Butterfly sightings for November 2013
| Nov 2 2013 |
Scott Puchalski
Location: Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
Gray Comma |
★ = New county photo record |
| Nov 3 2013 |
Judith Huf
Location: Atwater Park, Shorewood
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| Nov 3 2013 |
Jim Ebner
Location: Pabst Farms, Oconomowoc
Gully with some wind protection . Dandilions prevalent. Observed 6 or 7 individual Sulfurs in 15 minutes, females outnumbering males. 
Clouded Sulphur |
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| Nov 5 2013 |
Craig Ellefson
Location: Downtown DeForest
Monarch |
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| Nov 9 2013 |
Steven Lubahn
Location: Sheridan Park, Cudahy near bluff
American Lady |
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| Nov 10 2013 |
Joshua Cullumv
Location: 8 miles north west of Janesville
I was birding the other day when I saw a Sulphur when it was warm out. I wasn't able to identify it before it flew, but I think it was an Orange Sulphur. Today I was birding and keeping an eye out for butterflies because it was nearly 50 degrees, when I saw a Question Mark/Comma. I followed it until it landed on our roof, and I was able to take a photo of it. I then identified it as an Eastern Comma using the photo. The photo was taken with a point-and-shoot camera through my scope, and then cropped, so it isn't that good of quality, but you can easily identify the butterfly in the photo. 
Eastern comma |
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| Nov 10 2013 |
Kristin Gjerdset
Location: 99th and National Avenue
Great delight, yet very surprised. I thought it was a leaf blowing in the wind, but when it came closer, it was very clear it was controlling its flight and it was a mourning cloak with the distinctive yellow trim! Wish I had been able to take a picture but I did not have a camera available. |
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| Nov 30 2013 |
Jerry DeBoer
Location: Saller Woods, a park just southwest of where Hwy. 36 crosses the Fox River, a short ways north of Burlington, WI
Observed 2 specimens flying through the oak woodland. |
While birding on this sunny, not cold morning, a single Mourning Cloak flew by along the bluff.