8 2007	Scott Monsma Location: Meadowood neighborhood, Madison WI Dane County	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1
May 8 2007	Mike Reese Location: Plainfield TriCounty School Forest Waushara County	Olympia Marble6 Clouded Sulphur2 Eastern Pine Elfin1 Spring Azure8 Meadow Fritillary1 American Lady1 Red Admiral1 Juvenal’s Duskywing1
May 9 2007	Adrian Konell Location: Lake Township Marinette County	Mourning Cloak1 American Lady1 ☆ Red Admiral1 ☆ = New county sighting record
May 9 2007	Mike Reese Location: North of Mount Morris Waushara County	Harvester1 Henry’s Elfin1 Eastern Tailed-Blue1 Spring Azure3 Silvery Blue4 American Lady2 Red Admiral1
May 9 2007	Ann Thering Location: UW -Madison Arboretum Dane County A quick stop at the Arb. My first Pearl Crescents of the year.	Pearl Crescent2 American Lady2
May 9 2007	Todd Sima Location: My driveway Richland County	Eastern Pine Elfin3 ☆ Red Admiral2 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 9 2007	Todd Sima Location: Arena Boat Landing Area Sauk County	Clouded Sulphur5+ Mourning Cloak1 Red Admiral3 Monarch2
May 9 2007	Todd Sima Location: LWR MUSCADA UNIT Grant County The Grass Skippers are back!	Clouded Sulphur20+ American Copper6 Eastern Tailed-Blue3 Meadow Fritillary1 ★ Eastern Comma2 Mourning Cloak1 Red Admiral5+ Juvenal’s Duskywing10+ Common Roadside-Skipper3 ★ = New county photo record
May 10 2007	Karl and Dorothy Legler Location: Brockway township Jackson County	Olympia Marble4 Brown Elfin1 Hoary Elfin1 Henry’s Elfin1 Eastern Pine Elfin3 Meadow Fritillary1 Mourning Cloak2 American Lady2 Sleepy Duskywing1 Juvenal’s Duskywing2
May 10 2007	Ann Thering Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Dane County Bird's foot violet and shooting stars are blooming.	Black Swallowtail2 Giant Swallowtail1 Clouded Sulphur3 Question Mark1 American Lady1 Red Admiral1
May 10 2007	Mike Reese Location: North of Mount Morris Waushara County	Olympia Marble5 Clouded Sulphur1 Henry’s Elfin1 Eastern Pine Elfin1 Eastern Tailed-Blue1 Silvery Blue8 American Lady3 Juvenal’s Duskywing4
May 11 2007	Ron Arnold Location: town of Seneca Wood County	Cabbage White1 American Copper1 American Lady1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 11 2007	Andy Paulios Location: Wyalusing State Park Grant County	Giant Swallowtail10 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 Cabbage White3 Clouded Sulphur3 Spring Azure1 Pearl Crescent1 American Lady2 Red Admiral4
May 11 2007	Mike Reese Location: South of Coloma, Chafee Creek Waushara County First Gorgone Checkerspots of the year!	Olympia Marble3 American Copper3 Silvery Blue4 Gorgone Checkerspot7 ☆ American Lady3 ☆ = New county sighting record
May 12 2007	Jeff Belth Location: Brockway Rd. Jackson County	Olympia Marble5 American Copper5 Eastern Pine Elfin5 Meadow Fritillary2 Gorgone Checkerspot20 Mourning Cloak1 American Lady7 Sleepy Duskywing1 Juvenal’s Duskywing1 Persius Duskywing3 Cobweb Skipper20 Dusted Skipper1
May 12 2007	Ron Arnold Location: town of Seneca Wood County	American Copper2 Eastern Pine Elfin1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 12 2007	Tom Bentley Location: Riley Lake Bog Price County 12 Boloria fritillaries and some unidentified duskywings. IDS are unknown at this time pending review of the photos.	Harvester1 ☆ Brown Elfin5000+ Spring Azure15+ ☆ Mourning Cloak6 American Lady6 Red Admiral6 ☆ Red-disked Alpine2 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 12 2007	Rhonda Hansen Location: Brockway- Across from Wazee Jackson County Monarch was fairly fresh	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail1 ★ ☆ Olympia Marble10+ Harvester3 ☆ Eastern Pine Elfin10+ Silvery Blue1 Gorgone Checkerspot1 Pearl Crescent1 Mourning Cloak4 American Lady5 Monarch1 Dreamy Duskywing5 Juvenal’s Duskywing5 Persius Duskywing5 Cobweb Skipper4 ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 13 2007	Mike Reese Location: Brockway across from Wazee Park Jackson County 45 minutes on the way home.	Olympia Marble3 Clouded Sulphur1 Henry’s Elfin1 Gorgone Checkerspot3 Mourning Cloak1 American Lady1 Dreamy Duskywing1 Juvenal’s Duskywing3 Persius Duskywing2 Cobweb Skipper1
May 17 2007	Ann Thering Location: Bauer-Brockway Barrens Jackson County Gorgone Checkerspots galore!	Olympia Marble9+ American Copper10+ Henry’s Elfin1 Eastern Pine Elfin4 Gorgone Checkerspot40 Mourning Cloak1 American Lady6 Monarch1 Sleepy Duskywing1 Juvenal’s Duskywing2 Persius Duskywing2 Cobweb Skipper4 Dusted Skipper4
May 17 2007	Mike Reese Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area Price County Ice on the bog at 9:30!	Black Swallowtail1 ☆ Canadian Tiger Swallowtail1 ☆ Clouded Sulphur3 ☆ Brown Elfin70+ Eastern Tailed-Blue1 ☆ ‘Spring’ Spring Azure14 Frigga Fritillary2 ★ ☆ Freija Fritillary5 ☆ Gray Comma1 ☆ Mourning Cloak2 American Lady9 ☆ Red Admiral8 Red-disked Alpine3 ★ Jutta Arctic2 ☆ Monarch1 ☆ Dreamy Duskywing20+ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 18 2007	Todd Sima Location: Goose Island Vernon County	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 ☆ Red Admiral5+ ☆ Hobomok Skipper2 ★ ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 19 2007	Southern Wisconsin Butterfly Association field trip: 12 participants Location: Bauer-Brockway Barrens area Jackson County A very successful first ever field trip of SWBA. Gorgone Checkerspots were abundant with at least 5 mated pairs noted. Sun in the morning gave way to a short period of rain before the sun and butterflies were back. First Karners of the year!	Black Swallowtail1 ☆ Canadian Tiger Swallowtail7 Olympia Marble20+ Clouded Sulphur10+ Harvester2 American Copper10+ Brown Elfin3 Hoary Elfin2 Henry’s Elfin1 Eastern Pine Elfin3 Eastern Tailed-Blue2 Silvery Blue2 ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue10+ Gorgone Checkerspot100+ Mourning Cloak2 American Lady10+ Red Admiral1 Monarch5 Northern Cloudywing2 ☆ Dreamy Duskywing10+ Sleepy Duskywing4 Juvenal’s Duskywing10+ Persius Duskywing4 Cobweb Skipper20+ Hobomok Skipper1 Dusted Skipper10+ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 19 2007	Ann Thering Location: Bauer-Brockway Barrens Jackson County More photos from the SWBA field trip	Gorgone Checkerspot
May 20 2007	Karl and Dorothy Legler Location: Fifield Township Price County Wisconsin Frigga Fritillaries look somewhat different from illustrations in Glassberg and Kaufman. HW costal spot need not be solid white. Thin white crescent in middle of HW. Violet coloration on underside of HW is reduced. Photo is poor but shows the patterns.	Clouded Sulphur1 ‘Spring’ Spring Azure6 Frigga Fritillary1 American Lady2 Dreamy Duskywing6
May 21 2007	Ron Arnold Location: town of Seneca Wood County Found 1 Monarch egg on Common Milkweed.	Clouded Sulphur1 American Copper1 Meadow Fritillary1 Monarch5+
May 21 2007	Todd Sima Location: Hardscrabble SNA Lafayette County	Cabbage White3 Clouded Sulphur50+ ‘Spring’ Spring Azure1 Pearl Crescent10+ Question Mark1 Eastern Comma1 American Lady5+ Common Buckeye1 ★ ☆ Little Wood-Satyr1 ★ ☆ Monarch3 Tawny-edged Skipper1 ★ Hobomok Skipper2 ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 22 2007	Andy Paulios Location: County Road PF Sauk County West of Prairie du Sac.	Clouded Sulphur10 Common Sootywing1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 22 2007	Ann Thering Location: Spring Green Preserve Sauk County Dusted Skipper American Copper	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 Clouded Sulphur6 American Copper20+ ★ Eastern Tailed-Blue1 American Lady3 Red Admiral3 Common Buckeye1 ☆ Monarch4 Dusted Skipper6 ★ ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 22 2007	Todd Sima Location: LWR Avoca West Side Iowa County Also four Spangled Skimmers!	Giant Swallowtail3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 Clouded Sulphur6 American Copper5+ ‘Spring’ Spring Azure1 Pearl Crescent10 American Lady1 Red Admiral10+ Viceroy5+ Monarch5+ Juvenal’s Duskywing2 Common Sootywing1 Hobomok Skipper10+ Pepper and Salt Skipper4 ★ ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 23 2007	Jorgen Goderstad Location: Nine Springs Eway, south of Madison Dane County	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 Cabbage White1 Red Admiral5
May 23 2007	Mike Reese Location: Lunch Creek Fishery Area, Highway 21 Waushara County Stopped and checked for my first Pepper and Salt, Arctic, and Hobomok Skippers of the year.	Clouded Sulphur1 American Lady2 Arctic Skipper2 Hobomok Skipper1 Pepper and Salt Skipper1
May 23 2007	Tod Highsmith Location: Dorothy Carnes Park Jefferson County Made a short visit to this park just west of Fort Atkinson. The crescents and Red-spotted Purple were puddling together on wet mud. Also many Dot-tailed Whitefaces and 26 Am. White Pelicans.	Pearl Crescent2 Red Admiral6 Red-spotted Purple1
May 26 2007	Ron Arnold Location: town of Seneca Wood County Cloudy and cool with scattered rain.	Black Swallowtail1 American Copper1
May 26 2007	Ron Arnold Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area Wood County Cloudy and cool with scattered rain.	Clouded Sulphur1 American Copper3 Monarch4 Arctic Skipper1
May 26 2007	Karl and Dorothy Legler Location: Bauer Rd and Black River State Forest Jackson County	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail9 Olympia Marble3 Clouded Sulphur6 American Copper18 Eastern Pine Elfin4 ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue6 Gorgone Checkerspot9 Northern Crescent4 ☆ Question Mark1 ☆ Mourning Cloak2 American Lady5 Red Admiral10 Viceroy2 Monarch3 Juvenal’s Duskywing5 Persius Duskywing2 Arctic Skipper4 Cobweb Skipper1 Indian Skipper2 Hobomok Skipper10 Dusted Skipper4 ☆ = New county sighting record
May 26 2007	Joan Braune Location: Owen Park Dane County	Red Admiral2 Little Wood-Satyr2
May 27 2007	Todd Sima Location: LWR Muscada from DNR Pier to Lake Paffernath Grant County Two Spangled Skimmers were also found on the hill by the DNR Pier.	Black Swallowtail1 American Copper3 Pearl Crescent5+ Red Admiral20+ Red-spotted Purple3 Little Wood-Satyr30+ Monarch2 Hobomok Skipper20+
May 27 2007	Todd Sima Location: Bakens Pond Area Sauk County	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail1 Pearl Crescent2 Red Admiral5+ Little Wood-Satyr2 ☆ Least Skipper2 ☆ Peck’s Skipper2 ☆ Hobomok Skipper1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 27 2007	Ann Thering Location: Walking Iron Dane County Also saw an eight-spotted forester.	Black Swallowtail1 Giant Swallowtail5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 Clouded Sulphur3 American Copper5 American Lady2 Red Admiral2 Little Wood-Satyr8 Monarch3 Silver-spotted Skipper1
May 27 2007	Karl and Dorothy Legler Location: Lone Rock and Avoca west of Avoca Lake Iowa County	Giant Swallowtail2 Clouded Sulphur1 Gorgone Checkerspot1 Question Mark1 Mourning Cloak1 Red Admiral5 Red-spotted Purple3 Little Wood-Satyr5 Monarch1 Silver-spotted Skipper1 Common Sootywing1 Least Skipper2 Tawny-edged Skipper9 Hobomok Skipper1 Common Roadside-Skipper1
May 27 2007	Mike Reese Location: Danbury Wildlife Area Burnett County Western Tailed-Blue Western Tailed-Blue Persius Duskywing	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail3 ☆ Clouded Sulphur2 ☆ American Copper6 ☆ Eastern Pine Elfin5 ☆ Western Tailed-Blue2 ★ ☆ Silvery Blue20+ ☆ American Lady3 ☆ Common Ringlet2 ☆ Monarch3 ☆ Northern Cloudywing2 ★ ☆ Dreamy Duskywing10+ ☆ Juvenal’s Duskywing8 ☆ Persius Duskywing1 ★ ☆ Indian Skipper3 ★ ☆ Hobomok Skipper4 ☆ Dusted Skipper4 ☆ Common Roadside-Skipper2 ☆ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 27 2007	Mike Reese Location: Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area Burnett County Very windy, mostly cloudy, and temps in the low 60s.	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail2 Clouded Sulphur3 Gorgone Checkerspot8 Monarch4
May 28 2007	Ron Arnold Location: Wood County Wildlife Area west of Sandhill Wildlife Area Wood County Cloudy and breezy with very brief periods of sunshine. Also saw a Whooping Crane.	Clouded Sulphur2 Pink-edged Sulphur2 ☆ Purplish Copper1 Silver-bordered Fritillary1 Mourning Cloak1 American Lady1 Red Admiral1 Little Wood-Satyr1 Monarch5 Hobomok Skipper1 ☆ = New county sighting record
May 28 2007	Mike Reese Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area Price County I also saw Harris' Checkerspot or Baltimore Checkerspot caterpillars feeding on a nontypical hostplant for these species. I also saw four mated pairs of this robber fly and what I have always felt was my favorite Wisconsin wild flower, Gay-wings (Polygala paucifolia).	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail23 Clouded Sulphur2 American Copper1 ☆ Brown Elfin1 Spring Azure2 Silver-bordered Fritillary1 ☆ Gray Comma1 Mourning Cloak2 American Lady3 Red Admiral1 Monarch5 Dreamy Duskywing4 Arctic Skipper20+ ☆ Hobomok Skipper8 ☆ Pepper and Salt Skipper9 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 28 2007	Ron Arnold Location: Wood County Wildlife Area west of Sandhill Wildlife Area Wood County	Dreamy Duskywing1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 28 2007	Lori Wucherer Location: South Milwaukee (across from Grant Park) Milwaukee County Several red admirals lit on my lilac tree	Red Admiral3
May 30 2007	Todd Sima Location: Hardscrabble SNA Lafayette County	Giant Swallowtail4 Clouded Sulphur2 Pearl Crescent5+ Question Mark1 Red Admiral3 Red-spotted Purple4 Viceroy1 Little Wood-Satyr25+ Monarch2 Silver-spotted Skipper3 Least Skipper2 ☆ Peck’s Skipper2 ★ ☆ Tawny-edged Skipper3 Hobomok Skipper5+ ★ Dun Skipper5 ★ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record
May 30 2007	joan braune Location: Grady Tract/Greene Prairie Dane County	Clouded Sulphur1 American Lady1 Red Admiral3 Viceroy1 Little Wood-Satyr22+
May 30 2007	David Minett Location: North Germantown Washington County In a clearing in my wooded back yard. 1 would fly up, then land in exactly the same spot. He did this several times in the course of an hr. Another came by and then a chase would ensue. Very interesting	Red Admiral3
May 31 2007	Todd Sima Location: LWR MUSCADA AND BLUE RIVER UNITS Grant County	Giant Swallowtail2 Clouded Sulphur2 Eastern Tailed-Blue1 Pearl Crescent2 Red Admiral10+ Viceroy1 Hackberry Emperor1 Little Wood-Satyr10+ Monarch2 Silver-spotted Skipper1 Hobomok Skipper5+
May 31 2007	Ron Arnold Location: town of Seneca Wood County	Indian Skipper1 ☆ ☆ = New county sighting record
May 31 2007	David Drexler and Ann Edahl Location: Bauer Brockway and Dike 13 area Jackson County Found two mating pairs of Karners!	Canadian Tiger Swallowtail3 Clouded Sulphur4 American Copper3 Eastern Pine Elfin1 ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue15+ Silver-bordered Fritillary2 ☆ Gorgone Checkerspot4 American Lady1 Viceroy2 ★ Common Ringlet2 ★ Monarch3 Dreamy Duskywing4 Persius Duskywing4 Arctic Skipper1 Cobweb Skipper1 Indian Skipper1 Peck’s Skipper1 ★ Dusted Skipper5+ ★ = New county photo record ☆ = New county sighting record