Butterfly sightings for June 2015

Jun 1 2015

Joshua Cullum

Location: Home Area -- 42.744084, -89.128370
Rock County

This is the first Viceroy I every remember seeing here before!

Viceroy

Viceroy

Jun 1 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Riverview Park - North side of Eau Claire near Chippewa County border
Eau Claire County

Jun 1 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Karner Blue Meadows SNA
Waushara County

Just a quick stop to see my first Karners of the year. Both were males.

Jun 1 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Red Cedar Cut-off/Edgewater Road
Dunn County

Both Monarchs were egg-laying females.

Monarch

Monarch

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Jun 1 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Pine River Fishery Area
Waushara County

also one tiger swallowtail

Jun 1 2015

Ryan Brady

Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County

Jun 1 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Crex Meadows and a few roads to the east
Burnett County

64-74° Sunny 11-4:30 PM. Met up with a pair of entomologists on Klotz Rd who found this Western Tailed Blue. They also told me of a great mud puddle(60' long) at Lincoln & Klarquist. That is where there were 6 Arctic Skippers and the only C.T. Swallowtail I IDed.
Eastern Tigers were confirmed sightings.

Jun 1 2015

Paul Foti

Location: Milwaukee
Milwaukee County

It was clinging to an outside door frame near its empty chrysalis. I touched it with its wings together very
gingerly. It then opened its wings wide open what a beautiful sight. It was still attached to the door frame when I left it to continue my delivery of food for Milw.Public schools.

Jun 1 2015

Erik Ostrum

Location: Town Line Rd. Washington Island
Door County

All these I found flying while on my bike ride on Town Line Rd.

Jun 2 2015

Jay Watson

Location: Backyard Rosecrans, WI
Manitowoc County

Jun 2 2015

Daniel Jackson

Location: Espe Pond State Fishing Area (near Leon on Hwy 27)
Monroe County

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

★ = New county photo record

Jun 2 2015

Daniel Jackson

Location: Along Hwy 173 SW of Babcock
Monroe County

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 2 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
Eau Claire County

also a couple Eight-Spotted Forester moths and a Hummingbird moth

Jun 2 2015

Scott Swengel

Location: White River Marsh
Green Lake County

10:15 AM to 12:50 PM, 67-75 degrees F, 90% sunshine, wind south 5-15 mph. Six grassland bird survey units (18 minutes each) and one barrens. 96 Karners in a grassland unit and 25 Karners in the barrens, where the Karners seemed further pre-peak than in the grassland. 100 male Karners, 20 females, and 1 unknown.

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 2 2015

Kyle Johnson

Location: Cornell Lake Peatlands (45.12147°N 91.35707°W)
Chippewa County

Bog Fritillary last documented here by George Balogh in 1977. Good to see the population is still thriving, esp. given that it is on the southwestern range edge. Lots of other habitat pockets in the area should have this species as well.

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

★ = New county photo record

Jun 2 2015

Kyle Johnson

Location: Koser Bog (45.02610°N 90.86230°W)
Clark County

Hoped to push the documented southern range edge of Bog Fritillary-success! Jutta Arctics were both worn.

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 2 2015

Scott Swengel

Location: Leola Wildlife Area
Adams County

3:25-5:30 PM, 73-76 degrees F, 95% sun, wind south 10 mph. I walked 3 miles in the grassland and 1 mile along roadsides. One Purplish Copper was along the road west of Cty W, just north of Apache Road. The other Purplish Copper was along the north side of Archer Road almost a 1/4 miles west of Cty W. Two of the Silver-bordered Fritillaries were on Mustards 0.25 miles west of Cty W , about 10 meters south of Archer Road.

Jun 2 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Belgium Towship: Lake Church
Ozaukee County

65 degrees, nearly clear sky, windy, lake front private residence: Nine sightings for three species

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Jun 2 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Bruemmersville Park
Kewaunee County

American Lady

American Lady

★ = New county photo record

Jun 2 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Riley Lake Area to Sheepranch Rd.
Price County

64-72° Sunny. Pepper and Salt Skipper was hanging out with the Hobomok & Arctic in a secluded spruce bog(see pict) in the forest. The big bog had only 1 Brown Elfin. Saw a Smooth Green snake in a small bog on FR 137. Observed close to 100 swallowtails today.

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Mustard White

Mustard White

Jun 2 2015

Mary Backus

Location: Riley Lake WMA
Price County

Saw only one of these Fritillaries along Gates Lake Road in the Riley Lake WMA.

Frigga Fritillary

Frigga Fritillary

Frigga Fritillary

Frigga Fritillary

Jun 2 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

The Red Admiral dutifully chased the Tiger Swallowtail away from "his" garden; we hope he doesn't do that when the Pipevines arrive (I planted our first Aristolochia yesterday).

Jun 2 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Pine River Fishery Area east of Wild Rose
Waushara County

Also saw two other tiger swallowtails

Jun 2 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Franzoi Park
Winnebago County

Quick walk after supper.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Jun 2 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Just Local Foods parking area
Eau Claire County

~1:00 sunny 73

Jun 2 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Brookfield: Private Residence
Waukesha County

2:30Pm to 4:30 Pm 68 degrees, sunny & windy.
Thirty-nine sightings for Seven species. The Black Swallowtail was laying eggs on Golden Alexanders. One of the Question Marks appeared to be laying eggs on burning nettle plants!

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Question Mark

Question Mark

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Jun 2 2015

Janice Steinbach

Location: Belgium - Harrington Beach State Park & Forest Beach Preserve
Ozaukee County

Saw 5 monarchs -2 at the state park laying eggs on milkweed, one while driving between the state park and the preserve, and then a mating pair at the preserve, I was thrilled!

Jun 3 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Fox River NWR
Marquette County

Jun 3 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Willow Creek Fishery Area
Waushara County

1 tiger swallowtail

Jun 3 2015

Jay Watson

Location: Meadowbrook Park, Howard
Brown County

Basking in the sun along a lowland wooded trail.

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 3 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: W6835 Cnty D, Oxford(Y, field and marsh)
Marquette County

72° Sunny. 10:45-11:30 AM. Quick trip around the farm added a Common Ringlet to Doreens life list and to the farm list.

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Jun 3 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Walking Iron County Park
Dane County

One of us was watching a bird while going through the entrance and didn't notice the Hognose Snake that was nearly stepped on! We will have to do better if we go to Texas ("real" snakes!).

Eastern Hognose Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake

American Copper

American Copper

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Jun 3 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Town of Somers
Kenosha County

Private owned Prairie Remnant: 68 degrees,windy, sunny: 1:30 - 4:00 Pm Fifty Four sightings for Ten species. Two grass skipper observations I was unable to ID or photograph -

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Eastern Tailed-Blue

American Lady

American Lady

Viceroy

Viceroy

Jun 3 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Barrens around Bauer-Brockway, Dike 17, and Stanton Road
Jackson County

7:50-1:40 Am to 12:236 PM, 63-79 degrees F, 70% sunshine, wind southeast 4-10 mph. 85 male Karners, 53 femnaes, 4 unknown. 62% males suggests that these counts were on average relatively near the peak. We usually run 70-75 % males at peak in Jackson County and 60-65 % males in Wood County at peak, but this year the "high male %" sites are having fewer Karners in Jackson County than some sites that typically have higher female proportions. Scott found 2 Brown Elfins in Jackson County on June 1 and Ann and Scott found 2 on May 28; two of those other four and the June 3 Frosted were extremely worn.

Jun 3 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Barrens along County Hwy X and one site in Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

1:15-3:12 PM, 75-82 degrees F, 25% sunshine, wind south 2-10 mph. 59 male and 19 female Karner Blues.

Jun 3 2015

Alon Coppens

Location: Private grassland 5 mi west of Chippewa Falls
Chippewa County

cloudy day, little wind, very dark sky, light rain at times. For the past week or so I have noticed very many caterpillars, hosted by a variety of compositae (goldenrod and sunflower relatives). Here pictured on Heliopsis helianthoides (Smooth Oxeye).

Jun 3 2015

Joe D Johnson & Marconi Santana

Location: Little Scarboro State Public Fishery Area
Kewaunee County

Found a little off the Ahnapee State Trail near where County Hwy A crosses the Little Scarboro Creek. (Jay Watson submitting this observation on behalf of Joe Johnson.)

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 3 2015

Andy Paulios

Location: Lodi Marsh State Wildlife Area
Dane County

Extensive hike through multiple habitat types

Jun 3 2015

Fern Springs

Location: My yard in Brockway
Jackson County

9:00 sunny 64

Jun 3 2015

Mary Backus

Location: Glocke Lake SNA
Oconto County

Went here specifically to look for a lifer, Bog Fritillary. Saw at least 12 of them flying around. Also found a life dragonfly, Elfin Skimmer.

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Elfin Skimmer

Elfin Skimmer

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Jun 3 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Urban Ecology Center/Riverside Park, Milwaukee
Milwaukee County

Jun 4 2015

Erin Campbell

Location: Home area
Marquette County

Lots of insects out, lately. Very humid and low wind.

Jun 4 2015

Sue Aiken

Location: Bayview Park beach entry road,(Lk Superior) between Bayfield and Washburn
Bayfield County

There were a large group of these butterflies fluttering around. There was also a group of 5 sitting in the sand. Fascinating sight.

Jun 5 2015

Laurel Foster

Location: Voyager Village, Danbury WI 54830
Burnett County

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Jun 5 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Farm along FR 2117, 1/2 mile from HWY 32
Oconto County

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 5 2015

Ryan Brady

Location: Moquah Barrens west of FR236
Bayfield County

Joined by Dean Hansen and others on a Natural Resources Foundation field trip in search of birds and butterflies. The former were plentiful, the latter not so much...

Jun 5 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Our yard
Marquette County

Baltimore Checkerspot went into chrysalis yesterday.

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Jun 5 2015

Edmund OShea

Location: Rockwood Rd Devils River State Trail, 44.171147N, 087.699180W
Manitowoc County

Jun 5 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes SNA
Waushara County

7:20-9:30 AM. It was mainly cloudy and I was surprised to see any butterflies.

Jun 5 2015

Joan Rickert

Location: my yard rural Medford
Taylor County

Jun 6 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Karner Blue Meadow SNA
Waushara County

Ann Thering found Purplish Coppers here in 2009 and we found 8 of them here in Aug. 2014, so we decided to check for 1st brood ones. This is a complete list of the butterflies we saw. 10:48-11:20 AM, 68-73 degrees F, 100% sun, wind south 2-8 mph. All 12 Purplish Coppers were females, so maybe it is late in the flight. The Purplish Coppers were in the sedge meadow along the south edge of the lake that is in the northern part of the SNA, more than half of them within 10 meters of the lake (ground is damp to wet this close to lake, but not damp further than 10 meters from lake). Before 10 AM this meadow is extensively shaded, so it is good to go more toward midday if seeking to find Purplish Coppers.

Jun 6 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Buena Vista Wildlife Area
Portage County

2:25-5:15 PM, 75-81 degrees F, 90% sun, wind south 8-14 mph. We walked 3+ miles in the grassland

Jun 6 2015

Mary Backus

Location: Camp Nine Road, Hazlehurst, WI
Oneida County

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Gray Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Pink-edged Sulphur

Pink-edged Sulphur

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Jun 6 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Bruemmer Park
Kewaunee County

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 6 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Marquette Park
Kewaunee County

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 6 2015

Joan Rickert

Location: Cara Lane rural Medford
Taylor County

Jun 6 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Farm on FR 2117, 1/2 mile from HWY 32
Oconto County

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

★ = New county photo record

Jun 6 2015

Joan Rickert

Location: my yard rural Medford
Taylor County

The Red Admiral chased all 3 Swallowtails out of the edge of ours woods at one time then went back to sun himself on a small tree!

Jun 6 2015

Delia Narrai

Location: Bayside
Milwaukee County

In open space in wooded backyard

Jun 6 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Fox River NWR
Marquette County

Jun 6 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Riveredge Nature Center, Newburg WI
Ozaukee County

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 6 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Cofrin Arboretum
Brown County

10:00 to 12:15 Nicest day I've had off this year.

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Viceroy

Viceroy

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 6 2015

Bryn Heimann

Location: Southern Unit - Kettle Moraine
Waukesha County

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

American Lady

American Lady

Question Mark

Question Mark

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Jun 6 2015

Kaitie Boettcher

Location: Eden
Fond du Lac County

Jun 6 2015

Sylvia Edlebeck

Location: Stewart County Park, Mount Horeb
Dane County

Around 70 and sunny, early afternoon.

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Viceroy

Viceroy

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Jun 6 2015

Nick Nequette

Location: Mt. Simon/Dells Pond West edge in our residential front yard
Eau Claire County

10:00 a.m. in our yard looking for a special place along side the house near the Milkweeds. A mating pair of Silver-spotted Skippers.......here's to nature at its finest........

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Jun 6 2015

Darleen Horman

Location: My yard in Allenton
Washington County

Sunny, warm and calm day. The Eastern Tiger was nectaring on spiderwort. Saw 2 Eight-spotted forester moths flitting around the flower garden and a fly/bee on golden alexanders.

Jun 6 2015

Mike Gruenke

Location: Navarino State Wildlife Area
Shawano County

There were a lot of Northern Crescents. Saw multiple Hobomok Skippers including a female, form Pocahontas and Little Wood-Satyrs.

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

White Admiral

White Admiral

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Jun 6 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Leola Wildlife Area
Adams County

Noon to 2:10 PM, 69-76 degrees F, 75% sun, wind south 8-14 mph. We walked 2.5 miles in the grassland and we each walked a different half mile of the Archer Drive roadside. The Purplish Coppers were 55-60% females. Only 3 Purplish Coppers were along roadsides. 34 Purplish Coppers were inside the western part of the 2013-2014 grazed pasture south of Archer Avenue, between 0.375 and 0.5 miles west of Cty W, especially the part within 150 meters south, southwest, and west of the pasture gate that is 3/8 mile from Cty W. The Arctic Skipper was a surprise out in a grassland--southeast of the Akron Drive/5th Avenue jct., the northwesternmost part of Leola WA. There were trees just 120 meters west of the Arctic Skipper.

Jun 7 2015

Kimberly Poeppey

Location: Washington Heights 57th st
Milwaukee County

Painted Lady feeding on my garden flowers for quite a while.

Jun 7 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
Eau Claire County

Also had some 6-spotted tiger beetles, Bronzed Tiger Beetles

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Jun 7 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Lynne & Little Rice Townships
Oneida County

4:30 - 6:30 Pm, sunny but getting cloudy & windy
Ninty-two sightings for 16 Species.The Pink-edge Sulphur & Jutta Arctic are from Bass Lake Bog. Also had the opportunity to photograph a Spear-marked Black Day Moth today!

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Mustard White

Mustard White

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Pink-edged Sulphur

Pink-edged Sulphur

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Jutta Arctic

Jutta Arctic

Viceroy

Viceroy

Spear-marked Black

Spear-marked Black

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 7 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

... and an unidentified blue. We're raising two Monarch caterpillars from eggs now, but are disappointed at how few adults have shown up so far.

Jun 7 2015

Matthew Rethaber

Location: Sedge Hill Rd, Marengo, WI 54855
Ashland County

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Jun 7 2015

Mike Reese

Location: DNR lands east of 37th Ave. and south of Haase Rd
Winnebago County

Black form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Jun 7 2015

Judith Huf

Location: Lincoln Park
Milwaukee County

Birdwatching around 11:30 am. Sunny and warm after this morning's rain.

Jun 7 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Emery Township: FR-130 Headquarters Rd
Price County

65 degrees: Sunny,with a few clouds and gusty winds after the morning rain showers left us.
12:30Pm - 3:30Pm: 158 sightings for 13 species.
Note the beautiful Yellow Lady's Slippers, a rare find!

Purplish Copper

Purplish Copper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Mustard White

Mustard White

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Yellow Lady's Slippers

Yellow Lady's Slippers

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

American Lady

American Lady

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 7 2015

Fern Springs

Location: My yard in brockway
Jackson County

~1:00, 70s, sunny
I don't think I've seen Little Wood-Satyrs in my yard before. There has been at least one several days this past week. Very interested in the dead lilac flowers.

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Jun 7 2015

Nadine Bougie

Location: Somerset
St. Croix County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 7 2015

Mike Gruenke

Location: Briarton in the township of Lessor
Shawano County

Just working around my back yard and noticed 3 or 4 Little Wood Satyr's flying around. I went and got my camera and then noticed a small Arctic Skipper working the clover. I then found another. Later I went to the Navarino Wildlife area and got a picture of a White Admiral, about an hour before sunset.

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

White Admiral

White Admiral

Jun 8 2015

Jorgen Goderstad

Location: Black Earth, Cross Plains area
Dane County

Also saw a blue and several small brown butterflies that I could not ID.

Jun 8 2015

Ryan Brady

Location: Sweden Road near Grand View
Bayfield County

One Hobomok was female pocahontas form

Jun 8 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: south of EC on Lowes Creek
Eau Claire County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 8 2015

Chuck Petters

Location: Waupaca Trail between Ware St. and Tower Rd., Waupaca.
Waupaca County

Also 4 Tiger Swallowtails

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Monarch

Monarch

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Jun 8 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Yellowstone Lake St Pk, Belmont Mound, Hardscrabble SNA
Lafayette County

The Viceroy had prominent line across veins in the hindwing below but almost none on top! (Therefore a better mimic of Monarch.)
Note the silver comma on the Gray Comma that is hard to see because it is thin and lacks end-barbs.

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Viceroy

Viceroy

Viceroy

Viceroy

Question Mark

Question Mark

★ = New county photo record

Jun 8 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Summerton Bog SNA
Marquette County

82° Sunny changed to Cloudy 9:30-11:30 AM
Tried to make it to Oak Island, but had to turn back. Stepped on one fawn, looked back to see I nearly stepped on its brother and then saw another one when I got back to the parking lot (pictured). Long Dash had me convinced it was an Indian Skipper. Nuts!

Long Dash

Long Dash

Jun 8 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: University Ridge golf course
Dane County

This golf course has literally thousands of mature milkweed plants in the rough, but I didn't see a single Monarch in three hours at midday.

Jun 8 2015

Nick Anich

Location: Northern Iron County
Iron County

A couple incidental sightings. Black Swallowtail was on Upper Road and elfins were on Fire Lane.

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 9 2015

Kimberly Poeppey

Location: Milwaukee Washington Heights 57th st
Milwaukee County

Jun 9 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Eight bogs
Forest County

Seven of the bogs were in the Nicolet National Forest East of Three Lakes: 5 along Forest Road 2182, one along FR 2414, and one along FR 2183. Also one other bog. 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM, 71-77 degrees F, cloudy, wind south 1-3 mph. The northeastern Wisconsin bogs are at the wettest end of the spectrum that we have seen them in early June during 2001-present. The Hobomok Skipper was of the Pocahantas form.

Jun 9 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Dunnville SWA
Dunn County

80 degrees by 1pm. There were 5 or 6 Tiger Swallowtails. The two that landed for photos were Eastern. No Monarch adults, but there were over 20
2nd and 3rd instar caterpillars.

Red-spotted Admiral

Red-spotted Admiral

Red-spotted Admiral

Red-spotted Admiral

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Viceroy

Viceroy

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 9 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: County I bog
Marinette County

3:00 to 3:13 PM, 76-77 degrees F, cloudy, no wind. A good Jutta Arctic bog in odd-numbered years: on our best day here in the past, we saw more than 15 Juttas in 15 minutes.

Jun 9 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

I don't remember ever seeing a Harvester at Sandhill. Also 6 other tiger swallowtails.

Jun 9 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Pine River Fishery Area northeast of Wild Rose
Waushara County

The first of the year Eyed Brown liked my wet jeans. This is the earliest I have ever seen this species. Also saw 3 tiger swallowtails.

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Jun 9 2015

Alex Harmon

Location: Upham Woods 4-H Camp and Blackhawk Island SNA
Juneau County

Sitings are for the 8th through the tenth. Many more tiger swallowtails were observed, but I could only confirm that two were glaucus. Many Admiral chrysalids all over the place, most were likely Red-spotted Purple/White Admiral due to what I saw there. My 100+ estimate on Little Wood Satyrs is probably very low.

Jun 9 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Glocke Lake SNA
Oconto County

79 degrees and part sun. Doreen and I made the trip up and were glad we did. Lots and lots of butterflies. Didn't need to leave the road to see 15 species. Tried the bog, but no Frit.s. Only covered 200 yards of shoreline. Like walking on ice cold water filled sponges on a swinging hammock. Pocahontas was a highlight.

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 9 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Scott Lake Road
Forest County

79 and Part Sun. Butterflies everywhere. Saw 2 non-IDed Frits.

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 9 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Glocke Lake bog
Oconto County

4:00 to 4:22 PM, 76-77 degrees F, 25% sunshine, wind southwest 2-5 mph.

Jun 9 2015

Carol Giffin

Location: Baxter park
Dane County

Jun 9 2015

Jim Ebner

Location: Okauchee
Waukesha County

My residence .Three Eastern Black Swallowtail 2nd instar larvae on dill.
Nine Monarch ova on milkweed in a meadow in Sullivan, (Jefferson Co)

Black Swallowtail caterpillar

Black Swallowtail caterpillar

Jun 9 2015

Kara White

Location: Hartman Creek State Park
Waupaca County

This was on a short gravel road with potholes retaining water from the last rainfall.

Viceroy

Viceroy

'Karner' Melissa Blue

'Karner' Melissa Blue

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Jun 9 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Hwy 8 bog west of Bradley
Lincoln County

8:44-9:26 AM, 61-65 degrees F, cloudy, no wind. Ann also saw a backlit Limenitis sp. that couldn't be identified.

Jun 9 2015

Joan Berkopec

Location: L.H. Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve.
Brown County

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 9 2015

Alon Coppens

Location: Private grassland five miles west of Chippewa Falls
Chippewa County

High 70's sunny and still.
Besides the listed butterflies I also saw three monarch/viceroys which I was not fast enough to ID and about the same black-colored swallowtails flying fast and high. Six-spotted and Big Sand Tiger Beetles and an Eight Spotted Forester Moth.
The photograph shows two Red Spotted Purples on scat (mostly hair so maybe coyote or fox) where they spent at least half an hour.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Viceroy

Viceroy

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

★ = New county photo record

Jun 10 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: above Holcomb east side of Flambeau River
Rusk County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 10 2015

Jim Ebner

Location: Plank rd and Co hwy P Oconomowoc
Waukesha County

Five minutes in roadside area

Jun 10 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Nicolet National Forest bog on FR 2182
Oneida County

In the Nicolet NF east of Three Lakes, 0.5 mile east of the Military Road on the north side of Forest Road 2182. 10:40-10:55 AM, 69-72 degrees F, cloudy, no wind.

Jun 10 2015

Lexie Evenson

Location: Chilton
Manitowoc County

Jun 10 2015

Kim Lawler

Location: On west edge , in prairie ,iacross from golf course Spring Valley, WI
Pierce County

Little Wood-Satyr Sighting on small blooming bush , in prairie area , near blooming Lupines and white Daisies.

West edge of Spring Valley

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 10 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Franzoi Park
Winnebago County

4-s skimmer

Viceroy

Viceroy

Four-spotted Skimmer

Four-spotted Skimmer

Jun 10 2015

Ryan Brady

Location: My house west of Washburn
Bayfield County

Jun 10 2015

Darleen Horman

Location: My yard in Allenton
Washington County

Around 6 pm saw 3 Monarchs, a mating pair and another male.

Jun 10 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Mecan Springs Fishery Area, off 11th Dr.
Waushara County

The robber fly is Asilus sericeus that is feeding on a European Skipper.
also 2 tiger swallowtails

Asilus sericeus

Asilus sericeus

Jun 10 2015

Fern Springs

Location: My yard in Brockway
Jackson County

What a great day for butterflies in my yard today! I've never had so many different types in one day. The blue and hobomok came between 3 & 4. The others were betweem 8:45 & 9:30 am. Warm sunny day.

Ebony Jewelwing

Ebony Jewelwing

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

White Admiral

White Admiral

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Question Mark

Question Mark

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Question Mark

Question Mark

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 10 2015

Joan Vennie

Location: Wilkinson Road
Dane County

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Jun 10 2015

Jim Ebner

Location: Nelson rd Oconomowoc
Waukesha County

5:30 PM On wet gravel

Jun 10 2015

Alon Coppens

Location: Private grassland 5mi west of Chippewa Falls
Chippewa County

Sunny, about 75 degrees. Mid afternoon.
Two Tiger Swallowtails, sp.

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 10 2015

Robert Doro

Location: south of Princeton
Green Lake County

Jun 10 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Belgium township: Lake Church
Ozaukee County

Lake front private residence: 10:30Am - 1:30 Pm reaching 76 degrees early afternoon: scattered puffy clouds & very windy! Twenty-seven sightings for Nine species. A Monarch on the property today! When we left to work on a Mequon, Wi. site we saw three more Monarchs - one on Beach Rd, one approaching the freeway entrance on I-43 and the third as we went down the ramp on I-43 south!

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jun 10 2015

Ann Thering

Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA
Dane County

Jun 10 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Glocke Lake Road, Nicolet Forest
Oconto County

Warm and sunny. Oodles of Baskettails (dragonflies) including Spiny Baskettail. A Dusky Clubtail arose from the road to take a moth. Presumably some of the butterflies are also caught.

White Admiral

White Admiral

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Calico Pennant

Calico Pennant

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 11 2015

Dan Sonnnenberg

Location: Our back step under the eve
Marquette County

Assured myself a couple hours ago that there would be no butterfly sightings today, but even in the pouring rain a Mourning Cloak came flying past our windows only to rest upon the butterfly doormat.

Jun 11 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: north of Holcomb on east side of Flambeau River
Rusk County

These two Admirals spent 20 minutes walking around each other & interacting.

White Admiral, Red-spotted Purple

White Admiral, Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple, White Admiral

Red-spotted Purple, White Admiral

Jun 11 2015

Ron Arnold

Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County

It took two trips in the rain today totaling about 2 hours to find the European Skipper resting in the grass. I spotted two of the local albino deer and got as close as I could until the cover ran out.

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 12 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area
Dunn County

12:30 - 2:30, sunny, 82
My first chicken of the woods mushroom find. Nice tender specimen. Curious little red squirrel was a delight. There was also a tiger swallowtail.

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

chicken of the woods

chicken of the woods

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

Jun 12 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Swamp Ln. - Little Scarboro Hunting Grounds
Kewaunee County

have photos of Northern Crescents and Arctic Skipper as well if needed

Question Mark

Question Mark

Viceroy

Viceroy

Jun 12 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Lake Superior coastal bogs
Bayfield County

Port Wing SNA West and 1 other Port Wing bog, Bark Bay Slough SNA, and Lost Creek Slough SNA. 3:30-5:20 PM, 57-68 degrees F, 90% sun, wind NE 2-6 mph. Bog Fritillaries had barely started flying in the western 3 bogs, but they were already in main flight at Lost Creek.

Jun 12 2015

Dan Sonnenberg & Doug Buege

Location: Glocke Lake SNA
Oconto County

67° Sunny 11:30-1 PM
“Doug and Dan’s Most Excellent Adventure” My (Dan) first step into the bog with new boots resulted in shoving my arm up to the elbow into the muck to pull the boot out. Doug was on Bog Frits. right away in the NE corner. Watched some laying eggs.

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Jun 12 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Nine Bogs near Amnicon Lake and Moose Junction.
Douglas County

Ann Swengel described all but two of these bogs in "The Fascinating Butterflies of Northwestern Wisconsin Bogs" at http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabawba/watching.html
Bog at Lyman Lake (E. Lyman Lake Rd 2.5 miles west of County L), three bogs along County A: Bear Lake, North Bear Lake, Bear Lake SW; Two along Milchesky Road at 1.15 and 1.75 miles west of County A; 4 miles north of Moose Junction both east and west of Hwy 35, and 2 miles of Hwy 35 on E. Foxboro—Chaffee road. 10:25 am to 2:18 pm, 75-83 degrees F, 100% sunshine, wind 0-8 mph. The wetter "suction bogs" at Milchesky 1.75, E. Foxboro-Chafee, and North Bear had the most bog Fritillaries, with 38, 23, and 22 respectively. The drier bogs had 0-3 Bog Fritillaries. The suctiony part of Milchesky 1.15 had 11 of the 12 Bog Frits we found there.

Jun 12 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Kettlehole bog near Mt. Valhalla
Bayfield County

We walked 1 mile to get to the bog. Only butterflies seen on the bog are listed. 5:58-6:12 PM, 57-68 degrees F, 90% sun, wind NE 2-6 mph.

Jun 12 2015

Dan Sonnenberg & Doug Buege

Location: Margies Rd at Co. G
Forest County

72° Sunny 5-5:30 PM Quick stop to check for Greenish Blues. Score!

Greenish Blue  (photo by Doug Buege)

Greenish Blue (photo by Doug Buege)

Harris' Checkerspot  (photo by Doug Buege)

Harris' Checkerspot (photo by Doug Buege)

Jun 12 2015

Dan Sonnenberg & Doug Buege

Location: Scott Lake Rd. To Experimental Rd.
Forest County

72° Sunny 1:30-4:30 PM
Lots of Greenish Blues to be experienced at intersection of the two roads.
Azures were extremely worn.
Saw 1 large frit. that didn't slow down to be IDed.

Long Dash

Long Dash

Tawny-edged Skipper  (photo by Doug Buege)

Tawny-edged Skipper (photo by Doug Buege)

Jun 12 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Glocke Lake
Oconto County

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Bog Fritillary

Bog Fritillary

Jun 12 2015

Ryan Brady

Location: Bibon Swamp near Grand View
Bayfield County

Jun 12 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Drummond Area Kettlehole Bogs
Bayfield County

Jeff Nekola described these bogs in “Bog-Trotting for Butterflies in Northern Wisconsin” in the fall 1998 issue of American Butterflies, and Ann Swengel described them in "The Fascinating Butterflies of Northwestern Wisconsin Bogs" at
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabawba/watching.html . 9:30-10:50 AM, 63-70 degrees F, 25% sunshine, wind 2-5 mph. We surveyed both parts of Wishbone ("Rainbow") Lake Bog, East Roger Lake Bog, and Crane Lake Bog.

Jun 12 2015

Dan Sonnenberg & Doug Buege

Location: Tie Mill Rd.
Florence County

72° Sunny 5:45-6:30 PM
Even though it was later in the day and mosquitoes were ferocious we ventured forth so you could read this.

Arctic Skipper (photo by Doug Buege)

Arctic Skipper (photo by Doug Buege)

Red Admiral  (photo by Doug Buege)

Red Admiral (photo by Doug Buege)

★ = New county photo record

Jun 13 2015

Peter Sveiks

Location: Retzer Nature Center
Waukesha County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 13 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Farm on FR 2117, 1/2 mile from HWY 32
Oconto County

Brief break in the rain.

Jun 13 2015

Bryn Heimann

Location: Kettle Moraine Southern Unit
Waukesha County

The mourning cloak was in our yard - all of the others were spotted on the trail. We saw a few tiger swallowtails, but sadly they evaded the camera.

Virginia Tiger Moth ?

Virginia Tiger Moth ?

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

White Spring Moth ?

White Spring Moth ?

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Jun 14 2015

Bob Ring

Location: High Cliff State Park
Calumet County

Purple martins were bringing in the Mourning Cloaks to feed their young.

Jun 14 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Heckrodt Wetland Reserve
Winnebago County

Partly sunny. Walked every trail. The prairie had two dragonflies. I've never had much luck here.

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Michael Dearing

Location: Pleasant Ridge
Iowa County

Jun 14 2015

Edmund OShea

Location: 7287 Pine Grove Ln Two Rivers 54241
Manitowoc County

I saw this butterfly in my garden about 4PM.

Jun 14 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
Eau Claire County

Tiger Swallowtail noted as well. Not sure if Eastern or Canadian.

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

American Lady

American Lady

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Jun 14 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Tomahawk Township
Lincoln County

County Forest hunting grounds: NEW Wood rd - eight mile stretch -
72 degrees, mostly sunny, gusty winds
Spent most my time counting ridiculous #s for four species: Total sightings 524 for twenty-two species!

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Question Mark

Question Mark

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Long Dash

Long Dash

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Monarch

Monarch

Viceroy

Viceroy

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

White Admiral, Northern Pearly-eye

White Admiral, Northern Pearly-eye

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Somo Township - Bogs
Lincoln County

12 Noon - 1:00 Pm: Road side bogs on county trunk T, south of Hwy 8: 68 degrees,very cloudy just clearing from this mornings rainy, misty fog - and humid! Sixty-three sightings for fifteen species.

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Long Dash

Long Dash

European Skipper

European Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

American Lady

American Lady

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

White Admiral

White Admiral

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Pink-edged Sulphur

Pink-edged Sulphur

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Buena Vista Wildlife Area
Portage County

9:20-11:30 AM, 74-75 degrees F, cloudy, wind 0-4 mph. We walked 2 miles in the grassland. This includes butterflies we saw while driving around. The Purplish Copper, a male, was in the same place we found a female Purplish Copper on June 6—-both were on yellow Rocket flowers: northeast side of the pond in the northeast corner of the WSO tract on Elm, about 0.6 miles south of County Hwy W.

Jun 14 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Chafee Creek Fishery south of Coloma
Waushara County

European Skipper

European Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Laphria sericea/aktis

Laphria sericea/aktis

Jun 14 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Willow Creek Fishery Area west Cty S
Waushara County

Jun 14 2015

Richard André Rivard

Location: Glenwood City Waste Water Plant, Glenwood City, Wisconsin
St. Croix County

Feeding along waste water plant gravel access road.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 14 2015

Jorgen Goderstad

Location: Black Earth, home garden
Dane County

Our privet bush is in full bloom and a magnet to bees and butterflies. One of the tiger swallowtails was in the dark form female.

Jun 14 2015

Jared Groth

Location: Baxter's Hollow
Sauk County

There were around 30-40 Red spotted purples, I was able to capture of photo of 13 feeding near a stream in the hollow.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 14 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Greenfield Park - West Allis, WI
Milwaukee County

As I turned the trail, I came upon a flutter of about a dozen red admirals, flying playfully with one another. It was an unexpected, beautiful surprise. A couple butterflies even landed on me briefly. The best picture I could get was of this one sitting on a log.

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Jun 14 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Buck's Ranch Road, from Chickadee Rd to County Line
Oconto County

Meadow Fritillary

Meadow Fritillary

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Darleen Horman

Location: My yard in Allenton
Washington County

After a couple days of rain and clouds, the sun came out this afternoon and so did the butterflies! The Red admirals were very active. One was very worn and another faded. Saw my first Black swallowtail of the season and found 1 monarch egg.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Jun 14 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Along La Fave Road, incl. Thunder Mtn Barrens
Oconto County

puddle party

puddle party

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

European Skipper

European Skipper

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Sullivan Springs
Oconto County

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Jun 14 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Retzer Nature Center Waukesha
Waukesha County

Cloudy light rain turning to partly sunny. The butterflies all came out. It was the first good butterfly day I have had this Spring.

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Monarch

Monarch

Viceroy

Viceroy

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Jun 14 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Dirt road intersecting Caldron Falls Road, just east of county line
Marinette County

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Brown Elfin

Brown Elfin

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie

Location: Buena Vista Grasslands
Portage County

Low 80s, early afternoon. Alternating between sunny and cloudy skies. Northern Crescents were the butterfly of the day--they were everywhere. The Red Admiral was extremely warn. Also saw 6 or 7 tiger swallowtails but they were zipping around so fast that it was impossible to tell if they were Eastern or Canadian.

Long Dash

Long Dash

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Northern Crescent, Viceroy

Northern Crescent, Viceroy

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Jun 14 2015

Bryn Heimann

Location: Kettle Moraine Southern Unit
Waukesha County

Rain in the morning 80s and humid.

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

American Lady

American Lady

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Monarch

Monarch

Monarch

Monarch

Jun 14 2015

Christine Doss

Location: Front yard, Kenosha, WI
Kenosha County

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Jun 14 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Franzoi Park
Winnebago County

Quick walk in the park. Mostly sunny.

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Jun 14 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Archer Drive, Leola Wildlife Area
Adams County

Noon to 2:10 PM, 69-76 degrees F, 75% sun, wind south 8-14 mph. We surveyed exclusively different areas than we did on June 6—no overlap in areas covered those two days. This includes only butterflies seen along one mile of Archer Drive west of County Hwy W, and 3 miles walking in the grasslands to the north and south of Archer.

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 14 2015

Tom Poklen

Location: Reiboldts Creek
Door County

White Admiral

White Admiral

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

★ = New county photo record

Jun 15 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Along Shrine Road
Marinette County

No Northern blues yet. Ferns are just coming up so the dwarf bilberry is open to the sun.

Jun 15 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Morse Road
Columbia County

100% Cloud cover. Took my son to see Emperors. 20 minutes was all we stayed. We really weren't looking for any other species. Brought home a number of road kills. (We didn't count them.) A few landed on both of us.

Jun 15 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Greenfield Park - West Allis, WI
Milwaukee County

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jun 15 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: My yard - West Allis, WI
Milwaukee County

Jun 15 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: north of Holcomb, east side of Flambeau River
Rusk County

seemed attracted to amber turn-signal cover

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Jun 15 2015

Richard André Rivard

Location: Cady Township, Eau Galle Recreation Area
St. Croix County

Gravel parking lot sightings.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 15 2015

Joan Vennie

Location: Gravel parking lot along Hwy 78
Dane County

4 pm, light rain. The Emperors were attracted to my floral t-shirt.

Question Mark

Question Mark

Question Mark

Question Mark

Question Mark

Question Mark

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Jun 15 2015

Mike

Location: Riverland Conservancy near Merrimac
Sauk County

Jun 15 2015

Tom Poklen

Location: Toft Point SNA, Peninsula State Park
Door County

Cool and cloudy, so activity was light, but most of those I did find posed nicely. A highlight was watching a Northern Crescent courting an Arctic Skipper. The Ringlet was seen early this morning at Peninsula State Park

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Northern Crescent, Arctic Skipper

Northern Crescent, Arctic Skipper

Jun 15 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Johnson Lake Barrens SNA
Vilas County

Just after a strong rain. Most of the roads iwere under water which made for risky driving.

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

★ = New county photo record

Jun 15 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Lakewood
Oconto County

8am Monarch

Jun 15 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

I watched the Monarch deposit four eggs - three of them on unopened flowers of milkweed, not under the leaves. This is the third Monarch I've seen this month ovipositing in this rather atypical location.

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Jun 16 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Riley Lake Area
Price County

Started at 8:30 am, went to noon. Bit chilly but sunny. Breezy in spots.

Long Dash

Long Dash

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

European Skipper

European Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Long Dash

Long Dash

Pink-edged Sulphur

Pink-edged Sulphur

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Long Dash

Long Dash

★ = New county photo record

Jun 16 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Franzoi Park
Winnebago County

Quick walk in the park after supper.

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 16 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Coughlin Nature Area and Picnic Point
Winnebago County

Sunny and a breeze. Couldn't get around much due to standing water from all the rain.

Also saw a Monarch and a Red Admiral out on Lake Winnebago this morning.

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 16 2015

Judith Huf

Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Milwaukee County

Warm and sunny after days of cold rain.

Question Mark

Question Mark

Jun 16 2015

Tim Fenske

Location: City of Middleton yard
Dane County

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Jun 16 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Willow Creek Fishery Area, Cty S North of Chicago Rd
Waushara County

also one tiger swallowtail

Jun 16 2015

Daniel Jackson

Location: Chaseburg Nature Trail, Chaseburg, WI
Vernon County

In small marsh area near trail

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 16 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail.
Waukesha County

Sunny and high sixties. I walked the loop between 2:00 and 3:00. The Hoary Puccoon was in full bloom although the butterflies did not seem to care.

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record

Jun 16 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Scuppernong Low Prairie
Waukesha County

Walked along the gravel road to the second gate and down to the spring from 3:00 to 4:00.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Question Mark

Question Mark

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

European Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Jun 16 2015

Richard André Rivard

Location: Eau Galle Recreation Area, Eau Galle Township
St. Croix County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 16 2015

Dean Hansen

Location: Fish Lake SWA: along Co. Rd. O or Stolte Rd
Burnett County

Both Indian and Long Dash skippers were nectaring/perching of puccoon or phlox, mostly on the north side of Co. Rd. O west of WI 87. Lotsa Wood Satyrs and Prairie Ringlets. FOY for me for Least Skippers--they were common in the tall grasses along Stolte Rd by the wet meadow. Dusted skipper was very worn. Had nice chat with Paul Peterson (WI DNR at Crex) and Kathy Java along Stolte Rd. When does one ever unexpectedly meet two other butterfliers out in the wild?

Long Dash

Long Dash

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Jun 16 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Whitnall Park, Archery Range Trails - Greenfield, WI
Milwaukee County

Also 6 unidentified skippers

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 16 2015

Eric Preston

Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy
Dane County

I spent five hours from 8:30 to 1:30 at PVC. Lots of Baltimore Checkerspots.

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Jun 16 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Riveredge Nature Center, Newburg
Ozaukee County

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Northern Cloudywing

Northern Cloudywing

American Lady

American Lady

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Jun 16 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Becker Waterfowl Production and French Creek SWA
Columbia County

Not much at Becker, if you take away the European Skippers. The dark female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail mimics the Pipevine Swallowtail but is shown to really be a tiger when the hindwing below is seen: the tell-tale tiger stripes can be easily seen.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Jun 16 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: White River Marsh SWA
Green Lake County

Sunny day. We always enjoy seeing Baltimores and Harris'.

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Long Dash

Long Dash

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 16 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Fox River NWR
Marquette County

Jun 16 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Hugh Iltis Prairie & 4th road just North of Tagatz Creek
Marquette County

Spent the morning on the prairie and in the woods looking for angle wings and a Little Wood Satyr. Saw a bunch on Eastern Commas, 2 fawns and a Red Fox on the last 2 mile up there. Left and crossed the creek to find the Harris Checkerspot waiting on the road.

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Jun 16 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Menomone Valley
Milwaukee County

68 degrees, sunny & windy: 10:30am - 1:30 Pm: Hank Aaren State Trail: Area between Milwaukee Co. Stadium and east parallel to the Menomone River, opposite the 3-Bridges Park, Eighty-three sightings for Eleven species. Also saw three Clear Wing Sphinx Day Moths: 2-Common, 1-Snowberry

Hummingbird Clearwing

Hummingbird Clearwing

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Monarch

Monarch

American Lady

American Lady

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Question Mark

Question Mark

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Jun 16 2015

Randy Powers

Location: Menomonee Valley Projects
Milwaukee County

68 degrees, sunny, windy: 2:00 Pm - 3:30 Pm
Thirty-two sightings for Nine Species! Three Bridges
County Park -

Monarch

Monarch

Question Mark

Question Mark

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Jun 17 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Lapham Peak State Park
Waukesha County

Walked the trails out of Homestead Hollow. Sunny about 70 from 1:00 to 3:00.

American Lady

American Lady

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Monarch

Monarch

European Skipper

European Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Jun 17 2015

Jan Gradisnik

Location: Innovation Park
Milwaukee County

Jun 17 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: W6835 Cnty D, Oxford(yard, meadow and marsh)
Marquette County

85° Sunny. Baltimore Checkerspot came out after 13 days. Ringlet was next to the barn today saying, "How come you haven't put my picture up there yet?"
Next caterpillar waiting for time in the "sack" - Am. Lady. (Am Lady I counted was flying in the yard while we were showing the Balt. to my Great Nephew age 3)
Most of my sightings were while riding the 3 wheeler thru the meadow, field edge and woods.
Had a European Skipper land on the tomatoes I was in the process of planting. GOOD DAYS!

American Lady caterpillar

American Lady caterpillar

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Jun 17 2015

Jim Ebner

Location: Okauchee
Waukesha County

My residence. European Skippers abundant about 2 miles from my home along roadside.

European Skipper

European Skipper

Monarch

Monarch

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

American Lady

American Lady

Jun 17 2015

Richard André Rivard

Location: Glenwood City, Wisconsin
St. Croix County

Residential area. Black form female feeding in Japanese Lilac tree.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Jun 17 2015

Alex Harmon

Location: East side of Madison, behind a Goodwill store
Dane County

European Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 17 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Edgewater Road
Dunn County

72 degrees and mostly cloudy.

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Machimus notatus/virginicus

Machimus notatus/virginicus

Hickory Hairstreak

Hickory Hairstreak

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Jun 17 2015

Andy Paulios

Location: Anthony Branch State Fisheries Area
Dane County

Incidental Butterfly sightings while working

Jun 17 2015

Andrew Debbink

Location: Root River Parkway, Greenfield
Milwaukee County

Frequenting Verbena and Roses.

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Jun 17 2015

David Dieter

Location: Decatur
Green County

Jun 17 2015

Susan Bietila

Location: Bay View Park
Milwaukee County

Question Mark

Question Mark

Jun 17 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Eagle Heights
Dane County

Jun 17 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: yard on Lowes Creek
Eau Claire County

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

★ = New county photo record

Jun 17 2015

Susan Bietila

Location: Seminary Woods, Cudahy
Milwaukee County

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Jun 18 2015

Ryan Brady

Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County

My first ever Red-spotted Purple up north here.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 18 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Lion's Den Gorge County Park - Grafton, WI
Ozaukee County

Jun 18 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Van Zile Cedars Swamp
Forest County

1-3, ~65, sunny

Common Whitetail

Common Whitetail

Wood Frog

Wood Frog

yellow lady slippers

yellow lady slippers

european ski

european ski

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Jun 18 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Mecan Springs Fishery Area, off 11th Dr.
Waushara County

This was the highest number of European Skippers I have seen in one day in Waushara County. I could have counted many more...

Jun 18 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Hoffman Hills SRA
Dunn County

A cool & breezy day. I stopped at the creek where, last year, I had over 30 Baltimore Checkerspots. None this year, yet. I did find an interesting collection of Crescents and Silvery Checkerspots on one particular rock along the creek. Also, one Blue in flight (Azure?).

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

blue flag iris

blue flag iris

Silvery Checkerspots, Northern Crescents

Silvery Checkerspots, Northern Crescents

Jun 18 2015

Joshua Cullum

Location: 42.743035, -89.113491
Rock County

Birded and bicycled along the road. First time I've seen a Hackberry Emperor!

European Skipper

European Skipper

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

★ = New county photo record

Jun 18 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Tenney Park
Dane County

Jun 18 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Grandma Lake Wetlands SNA
Florence County

9:30-12:00, sunny, ~65
Lots of loveliness...
Ringlet & swallowtail were the only butterflies on the bog. Others were on the roadway and wooded area leading to the bog.

purple pitcher-plant

purple pitcher-plant

Northern Leopard Frog

Northern Leopard Frog

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

purple pitcher-plant

purple pitcher-plant

moccasin-flower

moccasin-flower

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

rose pogonia

rose pogonia

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Jun 18 2015

Aaron Salmon

Location: Putnam Park - Eau Claira
Eau Claire County

My son and I admired it for quite a while. It fluttered around and landed on him twice.

Jun 18 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Riley Lake Bogs
Price County

Hwy 70 bog 0.25 miles east of Forest Road 148, and Forest Road 137 bog 1.5 miles south of Hwy 70. 4:55-5:25 PM.

Jun 18 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Entrance road to parking lot on Hwy 78.
Dane County

An explosion of E Commas and Hackberry Emperors! We spent 15 minutes along about a half block of gravel road and found 33 butterflies of 7 species. The Hackberry Emperor is the butterfly most likely to land on you. Multiple Hackberry's landed on us. And so did an E Comma!

Jun 19 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Lake Superior Coastal Bogs
Bayfield County

Same 4 coastal bogs as we reported on June 12, when they had 1,0,1, and 8 Bog Fritillaries. Today we had 29 Bog Frits at Port Wing SNA West, 21 at the other Port Wing Bog, 29 at Bark Bay, and 6 at Lost Creek.

Jun 19 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Nokomis wayside Park. Cty Rd L off Hwy 51
Oneida County

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

★ = New county photo record

Jun 19 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Lunch Creek SNA
Waushara County

The White Admiral was the first I have seen in Waushara County in over 10 years. I was atlasing for birds and didn't have anything except my iPhone to take a photo. When I saw the Harris' Checkerspot, I had to take a photo because I haven't seen this one in Waushara County since the late 90s. also two tiger swallowtails.

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 19 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Anhapee Trail West of Casco
Kewaunee County

seen while atlasing. Really gotta learn to carry my camera

Jun 19 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Anhapee trail from Cty D east for a mile
Kewaunee County

American Lady

American Lady

Jun 19 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit
Waukesha County

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Jun 19 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Lion's Den Gorge, Grafton, WI
Ozaukee County

Saw a mourning cloak chase away a monarch then proceeded to fly back to an area and flutter with another cloak.

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Jun 19 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Western Avenue and Hacienda Lane- Cedarburg, WI
Ozaukee County

Jun 19 2015

Susan Bietila

Location: Bay View near St. Francis front yard
Milwaukee County

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Jun 19 2015

Joan Rickert

Location: city of Medford
Taylor County

Jun 19 2015

Ron Arnold

Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County

These were seen after arriving home this evening. The white buck was near the road and I only had my phone for pictures.

Jun 19 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Edgewater Road
Dunn County

The Great Spangled Fritillaries were fresh and beautiful. A young Barred owl seemed curious and unafraid.

European Skipper

European Skipper

Barred Owl

Barred Owl

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Hickory Hairstreak

Hickory Hairstreak

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Jun 19 2015

Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie

Location: Rural roads near Mazomanie
Dane County

During this part of our day, we saw a lot of butterflies in a fairly short amount of time. This made up for some of the days when you spend a lot of time out and about and see nothing or next to nothing.

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Tawny Emperor

Tawny Emperor

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Jun 19 2015

Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie

Location: Lower Wisconsin Riverway Blackhawk Unit
Dane County

The hackberry emperors were everywhere, on the ground, swarming around in the air, landing on us, flying into our faces, and even landing on the car. A red admiral decided to join in the fun and landed on me off and on for about 10 minutes. What a fun day.

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Eastern Comma, Hackberry Emperor

Eastern Comma, Hackberry Emperor

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Jun 19 2015

Darleen Horman

Location: My yard in Allenton
Washington County

Found my first monarch caterpillar of the season!

Monarch caterpillar

Monarch caterpillar

Jun 19 2015

Dinky Durso

Location: Kettle Moraine State Park
Walworth County

Spotted Giant Swallowtail on the red trail before the 1 mile marker in Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit.

Jun 19 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Riley, Gates. & Sailor Lake Rds
Price County

Most butterflies were seen on Riley Lake Rd except that most white admirals were on Gates Lake Rd. 12:45 - 5:40, sunny 68-72.

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

White Admiral

White Admiral

Wild Strawberry

Wild Strawberry

Viceroy

Viceroy

Painted Turtle

Painted Turtle

American Toad

American Toad

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Pink-edged Sulphur

Pink-edged Sulphur

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Monarch

Monarch

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Long Dash

Long Dash

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Indian Skipper

Indian Skipper

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record

Jun 19 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Inland kettlehole bogs
Bayfield County

Same kettleholes as we reported on June 12-13. We found 31, 1, 10, 2, 4, and 1 Bog Fritillary on these bogs on those dates. Today, all 3 were at Wishbone ("Rainbow") Lake. We found frost on the road while walking to our 1st bog, and our thermometer dropped to 37 degrees just minutes before we stepped out onto the sunny warmer bog to survey.

Jun 19 2015

David Dieter

Location: Beloit
Rock County

Jun 19 2015

Marty Grell

Location: Grell Prairie, Little Roundtop Bear Valley
Richland County

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 19 2015

Anita Carpenter

Location: natural area on UW-Oshkosh Campus
Winnebago County

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 19 2015

Ginny Nelson

Location: my yard in Middleton
Dane County

Jun 19 2015

Ann Thering

Location: My garden
Dane County

Jun 20 2015

Judith Huf

Location: Havenwoods State Forest
Milwaukee County

Sunny and humid.

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 20 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Homestead Hollow County Park-Germantown. WI
Washington County

Jun 20 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
Milwaukee County

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 20 2015

Pamela Skaar

Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy - Valley and Barn prairies
Dane County

10:30 - 12:05, 2.7 miles, 17 people. SWBA led trip. It had just stopped raining when we started. Spotted 2 monarch caterpillars.

Jun 20 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Madeline Island
Ashland County

It was raining in the morning and still cloudy by noon.

Jun 20 2015

Ron Arnold

Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County

A Luna Moth and a Polyphemus Moth came to my living room window this evening. It's been many years since I've seen a Luna Moth.

Jun 20 2015

Matthew Drollinger

Location: Riveredge Nature Center
Ozaukee County

Overcast day with a light rain while I was at the location. I believe one of the Spring Azures was laying eggs.

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Northern Cloudywing

Northern Cloudywing

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Long Dash

Long Dash

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jun 20 2015

Peter Amster

Location: Eastside, near Veterans Park along the walking/biking trail
Milwaukee County

Question Mark

Question Mark

Jun 20 2015

Owen Boyle

Location: Backyard near the Milwaukee River Greenway
Milwaukee County

Jun 20 2015

Kevin Brown

Location: Lapham Peak State Park Ice Age Trail and Plantation Patch
Waukesha County

European Skippers seemingly on every red clover bloom along the Plantation Path. The Ice Age Trail on the west side of Highway C was fairly quiet, although I did spot Virginia Ctenucha, Pale Beauty, and an unidentified Snout Moth.

European Skipper

European Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

American Lady

American Lady

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jun 21 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Summerton Bog SNA
Marquette County

87° Sunny 3:33-4:45PM Got 3 more for the days species count. Nevada Buck Moth Caterpillar?

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Jun 21 2015

Mark E. Johnson

Location: Jonesdale
Iowa County

Very bright sunny day about 10 am-11:00.
The Silver-bordered and Meadow Fritillaries were lifers. All on or near the gravel road by the ball park (road was wet).

Jun 21 2015

Ginny Nelson

Location: Stricker's and Tidedeman's Ponds in Middleton
Dane County

Jun 21 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Eight Bogs near Amnicon Lake and Moose Junction.
Douglas County

Same bogs as we reported on June 12 but we omitted Bear Lake SW today. Dorcas Coppers today at North Bear Lake are unusually early.

Jun 21 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Clam Lake Bogs
Ashland County

County Hwys M/GG Junction northwest part (U.S. Forest Service land), Wilderness Road 2.3 miles west of County GG, and east of Twin Lake on Forest Road 182 just east of FR 195. All 3 Dorcas Coppers were out in bogs, not along roadsides where we usually find higher numbers here than in the bogs: 2 at Wilderness Road and one east of Twin Lake. Bog Frits were at M/GG (1) and Wilderness Road (1 bog, 1 north of road on Ox Eye).

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 21 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Along Logan Road, 2 miles East of HWY 32
Oconto County

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Common Ringlet

Common Ringlet

Long Dash

Long Dash

Long Dash

Long Dash

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Jun 21 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Along East Line Road
Menominee County

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 21 2015

Kevin Brown

Location: Southern Kettle Moraine: Ottawa Lake, Scuppernong Springs, Headquarters
Waukesha County

The Banded Hairstreak was seen along the gravel path leading from the parking lot to the Headquarters Building of the Southern Kettle Moraine SF. This is a "life" butterfly for me, after ten years of looking. The Baltimore Checkerspots were seen along the Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail.

Viceroy

Viceroy

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

★ = New county photo record

Jun 21 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
Eau Claire County

Jun 21 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Horicon Marsh
Dodge County

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 21 2015

Daniel Jackson

Location: Jackson Property 1/2 mile south of Chaseburg on east side of Hwy K
Vernon County

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record

Jun 21 2015

Matthew Drollinger

Location: Riveredge Nature Center
Ozaukee County

Mostly cloudy day, but warm and humid. Slight breeze.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

American Lady

American Lady

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

American Lady

American Lady

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Viceroy

Viceroy

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Northern Cloudywing

Northern Cloudywing

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Long Dash

Long Dash

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Jun 21 2015

Marsha Janota

Location: My yard in Monona
Dane County

Butterfly was pumping its wings on rock. Looked very new. 3 pm, sunny, humid, around 85 degrees.

Jun 21 2015

Heidi Haring

Location: Lyon & Humboldt (East Side)
Milwaukee County

It was basking in the early evening sun on the sidewalk. Another pedestrian startled it before I could get a quality image.

Jun 21 2015

Joan Vennie

Location: Rural road off Hwy 78
Dane County

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Jun 21 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Lode's Mill Bluff
Sauk County

8 of the butterflies were on a single tree trunk! Must be something good there.

Jun 21 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Dunnville SWA
Dunn County

I have never seen so many butterflies in one day. Swarms of Emperors, Commas and Skippers. No adult Monarchs, but a few caterpillars were found. A large beetle with red dots grappling with a Japanese beetle and Dung Beetles.

Long Dash

Long Dash

European Skipper

European Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Viceroy

Viceroy

Meadow Fritillary

Meadow Fritillary

Aphrodite Fritillary

Aphrodite Fritillary

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

American Lady

American Lady

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 21 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Our yard, meadow and marsh
Marquette County

85° Mostly Sunny. Pecks was laying eggs on the trail by the barn. Took a lot longer today while trimming brush along trails.

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Jun 21 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

Listening for Wisconsin's rarest cicada, the Green-winged Cicada. Been here for decades, photographed and recorded. This was the only known Wisconsin site and it was the northern-most site in North America. Nothing in about 2 hours.

Jun 21 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Retzer Nature Center
Waukesha County

Beautiful morning 70's and sunny. I walked most of the trails from 9:00 to 11:30.

Monarch

Monarch

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

European Skipper

European Skipper

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Jun 21 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Lone Rock Unit of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway
Richland County

Jun 21 2015

Ron Arnold

Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County

Ron said that this butterfly was blue from above but certainly looks atypical from below. (Mike Reese)

Spring Azure

Spring Azure

Jun 21 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: NW Corner
Winnebago County

Very nice but a bit breezy.

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Jun 21 2015

Rose Tiegs

Location: Navarino wildlife area
Shawano County

Walked the long dike off county rd K.

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

European Skipper

European Skipper

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Long Dash

Long Dash

Jun 21 2015

Richard Ouren

Location: Ouren Farm
Grant County

Jun 21 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife Area
Dane County

This natural area has been developed primarily for aqueous recreation (canoeing, rafting, fishing). The riparian areas have no cleared hiking paths, and the bulk of the acreage is being used for cornfields, not hayfields or meadows. Not currently optimal for butterfly hikes.

Jun 21 2015

Mary Graziano

Location: My yard near Galesville
Trempealeau County

Jun 21 2015

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve -Grafton, WI
Ozaukee County

As I finished up painting for the day, a crescent came by to sample some watercolors. I was able to convince her to drink fresh water droplets on my hand instead of tasting paint. She stayed by me for at least ten minutes.
Very warm and humid.

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Jun 21 2015

Ron Arnold

Location: my property in the town of Seneca
Wood County

The Luna Moth was on my light pole and having trouble hanging on in the wind.

Luna Moth

Luna Moth

Jun 22 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Edgewater Road
Dunn County

Also, 1 Tiger Swallowtail sp.

Dun Skipper

Dun Skipper

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Hickory Hairstreak

Hickory Hairstreak

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Jun 22 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Buena Vista Grassland
Portage County

3:35-5:15 PM. Wind 15-25 mph. Mainly trying to confirm our belief that Gray Coppers and Regal Fritillaries were out.

Jun 22 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Hwy 8 bog west of Bradley
Lincoln County

It was very windy and mostly cloudy so we stayed in places near the railroad tracks with more windbreak. 69-71 degrees F. The Northern Pearly-Eye and Hobomok Skipper were both in the woods near, but not on, the bog.

Jun 23 2015

Mary Graziano

Location: Home prairie
Trempealeau County

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record

Jun 23 2015

Douglas Buege and Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Spur Lake Road
Marinette County

The Adventure Continues

Puddle party

Puddle party

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

★ = New county photo record

Jun 23 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Crex Meadows
Burnett County

Both Karners were males, and one was very fresh.

Jun 23 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Fransoi Park
Winnebago County

Asilus sericeus

Asilus sericeus

Common Wood-Nymph

Common Wood-Nymph

Jun 23 2015

Sylvia Edlebeck

Location: Smith-Reiner Drumlin Prairie
Dane County

78 degrees, sunny, and breezy. My first coral hairstreaks of the year.

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

European Skipper

European Skipper

Coral Hairstreak

Coral Hairstreak

American Lady

American Lady

Jun 23 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Gandy Dancer Trail, Siren north just past marker mile 34
Burnett County

6:15-10:30, while atlasing for birds

Jun 23 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Ryan Property JK (Lynndale) & KF (Ryan)
Waukesha County

Waukesha county property with trails through woods and old fields.

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 23 2015

Jerry Ziegler

Location: Pickerel Lake Fen, Town of Troy
Walworth County

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Jun 23 2015

Kim Wheeler

Location: Crex Meadows Wildlife Area
Burnett County

Warm, windy day, spent afternoon with esjay. Highlight would be the northern pearly-eye on otter poop near Reed Lake outlet on North Refuge Road.

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Long Dash

Long Dash

Edwards' Hairstreak

Edwards' Hairstreak

Jun 23 2015

Jim Ebner

Location: North side of Johnston Creek
Jefferson County

Compton's is most uncommon in the S.E. quarter of Wis. This fresh male was found on gravel, and marks 25 years since I have last observed it down here. My daughter shot it with a cell phone camera.

Compton Tortoiseshell

Compton Tortoiseshell

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 23 2015

Daniel Jackson

Location: Timberwood Lane along hiking path
La Crosse County

A whole group (10+) of hairstreaks were sunning on a clump of blackberry bushes.

Hickory Hairstreak

Hickory Hairstreak

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 23 2015

Dean Hansen

Location: Co. Hwy O at McKenzie Ck., 8 mi. E of Fredric
Polk County

There were a dozen or so spots where turtles had laid eggs at the side of the road. Most had been dug up by raccoons, and these destroyed nests were attracting checkerspots. At one nest, there were at least two Harris' Checkerspots along with a couple for-sure Silveries and several other undetermineds (total of ten). Saw no Cranberry Bog Coppers out yet at one nearby bog, though.

Checkerspots

Checkerspots

Harris' Checkerspot

Harris' Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record

Jun 23 2015

Armund Bartz

Location: Coulee Crk Fishery Area
Crawford County

This Fishery property is adjacent to Rush Creek State Natural Area. I was surprised that such a small, yet high quality sedge meadow has a Baltimore Checkerspot colony!!

Mulberry Wing

Mulberry Wing

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 23 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: east side of Flambeau River, north of Holcomb
Rusk County

And 1 tiger swallowtail

Jun 24 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: yard on Lowes Creek
Eau Claire County

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Jun 24 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Buena Vista Grasslands
Portage County

78° Mostly Sunny 4:30-4:50PM
Quick drive thru after having seen some nodding thistle in the median of I39 on my way home from BIG ADVENTURES with Doug.
Paid off big time!

Three Frits!

Three Frits!

Jun 24 2015

Jerry Ziegler

Location: Lulu Lake Nature Preserve
Walworth County

Jun 24 2015

Pamela Skaar

Location: Pleasant Valley Convservancy, Valley, Barn and Sandhill prairies
Dane County

13:01 - 15:14, 1.4 miles

Jun 24 2015

Pamela Skaar

Location: Rettenmund Prairie SNA
Dane County

11:05 - 12:40, 0.8 mi. Black swallowtails were hilltopping and mating.

Jun 24 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Franzoi Park
Winnebago County

With Grace M (going into 5th grade). Grace had the best Least Skipper photo.

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Common Wood-Nymph

Common Wood-Nymph

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Jun 24 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Anhapee State Trail by Algoma
Kewaunee County

seen while atlasing. good butterfly flight in the morning

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 24 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: yard on Lowes Creek
Eau Claire County

Recovered from bucket of rainwater

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

★ = New county photo record

Jun 24 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Fish Lake Rd., Siren
Burnett County

8:45-9:10am

Jun 24 2015

Joan Vennie

Location: Walking Iron County Park
Dane County

80 degrees, overcast, no wind. I was surprised to see a large brown insect flying erratically. It was an injured polyphemus moth.

Polyphemus

Polyphemus

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Jun 24 2015

Tim Fenske

Location: UW Arboretum
Dane County

Tawny Emperor

Tawny Emperor

Tawny Emperor

Tawny Emperor

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 24 2015

Dan Sonnenberg & Doug Buege

Location: Bog of Old 32 Road
Oconto County

75° Sunny
Todays adventure with "Tom & Huck" finds them walking on a trail of pallets into the bog to the edge of a small clear lake.

Bog Copper

Bog Copper

Jun 24 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Mirror Lake State Park
Sauk County

Almost missed the Compton T because it looks so much like Gray Comma on underside. Heard Red-shouldered Hawk then saw it. The River Jewelwing is probably a county record.

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

River Jewelwing

River Jewelwing

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Gray Comma

Gray Comma

★ = New county photo record

Jun 25 2015

Jay Watson

Location: Backyard Rosecrans, WI
Manitowoc County

Was checking our sons blue swimming pool.

Jun 25 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Fornier Rd. just south of Hwy 70
Forest County

Seen while birding. There were a lot of skippers that I didn't count.

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 25 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Shady Lane and WIOUWASH Trail
Winnebago County

White-faced Meadowhawk.

Viceroy

Viceroy

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Common Wood-Nymph

Common Wood-Nymph

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Long Dash

Long Dash

European Skipper

European Skipper

White-faced Meadowhawk

White-faced Meadowhawk

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Jun 25 2015

Marcie O'Connor

Location: our driveway - 1/2 mile long, through planted prairie and restored wetland
Buffalo County

Our driveway has had so many butterflies on sunny days for the last week - so, just for fun, we decided to count them. This was a count only of butterflies that were on the driveway - not on the plants along the edges. We started at 2:50pm, and finished at 4:10pm. By the end, some clouds had come in, so the end of the driveway where we usually see big groups of butterflies was relatively empty. I'll try again on another sunny day in a week or so.

Jun 25 2015

Scott Swengel and Shelley Hamel

Location: Hamel's bog and Hugh Iltis Prairie
Marquette County

76-80 degrees F, 40% sun

Jun 25 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: W6835 Cnty D, Oxford(yard, meadow and marsh)
Marquette County

86° Mostly Sunny. Took a ride with Doreen in the Ranger. Had 5 & 7 Eastern Commas on 2 different blackened bananas in the woods. Camera was set on Landscape and pict didn't turn out. GRRR!

Jun 25 2015

Dan & Mary Fisher

Location: yard on Lowes Creek south of Eau Claire
Eau Claire County

sunny morning

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 25 2015

Adam Sinkula

Location: Little Scarboro Hunting Grounds (Swamp Rd)
Kewaunee County

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Long Dash

Long Dash

skippers

skippers

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

European Skipper

European Skipper

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 26 2015

Jim Otto

Location: Dike 17 area of the Black River State Forest
Jackson County

Because I was concentrating on birding for the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas Project, this is an incomplete list. However, I did want to share photos of my first ever Two-spotted Skipper. Many other grass skippers were flying, but this was the only one that I bothered to photograph and ID. One Monarch was laying eggs on the milkweed plants.

Two-spotted Skipper

Two-spotted Skipper

Two-spotted Skipper

Two-spotted Skipper

Jun 26 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Riveredge Nature Center, Newburg
Ozaukee County

I had one blurry but identifiable photo of an Appalachian Brown. Several other Browns had to be left as uncertain. Got a nice comparison shot of a Silvery Checkerspot and a Pearl Crescent sitting side by side on a leaf.

Eyed Brown

Eyed Brown

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Viceroy

Viceroy

Silvery Checkerspot, Pearl Crescent

Silvery Checkerspot, Pearl Crescent

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Jun 26 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Braun's Bay of Carson Park
Eau Claire County

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Jun 26 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: Holy Wisdom monastery
Dane County

Also a number of other Polygonia, fritillaries, and blues. This is an excellent location for a butterfly walk, with several miles of paths through woods and restored prairie. See their website for details.

Jun 26 2015

Owen Boyle

Location: Scuppernong Prairie State Natural Area
Waukesha County

Jun 26 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Scott Lake Rd. from Experimental Rd. to Hwy 55
Forest County

Quit counting European Skippers after I got to 200 at the corner of Experimental Rd. and Scott Lake Rd. actual count of the White Admirals. Lots of road kills too! The Greenish Blues still looked pretty good, 3 males, 2 females. My first Question Mark of the year.

Jun 26 2015

Grant Stevens

Location: My backyard, Cedarburg WI
Ozaukee County

Cloudy all day but I still saw a few butterflies.

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Jun 26 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Franzoi Park
Winnebago County

A quick walk in the park after supper.

Common Wood-Nymph

Common Wood-Nymph

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 26 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Buboltz Nature Preserve
Outagamie County

12:30 to 1:30. Mostly cloudy. Camera battery died after 15 minutes.

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Question Mark

Question Mark

European Skipper

European Skipper

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Jun 26 2015

Sylvia Edlebeck

Location: Badger Prairie County Park, Verona
Dane County

Overcast and 72 degrees. I didn't expect to see any butterflies, but did find a few. One of the common wood-nymphs sat on my shirt, then on my hand, and came back to sit on my slacks after I sat down on a bench for a rest. An enjoyable stretch of butterfly companionship.

Common Wood-Nymph

Common Wood-Nymph

Jun 26 2015

Sandy Vorpahl

Location: Lake to Lake bike trail, section next to Zillmer trail area, near New Prospect
Fond du Lac County

Female

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Jun 26 2015

Robert Mead

Location: West side of Green Bay--backyard
Brown County

Jun 26 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: 7 Bogs
Forest County

Same bogs in Nicolet National Forest, plus one other bog, as on June 9, except we omitted the one on forest road 2183 today.

Jun 26 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Glocke Lake bog
Oconto County

4:58-5:25 PM, 71 to 70 degrees F, 0% sunshine. Butterflies were shutting down their activity as we went, but Bog Coppers within a few meters of the lake continued to go nuts.

Jun 26 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Hwy 8 bog west of Bradley
Lincoln County

Jun 26 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Home prairie near Pewaukee Lake
Waukesha County

The first hairstreak that I have seen here.

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Jun 26 2015

Joan Vennie

Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy
Dane County

I thought this was an impossible shot, so I only took one picture. Unfortunately, it's quite out of focus. The Hairstreak was hidden deep in the greenery and the day was overcast.

Striped Hairstreak

Striped Hairstreak

Jun 27 2015

Darleen Horman

Location: My yard in Allenton
Washington County

The monarchs were flying around all day. The Red admiral was newly emerged. Also found an Eastern Tent Caterpillar moth depositing eggs on a Wild Black Cherry while looking for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars.

Monarch

Monarch

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Monarch caterpillar

Monarch caterpillar

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 27 2015

Pam Campbell

Location: Muddy Creek Lane
Dunn County

All seen before noon, while birding.

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Jun 27 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Coughlin Nature Area and Picnic Point
Winnebago County

Lots of nectar, few butterflies. Noon to 1:30. Sunny with a little breeze.

Cabbage White

Cabbage White

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jun 27 2015

Beth Stetenfeld

Location: Buffalo Lake near Montello
Marquette County

Warm, sunny afternoon. We were washing plastic chairs in the sun. The water and warm landing spots seemed to attract the butterflies. The Monarchs didn't land on the chairs, but we saw them in the same area.

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Banded Hairstreak

Banded Hairstreak

Jun 27 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Archer Drive in Leola Grassland
Adams County

4:05-5:06 PM. We walked 1.3 miles in the grassland. This only includes butterflies from out in in the grassland. The tiger swallowtail was a dark form female. Today we saw our 1st Gray Copper at Leola. A fresh male Purplish Copper, possibly the beginning of the 2nd brood, was in the same smartweed depression as a very worn female Purplish Copper.

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 27 2015

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Buena Vista Grassland
Portage County

12:30-3:45 PM. We walked 3.5 miles in the grassland. This only includes butterflies from out in in the grassland, except for a Mustard White mudpuddling with Cabbage Whites and other butterflies on 130th Street, and 3 Regal Fritillaries we saw along roads. 3 of the Gray Coppers were in the parking area of the Kiosk at County W/County F junction.

Jun 27 2015

Grant Stevens

Location: My backyard and Georgetown Park, Cedarburg WI
Ozaukee County

Nice day- very sunny!

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Jun 27 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Shrine Rd.
Marinette County

Almost as many ticks as European Skippers!

Jun 27 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Tie Mill Rd.
Florence County

Jun 27 2015

SWBA Cherokee Marsh Field Trip

Location: Cherokee Marsh
Dane County

This was the Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh field trip. 45 participants, led by Karl and Dorothy Legler, Jan Axelson, Dan Sonnenberg and Douglas Buege. We found 23 species. Highlights were Baltimore Checkerspot, Bronze Copper, Hickory Hairstreak, Eyed Brown and Peck's Skipper.

Jun 27 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Urban Ecology Center/Riverside Park, Milwaukee
Milwaukee County

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Question Mark

Question Mark

Jun 27 2015

Dawn Seufzer

Location: Elkhorn
Walworth County

There are quite a few Red Admirals enjoying our garden today.

Jun 27 2015

Mary Graziano

Location: Home prairie
Trempealeau County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Jun 28 2015

Darleen Horman

Location: My yard in Allenton
Washington County

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Jun 28 2015

Ron Arnold

Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County

The satyrs cooperated nicely for photos. I got one quick photo of the Elfin Skimmer and was surprised that it turned out so well, the auto focus usually has trouble finding them.

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Elfin Skimmer

Elfin Skimmer

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Snapping Turtle

Snapping Turtle

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

Jun 28 2015

Dean Hansen

Location: Fish Lake SWA, along Co. Rd. O
Burnett County

Good bloom of butterfly milkweed along Stolte Road, but no hairstreaks seen yet. No Karners seen at lupine areas--we're between flights. Harvester did a Dan Sonnenberg pose all by itself! Still have good bloom of phlox, and puccoon is still out, if fading a bit. Common milkweed just starting. Hairstreaks and the sedge guys out by the Fourth of July? Crossing the fingers!

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Monarch caperpillar

Monarch caperpillar

Dun Skipper

Dun Skipper

Harvester

Harvester

Jun 28 2015

Judith Huf

Location: No Joshing Trail, St. Francis
Milwaukee County

mostly cloudy, in 70s, windy.

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

European Skipper

European Skipper

Jun 28 2015

Peter Sveiks

Location: Lapham Peak State Park
Waukesha County

Viceroy

Viceroy

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 28 2015

Fern Springs

Location: Smekar Rd
Jackson County

5:00 - 6:0073, overcast with light sprinkles after 6:00

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

Widow Skimmer

Widow Skimmer

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Dun Skipper

Dun Skipper

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Jun 28 2015

Jym Mooney

Location: Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
Milwaukee County

The only butterfly seen on an early morning walk today.

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 28 2015

D Nussbaum

Location: Buboltz Nature Preserve
Outagamie County

9:30 to 12:30. Sun and clouds. Was planning to check the back half of the property but all the trails are closed. Had to do the front again.

Nothing wanted to sit still today. Saw dozens of frits, punctuations and others that I couldn't identify. The dragonflies are Dot-tailed Whitefaces. Notice the plume moth under the milkweed bloom in the Monarch photo.

Red-spotted Admiral

Red-spotted Admiral

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Silvery Checkerspot

Silvery Checkerspot

Monarch

Monarch

Meadow Fritillary

Meadow Fritillary

European Skipper

European Skipper

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

Dot-tailed Whiteface

Dot-tailed Whiteface

Jun 28 2015

Jay Turnbull

Location: Rolling Township 6 miles south of Antigo
Langlade County

Butterflies sighted in yard and water garden and bog garden while doing landscape work 0800 to 1600 Friday 6/26 to Saturday 6/27, and while enjoying the day Sunday 6/28.
Weather mid 70's partly sunny no rain but heavy morning dew. Mixed mesic mature and edge forest with large patches of open fields mostly large clover, lupine, daisies, Queen Ann's lace and grasses. Ovipositing Monarchs but no milkweed blooms yet.

Jun 28 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Retzer Nature Center
Waukesha County

Overcast in the seventies from 9:00 to 12:00. Great Spangled Fritillary was the butterfly of the day in all the habitats.

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

European Skipper

European Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Northern Cloudywing

Northern Cloudywing

★ = New county photo record

Jun 28 2015

Ryan Chrouser

Location: Dunnville State Wildlife Area
Dunn County

Hackberry Emperor

Hackberry Emperor

Meadow Fritillary

Meadow Fritillary

Bronze Copper

Bronze Copper

American Lady

American Lady

Coral Hairstreak

Coral Hairstreak

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Jun 28 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Scott Lake Rd from Experimental Rd to Hwy 55
Forest County

We had seen Greenish Blue in Douglas County but did not have a photo. That was the purpose of this trip. We also saw a Summer Azure and a very worn Spring Azure. We saw Canadian Tiger Swallowtails and a small family of Spruce Grouse crossed the road! Dorothy counted the White Admirals!

Spruce Grouse

Spruce Grouse

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 28 2015

Fern Springs

Location: UW Arboretum
Dane County

12-1:45, 73, Overcast. Lots of wildlife out and about.

Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Gray Catbird

Gray Catbird

Woodchuck

Woodchuck

Eastern Cottontail

Eastern Cottontail

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Jun 29 2015

Cindy Rasmussen

Location: Crescent township
Oneida County

Jun 29 2015

John Shillinglaw, Resha Wyman, and Scott Swengel

Location: John Shillinglaw's property
Waushara County

It was cloudy most of the time. The 3 Bog Coppers and 1 Wood Nymph were on the bog. Everything else was in the uplands. Scott Swengel greatly appreciated the opportunity to see this place!

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 29 2015

Rich Kahl

Location: Grady Knoll/Greene Prairie, UW Arb
Dane County

Coral and Edward's Hairstreaks on Grady Knoll; Tawny Emporer landed on my hand at Greene Prairie.

Tawny Emperor

Tawny Emperor

Edwards' Hairstreak

Edwards' Hairstreak

Coral Hairstreak

Coral Hairstreak

Jun 29 2015

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

12 Monarch eggs found today on milkweed plants in our garden (all on the A. syriaca, none on the A. incarnata).

Jun 29 2015

Sue Feyrer

Location: Pike Lake State Park
Washington County

The trails nearest the lake. Seventy degrees and partly sunny.

Northern Broken-Dash

Northern Broken-Dash

Northern Broken-Dash

Northern Broken-Dash

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Northern Pearly-eye

Northern Pearly-eye

★ = New county photo record
☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 29 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Pine River Fishery Area northeast of Wild Rose
Waushara County

cloudy must be just a satyr day? 13 of the Northern Pearly-eye were on one small piece of scat.

Jun 29 2015

Scott Swengel

Location: White River Marsh
Green Lake County

Most of these butterflies were along dead end roads into the west central part of the marsh east of County D and 1.5-2 miles north of White River Road (the rustic road).

☆ = New county sighting record

Jun 29 2015

Tod Highsmith

Location: Token Creek County Park
Dane County

Spent about half an hour on the boardwalk in the early afternoon. Mostly cloudy, but there was a little activity. Also saw several Ebony Jewelwing damselflies along Token Creek itself.

Jun 29 2015

Rick Biel

Location: Sullivan, Glacial Drumlin Trail
Jefferson County

5 or 6 checkerspots around some sort of owl or coyote pellet

Baltimore Checkerspot

Baltimore Checkerspot

Jun 30 2015

Mike Reese

Location: Willow Creek Fishery Area
Waushara County

Jun 30 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: Page Creek SNA
Marquette County

76° Mostly Sunny Walked all the way to the East End Bog. Both pairs of Glassywings gave me great looks. Realized I left the camera in the truck 1/2 mile in.

Jun 30 2015

Douglas Buege

Location: Apache Road, off HWY W
Adams County

No purplish coppers.

Jun 30 2015

Nick Nequette

Location: West side of Dells Pond on Southern end of Mt. Simon - in our southern facing yard.
Eau Claire County

This orange beauty showed up in the morning flying around the milkweeds near our house. It was here only for the one day.

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Jun 30 2015

Dan Sonnenberg

Location: W6835 Cnty D, Oxford(yard, meadow and marsh)
Marquette County

76° Mostly Sunny
Doreen and I took a ride after I got home from Page Creek. Butterflies are flying past the windows as I am typing this. 30 total species for the day. *Picture is my Mystery Skipper from the marsh.