Butterfly sightings for April 2016
Apr 1 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Just outside of Dodgeville High School
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Apr 3 2016 |
Joan Braune
Location: Madison - my backyard
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Apr 3 2016 |
Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Baxter's Hollow
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Apr 3 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie
Location: Blue Mound State Park
My first butterflies of the year. Hooray! Low 60s, sunny, but very windy. Saw the butterflies in a wooded area at the top of the hill which was fairly well protected from the wind. |
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Apr 3 2016 |
Sue Feyrer
Location: Pike Lake state park
First butterfly of the season. Very windy day. |
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Apr 3 2016 |
Aaron Carlson
Location: Bean Lake SNA
2:30 pm, sunny, 68F |
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Apr 3 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Katie's Gardens, Platteville
They must have been hungry, as they were landing on daffodils and crocus, plants I don't normally see butterflies on. |
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Apr 3 2016 |
Douglas Buege
Location: Tenney Park
Very windy. |
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Apr 3 2016 |
Aaron Carlson
Location: Goose Lake Drumlins SNA
3:30 pm, partly cloudy, 70F |
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Apr 3 2016 |
Scott Puchalski
Location: Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
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Apr 11 2016 |
Douglas Buege
Location: Between 1st and 2nd Street on Dayton St, Madison
49 degrees F. Sunny. 3:40 pm |
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Apr 11 2016 |
Rich Kahl
Location: UW Arb - Wingra Woods
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Apr 12 2016 |
Phil Peterson
Location: Pope Lake State Natural Area
Oak woods adjacent to an ephemeral pond. |
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Apr 12 2016 |
Dan Sonnenberg
Location: The woods along the marsh on our property
54° Sunny Quick trip to the marsh with Doreen. Happy to see the Commas on such a cool day. |
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Apr 12 2016 |
Nick Gremban
Location: Loon Rapids Road, Mountain
Discovered a Compton Tortoiseshell flying around our house, but was unable to snap a picture this time. First sunny day in a while too, though cool (40 to 45 degrees). |
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Apr 12 2016 |
Richard Ouren
Location: Ouren Farm
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Apr 14 2016 |
Joan Vennie
Location: Blackhawk Ridge
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Apr 14 2016 |
Ann Thering
Location: Olbrich Botanical Gardens
I also was happy to see my FOY bumble bees. |
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Apr 14 2016 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Onalaska bike trail
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Apr 14 2016 |
Lori Widmann
Location: Stratford
Compton Tortoiseshell found today near Big Eau Pleine River. |
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Apr 14 2016 |
Stan Rehm
Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
The Cabbage White was visiting crocuses. |
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Apr 14 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Carson Park
by the lakeshore of Braun's Bay |
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Apr 14 2016 |
Bob Ring
Location: High Cliff State Park
Saw my first butterfly of the season. A red admiral. |
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Apr 14 2016 |
Rich Kahl
Location: Eagle Hts Woods
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Apr 14 2016 |
Aaron Carlson
Location: Edna Taylor Conservation Park
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Apr 15 2016 |
Aaron Carlson
Location: La Follette HS
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Apr 15 2016 |
Nick Anich
Location: Saxon Harbor
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Apr 15 2016 |
Joan Vennie
Location: My yard
The Red Admiral and the Comma were attracted to sap running from holes made by sapsucker on a Sugar Maple. |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Morgan Lake Rd.
I also saw 5 day-flying moths, The Infant, one road-killed Compton Tortoiseshell, and one unidentified comma. |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Joan Vennie
Location: Indian Lake County Park
Hoping to see a Mourning Cloak, I was surprised to see the flash of bright blue on the hiking trail. |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Kyle Johnson
Location: Moquah Barrens
Most butterflies observed on trails just N and S of the SNA boundaries. Still a fair amount of snow patches in the woods. The Scarce Infant (Leucobrephos brephoides) as well as Infant (Archiearis infans) were common. Night mothing was fantastic with 100's and 100's of individuals attracted to banana brown sugar bait (picture is Orthosia rubescens) [NOTE to Mike: museum vouchers for all species] |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Kristin Gjerdset
Location: Greenfield Park
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Apr 15 2016 |
Stan Rehm
Location: Henry Vilas Zoo
The only nectar sources were daffodils and vinca (and of course a smorgasbord of scat...) |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Onalaska bike trail
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Apr 15 2016 |
Douglas Buege
Location: 2 miles north of Mountain, on Star Lake Road
Found two Comptons fighting to get out of the garage through a closed window so I rescued them. |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Herbster area
Warm south winds the past two days brought up some migrants! |
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Apr 15 2016 |
Richard Ouren
Location: Ouren Farm
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Apr 15 2016 |
Rich Kahl
Location: Walking Iron Co. Park North - Woods along Marsh Cr.
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Apr 16 2016 |
Tod Highsmith
Location: East Side Madison
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Apr 16 2016 |
Randy Powers
Location: Worcester Township
Chequamegon National Forest on Popple Creek Road. 2:30 - 4:30 Pm, 78 degrees, mostly cloudy with occasional sun, hot & muggy! Six sightings four different anglewings, but only able to photograph one of them, the "Satyr Comma" Wow! |
★ = New county photo record |
Apr 16 2016 |
Judith Huf
Location: Kletzsch Park
My first butterflies of the season on this sunny, 50 degree day. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
We spotted mourning cloaks at numerous locations. Quite amazing. Have never seen so many mourning cloaks in one day. Also saw 4 orange butterflies, one looked like a tortoiseshell, the other three looked like commas, but they were moving too fast to get a positive ID. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie
Location: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Also saw 3 commas that were moving too fast to ID. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Ron Arnold
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
My FOY butterfly. Also saw my first dragonfly, but it wouldn't stop cruising around the yard for an ID. 81 degrees this afternoon. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Beth Stetenfeld
Location: backyard
One of the first warm days of the season. Many butterflies were present; Mourning Cloaks were mating. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Tie Mill Rd.
Also two species of day-flying moths, 3 Scarce Infant, and 1 The Infant. I first saw the Scarce Infant in 2010 and I hadn't seen it since. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Erik Ostrum
Location: Red Cedar State Trail- Menomonie
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Apr 16 2016 |
Pam Campbell
Location: Willow River State Park
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Apr 16 2016 |
Joan Rickert
Location: My yard, rural Medford
first butterfly of the season! |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Scott Puchalski
Location: Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
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Apr 16 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Augusta Wildlife Area
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Apr 16 2016 |
Scott Puchalski
Location: Van Loon Wildlife area
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Apr 16 2016 |
Aaron Carlson
Location: Mud Lake Fen & Wet Prairie SNA
4:15 pm, mostly sunny, upper 70's |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Lester Doyle
Location: Spring Green Preserve SNA
Was there from 9 am to 2:30 pm. Sunny, temp ranged from 60 to 80. Olympia Marbles were at both the East and West sections, were constantly flying, but just a few, not the big numbers I experienced last year. Should be good next weekend. Also had four species of Tiger Beetles today, including the Splendid TB. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
SkyDoos Ganci
Location: Sandberg Woods
Sighted while on a walk thru the Sandberg Woods |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Coon Forks County Park
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Apr 16 2016 |
Sue Feyrer
Location: Our prairie in the town of Delafield
Warm, sunny with a light breeze. |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
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Apr 16 2016 |
Sheri Erickson
Location: 2 miles west of Wilson
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Apr 16 2016 |
Douglas Buege
Location: Along Buck's Ranch Road
Hard to see the comma but it's there! |
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Apr 16 2016 |
Joel Trick
Location: 1601 Shoto Rd, Two Rivers
Both butterflies seen sunning on gravel in driveway. Compton's tortoiseshell seen well, but flew away before I could get a photo. |
☆ = New county sighting record |
Apr 17 2016 |
D Nussbaum
Location: Franzoi Park
Yesterday it was wood ticks 1, butterflies 0. Today it was the other way around, at least so far. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Fern Springs
Location: Dike 17
12:30 - 2, 77, mostly sunny. I also saw an unidentified comma and elfin. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Rose Tiegs
Location: Navarino wildlife area
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Apr 17 2016 |
Christine Stanke
Location: Brown Deer
It was 62 degrees and sunny. I also saw three orange butterflies that were moving too fast to ID. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Spring Green SNA
Also saw dozens of Cicindela scutellaris and tranquebarica, about 1 dozen Cicindela splendida, and 1 Cicindela limbalis. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Rick Anderson
Location: Bohn Lake State Natural Area
One on west end and 2 on east end of lake along the Ice Age Trail. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Rick Anderson
Location: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
The Mourning Cloaks were numerous. 100 is way conservative, but I lost count. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Dodgeville
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Apr 17 2016 |
Nicholas Weber
Location: Southeast Shield Township
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Apr 17 2016 |
Dan Sonnenberg
Location: Snake Trail Road & Namakagon Road
74° Sunny 11:50-1:30 PM Satyr Comma makes 132 on my life list. 1. Satyr Comma's enjoy flying around peoples legs. 2. Satyr Comma's look like American Lady's from the top in flight. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Randy Powers
Location: Emery Township, Chequamegon Nat. Forest
Windy, with sunny openings in the clouded sky!
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Apr 17 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Riley Lake Wildflife Area
Sunny, 75 degrees. Also saw another Scarce Infant, which I think is probably the southern-most site for this species in Wisconsin. The first I have seen here and I am not sure if anyone else has seen it at this location. I was looking for my first Brown Elfin of the year and was surprised by the azure instead! |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
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Apr 17 2016 |
Douglas Buege
Location: Near Tenney Park, Madison
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Apr 17 2016 |
Pam Campbell
Location: Hoffman Hills SRA
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Apr 17 2016 |
Tod Highsmith
Location: Cherokee Marsh, North Unit
Also lots of Green Darner dragonflies. |
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Apr 17 2016 |
Kristin Gjerdset
Location: Greenfield Park
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Apr 18 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Dodgeville High School
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Apr 18 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck
Location: Stricker's Pond, Middleton
My first Cabbage Whites of the year. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Darleen Horman
Location: My yard in Allenton
FOY butterflies, 2 Red Admirals flitting around the west facing porch around 5:30 pm. Very calm, 76 degrees. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Judith Huf
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
65 degrees and sun shine this morning brought out a couple of butterflies. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Eric Howe
Location: Village of North Bay
Incidental sighting. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Truax Prairie, 44.85599, -91.56730
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Apr 18 2016 |
Joan Vennie
Location: Blackhawk Ridge, Lower Wisconsin River
High 70's, filtered sunlight. The azures were busy today. Finally got a few pictures when three settled on the ground in the parking lot. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Sue Feyrer
Location: Retzer Nature Center
Sunny, 60, no wind. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Pam Campbell
Location: Dunnville SWA
E Commas, a FOY Azure and several FOY Tiger Beetles. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Richard Ouren
Location: Ouren Farm
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Apr 18 2016 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Lower Wisconsin Riverway
Surprised to see the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as a First of Year Wisconsin butterfly. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Vicinity of Hwy 14 and Moore
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Apr 18 2016 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Lower Wisconsin Riverway
Several Olympia Marbles were nectaring on Peppergrass in the middle of a corn field. Saw a Barred Owl. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Brockway Rd. various sites
FOY elfin and Olympia Marble! The Solitary Sandpiper was in the standing water along Brockway Rd. where the new pipeline was put in last year. The grass hasn't grown up much and it has created a nice little area of mudflats. |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Randy Powers
Location: Ottawa Township Kettle Moraine State Forest
High in a old tree, some small woodpecker holes weeping sap, a pair of Red Admirals seek nourishment in the afternoon sun! |
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Apr 18 2016 |
Christine Stanke
Location: Brown Deer
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Apr 19 2016 |
Nick Gremban
Location: Loon Rapids Road, Mountain
Partly Cloudy to Mostly Cloudy, temperature around 60 degrees. Saw an Eastern Comma too but was unable to get a picture. |
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Apr 20 2016 |
Joan Vennie
Location: Festge County Park
High 60's, 1-2 pm. The bright flashes of blue along the leaf strewn hiking trail made the azures very easy to locate. |
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Apr 20 2016 |
Christine Stanke
Location: Brown Deer
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Apr 20 2016 |
Dean Hansen
Location: Stolte Road, Fish Lake SWA
FOY trip to Fish Lake SWA. Saw a few prairie buttercups in bloom, and the Arabis lyrata is just starting. Olympia Marbles were seen in flight or nectaring on the A. lyrata. Nice to be out butterflying again, except for the Simuliidae. |
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Apr 20 2016 |
Richard Ouren
Location: Ouren Farm
This was a very worn and battered individual. |
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Apr 20 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Dodgeville Arboretum
Sighting was by my sister. |
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Apr 20 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
Watched an Eastern Phoebe try to catch the Cabbage White. He tried twice and was unsuccessful. The white must have retreated into the long grass to hide as I did not see it after the second miss. |
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Apr 20 2016 |
Alex Harmon
Location: Mount Horeb
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Apr 21 2016 |
Joan Rickert
Location: my yard, rural Medford
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★ = New county photo record |
Apr 21 2016 |
Jeremy Niemeier
Location: 5 Miles West of Tomah ~ .5 miles south of Tunnel City
The sighting was on private property in the woods. It was spotted on the edge of a puddle near a dirt road. |
★ = New county photo record |
Apr 21 2016 |
Dan Sonnenberg
Location: W6835 Cnty D, Oxford(yard, meadow and marsh)
75° Mostly Sunny. Doreen and I took a ride around the field and along the end of the marsh |
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Apr 21 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Wautoma
Saw my first Cabbage White of the year while cleaning the garage. |
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Apr 21 2016 |
Christine Stanke
Location: Mequon
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Apr 22 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
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Apr 22 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Brockway Rd. various stops
Also saw one other elfin. |
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Apr 22 2016 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Barrens along Cty Hwy X
4 sites. 1.5 hours 62-67 degrees F, 85% sun. El Nino years are associated with more Painted Ladies being seen in summer. Maybe the Painted Ladies will join the American Ladies in being above average in abundance later this year. |
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Apr 22 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Coon Forks County Park
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Apr 23 2016 |
Nick Gremban
Location: Loon Rapids Road, Mountain
Mix of sun and clouds with temperatures around 60. Luckily these butterflies posed beautifully for some pictures! |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Linda Klagstad
Location: Backyard in Town of Brookfield
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Apr 23 2016 |
Scott Puchalski
Location: Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
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Apr 23 2016 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Barrens between Millston and Black River Falls, and Hwy 54 Bog
10:53 AM-5:06 PM; 57-72 degrees F, 50% sun. Ann Swengel's climatic analysis of lupine feeders found that warmer drier winters and early springs are associated with higher Karner Blue Counts. The larger than usual number of Karner caterpillars we found today combined with the early date are consistent with that analysis and suggest an early (adults by May 20 or before) Karner flight here and a larger flight than in Spring 2015. The Henry's Elfin was on the "South Brockway West" track 0.1 miles west of Brockway Road. We saw 1 Brown Elfin on the bog. We also saw at 5-6 unidentified elfins today. |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Stoddard Sand Prairie near waste water ponds
First damselflies of the year for me in Wisconsin - teneral Eastern Forktails. |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Cty. C hill, Wautoma
I went to check on the Pasque Flowers and there were a lot still in flower but definitely past their peak. First buds of Prairie Smoke! |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Dan Sonnenberg
Location: W6835 Cnty D, Oxford(yard, meadow and marsh)
70° Sunny. Swallowtail passed us on our way to the clothesline. |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Darleen Horman
Location: My yard in Allenton
1-2pm, 57 degrees and sunny. Saw my FOY male black swallowtail. |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck, Joan Vennie
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Always a pleasure to see Olympia marbles. FOY. |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Hillary Giller
Location: Crex Meadows Grantsburg, WI
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Apr 23 2016 |
Randy Powers
Location: Leroy Township - Horicon Marsh Area
The Milwaukee Audubon Society - Kolterman Property
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Apr 23 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Necedah NWR
Bombus ternarius working on the Trailing Arbutus. |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Darleen Horman
Location: Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods State Natural Area
4:30-5:30 pm, sunny and 58 degrees. Amazing array of spring blooms and several Great Blue Herons, but only 1 Red Admiral |
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Apr 23 2016 |
Ron Arnold, Lydia and Isabel Thurber
Location: my property in the town of Seneca
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Apr 23 2016 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Jackson Property 1/2 mile south of Chaseburg
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Apr 23 2016 |
Sara Schill
Location: Home backyard
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Apr 24 2016 |
Sue Feyrer
Location: Ryan Road county property Lyndale Rd and KF
Warm sunny afternoon. Lots of Bloodroot blooming and a few Jack-in-the-pulpit. |
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Apr 24 2016 |
Stan Rehm
Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
The milkweed in our garden emerged on April 21 - the earliest date we have recorded (except for that aberrant year of 2012). |
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Apr 24 2016 |
Scott Puchalski
Location: La Crosse
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Apr 25 2016 |
Lester Doyle
Location: Parfrey's Glen SNA
10 am - 1 pm, mostly sunny. Finally got my lifer Compton's Tortoiseshell, first Six-spotted Tiger Beetle of 2016, and a heavily dark-marked "Spring" Spring Azure. |
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Apr 25 2016 |
Christine Stanke
Location: Brown Deer
The two American Ladies were laying eggs on my Pearly Everlasting plants in my garden. |
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Apr 25 2016 |
Richard Ouren
Location: Ouren Farm
This butterfly was resting on my driveway beneath some Red and White Pines.
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Apr 25 2016 |
Mike Reese
Location: Necedah NWR
I also saw an unknown duskywing and the teneral Bog Haunter. |
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Apr 25 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck
Location: Verona, northside, Military Ridge and Ice Age Trail
Nice to see so many cabbage whites that I had to stop counting. They were everywhere. |
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Apr 25 2016 |
Daniel Jackson
Location: Onalaska
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Apr 25 2016 |
Dory Rufli
Location: Private property/ Pleasant Prairie
Very windy! Think this one was hanging on tight!
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Apr 25 2016 |
Darleen Horman
Location: My yard in Allenton
Mostly sunny, 72 degrees around 4:30pm |
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Apr 25 2016 |
Dory Rufli
Location: Private property/Pleasant Prairie
Early morning near drainage pond
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Apr 25 2016 |
Dan Sonnenberg
Location: Doreen's Home Farm and our yard & edge of marsh
79° Partly Sunny. The Elfin and Hairstreak were at the home farm. |
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Apr 27 2016 |
Sylvia Edlebeck
Location: Stricker's Pond, Middleton
Around 1:30, mid-50s and overcast. One lone red admiral. When I first spotted him he was sitting with his wings open, then flew into some tall grass. (Maybe he knew rain was on the way?) |
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Apr 27 2016 |
Dory Rufli
Location: Pleasant Prairie
Might be the same one I saw a couple of days ago but it was ready for the rain that was about to start! |
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Apr 27 2016 |
Bill Satterlee
Location: Scout Lake, Greendale
Sighted at Noon along lakeshore. |
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Apr 29 2016 |
Pam Campbell
Location: Lake Menomin Park
Also a White and a Sulphur that didn't get close enough to ID. |
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Apr 29 2016 |
Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest north of Clam Lake
Cool at 50 degrees or so and not much flying. My first azures of the year. No commas. |
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Apr 29 2016 |
Jim Otto
Location: Yellowstone Lake State Park, Wildlife Loop trail
Temp: 47F, mostly cloudy |
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Apr 29 2016 |
Sue Feyrer
Location: Pike Lake State Park
Cold and windy near the lake but sunny and warm in the woods. Patches of Spring beauty and Marsh marigold. |
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Apr 29 2016 |
Ryan Chrouser
Location: Otter Creek, 44.75679, -91.40348
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Apr 29 2016 |
Christine Stanke
Location: Cedarburg Bog State Natural Area
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Apr 30 2016 |
Douglas Buege
Location: Bauer-Brockway
Overcast and cold, but one butterfly was clinging to a grass stalk. |
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Apr 30 2016 |
Joan Rickert
Location: My yard, rural Medford
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Apr 30 2016 |
Randy Powers
Location: Worchester Township
Chequamegon National Forest, Spruce Lane just off of Cty Tk H. 1:30-3:30 Pm. Twenty-four sightings for four species. & four unidentified angle wings that flew away! |
FOY American Lady. Apologies for the awful iPhone photo.