Butterfly sightings for June 2008
Jun 1 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: Deansville Marsh
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★ = New county photo record |
Jun 1 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: West of Wazee County Park
First Karner Blues of the year. |
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Jun 1 2008 |
Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Muscoda LWR
We also saw four species of tiger beetles. |
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Jun 1 2008 |
Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
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Jun 1 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: Hugh Iltis Prairie, N of Westfield
One male, first of the year, reported in garden by landowner. More are sure to come. Lupine area was expanded in recent years by USFWS to encourage a small population of Karners here. |
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Jun 2 2008 |
Sam Jurkovic & Joan Myrom
Location: Crex Meadow WA
June 1 sightings
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Jun 2 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Lunch Creek Fishery Area, Highway 21
Cloudy but warm so I couldn't pass up looking for the three spring skippers I always see here, the Arctic, Hobomok, and the Pepper and Salt Skippers. I am still looking for my first Pepper and Salt Skipper of the year. |
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Jun 2 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Both of the Swallowtails were incredibly bright yellow, my camera didn't come close to reproducing the color. The temperature was good today, but the sky was overcast. Both of the Elfins were very worn. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 4 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
No sun again today. Walking along the vegetation chased out a few butterflies. |
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Jun 5 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Lunch Creek Fishery Area, Highway 21
Somewhat sunny until I got out of my car. The Giant Ichneumon (Megarhyssa atrata?), with its long ovipositor, is very impressive flying in front of one's face. |
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Jun 5 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Very brief periods of sun today. Saw these while doing yard work. |
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Jun 5 2008 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Cedarburg Bog - UWM Field Station
I found this exquisite Giant Swallowtail along the UWM Field Station property, St. Augustine Rd, Town of Saukville, Ozaukee County. It is about 1 mile south of my house, where I photographed Giant Swallowtail caterpillars in the fall of 2007.
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Jun 6 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Some sun but very windy. |
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Jun 6 2008 |
Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Lake Farm Park, near Madison
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Jun 6 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: Windsor, backyard
On cow manure pile |
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Jun 6 2008 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 6 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Various sites in the northwestern part of the county
Very windy and mostly cloudy. This was the first time I have seen a Yellow Lady's Slipper. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 6 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: DNR property in the town of Saratoga along Highway 13
Temps in the low 80's with some sun, but very windy. Lots of Bee Flies nectaring on Hoary Puccoon. |
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Jun 6 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Late in the day, around 6:30pm. The wind had died down some. The resident pair of loons had 2 babies with them today. |
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Jun 7 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: near Nakoma & Beltline Hwy, Madison
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Jun 7 2008 |
Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Walking Iron
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Jun 7 2008 |
Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Pleasant Valley
The Eyed Click Beetle slammed into me, so I couldn't help but notice it. The rains put an end to butterflying. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 7 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Beautiful and sunny when I left to go there, but thundering and cloudy when I got there. |
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Jun 7 2008 |
Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
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Jun 7 2008 |
Andy Paulios
Location: Northern Portions of the county
Lots of duskywings on the roads. Brown elfins were in a bog on the Namekagon Trail. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 7 2008 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Probably our first day over 80 degrees all year. Had more duskywings, likely Juvenal's, that I couldn't ID. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 7 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
The sun came out briefly so I made a quick trip to the bog. The swallowtails were seen along the highway just before the bog. Lots of dragonfly activity here today. |
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Jun 7 2008 |
Tom Bentley and Kelly McIntyre
Location: Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 7 2008 |
Tom Bentley and Kelly McIntyre
Location: Smith Slough and Sand Prairie State Natural Area
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 7 2008 |
Tom Bentley and Kelly McIntyre
Location: Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area
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Jun 8 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Lunch Creek Fishery Area, Highway 21
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Jun 8 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
There was about 2 hours of sun and the butterflies took advantage of it. The elfin was very worn with just its pattern showing, the colors were all faded. The skippers were nectaring on Blackberry on the side of a hill, which is also a favorite spot for the ringlets. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 8 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: Token Creek County Park
Park closed due to flooding. A carp shimmied across the road in the current of the overflowing creek. Boardwalk submerged. Every blade of grass and shrub was a liferaft for grasshoppers, beetles, crickets, spiders, caterpillars and especially thousands of ants. Not a good week for the flightless. One lep flying was a relief to see. |
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Jun 8 2008 |
Mike Kirch
Location: Chafee Creek
also a tiger swallowtail but couldn't determine species. |
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Jun 8 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Sugar River Bike Trail enterance in Brodhead
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 9 2008 |
Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Cecropia Moth emerged from its cocoon today. |
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Jun 10 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Germania Marsh
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Jun 10 2008 |
Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Road to preserve flooded. Could approach from north. Flowers are gorgeous; lots of spiderwort. |
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Jun 10 2008 |
Ann Thering
Location: Pleasant Valley
Windy, but who cares? The sun was shining. |
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Jun 10 2008 |
Joan Braune
Location: Cherokee Marsh
Flooding made parts of several trails inaccessible. |
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Jun 10 2008 |
Andy Paulios
Location: Various Locations in Oneida County
Henry's Elfins were found on Swamp Creek Road off of Swamp Lake Road. Many of my field trip participants got pics. Small brown butterfly with mottled dark forewings and lighter hindwings. White cells separating dark and light. Hairy wings. Very surprised to see this bug! |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 11 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: Hugh Iltis Prairie, N of Westfield
Lousy weather: gray, 64 degrees, about to rain. But one female Karner on lupine. |
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Jun 13 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: several areas in western part of the county
Juvenal's Duskywing was very worn and one of the Hobomok Skippers was form pocohontas. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 13 2008 |
Rose Tiegs
Location: Oneida,wi
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 13 2008 |
Ann Thering
Location: My Yard
Eight of the monarchs were tiny caterpillars on common milkweed. |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
The sun finally came out late this morning. |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Decatur Lake boat launch near Brodhead
The boat launch is mostly under water, but there is a utility trail on the back side of the dam, that's where I found all of these. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 14 2008 |
Carol & Tom Sykes
Location: High Cliff State Park
Found along trails, both in open grasslands. |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Wayne Anderson
Location: Quincy Bluff, Adams County
Just coming back from a vacation in Arizona and had to stop at one of my favorite places the Cicindela patruela huberi were out in force along with scutellaris lecontei, sexguttata and tranquebarica. Spring Green was still flooded! |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Wayne Anderson
Location: County Line Road/ Portage, Wood and Adams County line
Just checking the profusion of wild lupine, hoary puccoon etc. on my way home |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 14 2008 |
Mike Reese, Ken Tennessen
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Rained on the way there this morning but it cleared and we saw a few butterflies including the very worn duskywings! Watched a Pink-edged Sulphur lay an egg on blueberry and saw my first Blandings Turtle. Lots of robber flies! |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
It was breezy but with full sun. I was attempting to count the Harris' Checkerspots, but gave up when I reached a big cloud of them. |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
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★ = New county photo record |
Jun 14 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: WE property near St. Francis Woods
The day was sunny and warm. Time 10-11:30 am. Observed a female white form of the Clouded Sulphur laying eggs. |
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Jun 14 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: Havenwoods State Forest, city of Milwaukee
1-2:30pm. Warm and sunny. Lots of Little Wood-Satyrs. |
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Jun 15 2008 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Tyler Forks Muskeg south of Shirley Lake
Also had 2 fritillaries that were either Frigga or Bog but never got even a decent look. This site is a remote but large black spruce muskeg/bog. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 15 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: High Cliff State Park
The Viceroy was "perched" on a "pike" on a sign displaying pictures of local fish. Purple Martin being banded by park rangers had dragonfly prey in mouth. Eight-spotted Forester moth. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 15 2008 |
Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith
Location: Cherokee Marsh
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Jun 15 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: marshy area in the town of Seneca
Two days in a row with sunshine! |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 15 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Sugar River Bike Trail in Albany
This was mostly along the Albany Wildlife Area section of the Trail. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 15 2008 |
Ron Arnold, Lydia and Emily Thurber
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
My young helpers really like dragonflies. They lasted until there got to be too many deer flies. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 16 2008 |
Kelley
Location: Backyard in Germantown, WI
This lovely creature was flying through our yard and was kind enough to give me this lovely photo opportunity. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 17 2008 |
Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 17 2008 |
Dory Owen
Location: Mosquito Hill Nature Center
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★ = New county photo record |
Jun 19 2008 |
Jorgen Goderstad
Location: South Beltline area Madison
The skipper ws seen at the Shopko garden center at South Towne. |
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Jun 20 2008 |
Jorgen Goderstad
Location: rural Fitchburg
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Jun 20 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Germania Marsh
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Jun 20 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
Mid-day sunny. Many lovely Ctenucha virginica also. Too bad we don't have a place to enter sightings for pretty day-flying moths. Also saw many dragonflies and a beautiful tiger beetle, the cicindela sexguttata. |
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Jun 20 2008 |
Rose Tiegs
Location: Navarino Public Hunting Grounds, Navarino,WI
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★ = New county photo record |
Jun 20 2008 |
Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith
Location: Cherokee Marsh
We couldn't stay too long as the mosquitoes were out in force!! |
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Jun 21 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Plainfield TriCounty School Forest
Still not a lot of butterflies around. |
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Jun 21 2008 |
Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy
This was the most Baltimore Checkerspots we've ever seen at one time. A number of them were nectaring on grey dogwood. We also saw several Eastern Red Damsels and a couple Red-headed woodpeckers. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 21 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Decatur Lake boat launch near Brodhead
This also includes the trail by the landing going all the way back to Brodhead. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 21 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Lots of tiger beetles here today. |
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Jun 21 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
The American Copper was very worn. I also saw a Duskywing that I couldn't get a good look at to identify. |
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Jun 21 2008 |
Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Black Earth
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Jun 22 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Emmons Creek Fishery Area
There was a distinct lack of butterflies even in areas with lots of nectar sources. I did see several hognose snakes including this little one on the path. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 22 2008 |
Wayne Anderson
Location: Petersen Creek Fishery Area/Portage County
Showy Ladyslipper Orchids, one Yellow Ladyslipper Orchid one of the few areas to see these gorgeous flowers. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 22 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: wooded edges along cranberry reservoirs in the town of Cranmoor
Breezy today with periods of sun and showers. |
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Jun 22 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: North of Wild Rose
Made a quick stop on the way home and saw my first Appalachian Brown of the year. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 22 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: Weir Nature Center, Hales Corners
I was disappointed that there were not more butterflies in this beautiful prairie. Also saw beautiful male and female Ebony Jewelwing damselflies. |
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Jun 23 2008 |
Andy Paulios
Location: Capitol Loop
My first of the year! |
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Jun 23 2008 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Many, many Hobomok Skippers, including several Pocahontas form. Most unusual was the Jutta Arctic, as there is not a black spruce or tamarack bog within miles of this location (my yard). |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 24 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lion's Den Gorge Park, Ozaukee
9:30-11 am Sunny and warm.
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★ = New county photo record |
Jun 24 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Plainfield TriCounty School Forest
I also saw a couple of tiger swallowtails but I never got a good look at them. One of them was chased by a very worn Mourning Cloak. The Pepper and Salt Skipper was also very worn. |
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Jun 25 2008 |
Mike Reese
Location: Germania Marsh
Mosquitoes were the insect of the day, but it was fun seeing a few butterflies. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 27 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Nearly eaten alive by mosquitos. Besides the butterflies, saw some pretty dragonflies including a Calico Pennant and some sort of golden-colored Meadowhawk. But the real treat of the day were two Coyote pups exploring out on their own |
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Jun 28 2008 |
SWBA Field Trip - 7 participants
Location: Cherokee Marsh
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Jun 28 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
Nice breeze kept mosquitoes down. Cabbage Whites were abundant as were European Skippers. There seemed to be little skippers everywhere, and individual that I could focus on seemed to be a European Skipper. Dragonflies were very lovely too; including Halloween Pennant,Eastern Pondhawk, Widow Skimmer, and Dot-tailed Whiteface. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 28 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Cook Arboretum in Janesville
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Jun 28 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Sunshine and butterflies in between thunder showers today. |
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Jun 28 2008 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Pretty good diversity, with some new species just appearing. Also many dragonflies, highlighted by relatively good numbers of both Arrowhead and Twin-spotted Spiketails. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 28 2008 |
Wayne Anderson
Location: Dewey Shooting Range and other Dewey Marsh sites
lots of deer flies, mosquito and ticks! Plus a Downpour to finish off the mourning hikes. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 28 2008 |
Peter Fissel
Location: Prairies & Potholes Public Hunting Area (Deerfield)
Also saw several small "Blues" - could not definitively ID to species. |
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Jun 28 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Decatur Lake boat launch near Brodhead
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 28 2008 |
Tom Bentley
Location: Ridges Sanctuary
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☆ = New county sighting record |
Jun 29 2008 |
Pam Campbell
Location: My garden, near Colfax
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★ = New county photo record |
Jun 29 2008 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Decatur Lake boat launch near Brodhead
Most of the butterflies were seen on the trail leading back to the dam. |
★ = New county photo record |
Jun 29 2008 |
Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Very little sun today. Saw these while working in the field. |
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Jun 29 2008 |
Pat Fojut and others
Location: Wehr Nature Center NABA count
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Jun 30 2008 |
Judith Huf
Location: WE property near St. Francis Woods
Many Cabbage Whites and Clouded Sulphurs. Lovely prairie flowers in bloom on this sunny day, but the high winds and cool temperatures probably kept the number of butterflies down. |
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Jun 30 2008 |
Ann Thering
Location: Walking Iron
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Jun 30 2008 |
Ann Thering
Location: Grady Tract, UW Arboretum
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Quick roadside stop about 9 am.