Butterfly sightings for May 2018

May 1 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garde
Dane County

A Mourning Cloak shows up about this time every spring in our garden. He must be getting quite old.

May 1 2018

Mary Jo Sundling

Location: My yard
Dane County

So nice to finally see butterflies!

May 1 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Coal Dock Park Port Washington
Ozaukee County

May 1 2018

Jessica Gorzo

Location: Snake Trail Rd., North Country Trail Hardwoods SNA
Bayfield County

May 2 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Settlers Park Thiensville
Ozaukee County

May 2 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 2 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Baehr Rd. Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 4 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Mequon Nature Preserve
Ozaukee County

May 4 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 4 2018

Ann Thering

Location: My garden
Dane County

May 4 2018

Jeremy Meyer

Location: Lake Park, Milwaukee
Milwaukee County

May 4 2018

Sue Feyrer

Location: UW Waukesha Field Station
Waukesha County

May 4 2018

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Barrens between Millston and Black River Falls
Jackson County

Stanton Creek Road, Brockway Road, and a site near Hwy 54. 3.2 hours. The Henry's Elfin was 50 meters west of the empty pipeline that is west of Brockway Road and parallels that road, and 100 meters further south than the entrance to Wazee County Park. We saw one unidentified elfin.

May 4 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Various locations along Brockway Rd.
Jackson County

2-5:00
I was expecting that I might find my first Brown Elfin or Hoary Elfin of the year. I found neither, but was amazed at how much I did find! I also saw my first Cow Path Tiger Beetle in Jackson County!

May 4 2018

Alex Harman

Location: UW-Platteville
Grant County

Many Grapevine Epimenis moths as well

May 5 2018

Douglas Buege

Location: Camp Four Lake Road and Elbe Road
Oconto County

75 degrees F and full sun. Breezy.

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Compton Tortoiseshell

Compton Tortoiseshell

May 5 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville
Ozaukee County

We also saw five other orange butterflies and a blue.

May 5 2018

Edgar Spalding

Location: Middleton, Pheasant Branch
Dane County

American Lady

American Lady

May 5 2018

Douglas Buege

Location: Logan Road, off HWY 32, 8 miles south of Mountain
Oconto County

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

May 5 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

FOY Red Admiral in our yard, a couple weeks later than usual.

May 5 2018

Mary Jo Sundling

Location: Backyard in Stoughton, WI
Dane County

Also saw a small orange/brown butterfly that wouldn't stay still long enough for me to ID.

May 5 2018

Deb Pritchard

Location: Our prairie in the Township of Calamus
Dodge County

Monarch flying low through the prairie.
Landed momentarily then took off. Did not have my camera so did not get a photograph

May 5 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: West Bend on the Eisenbahn bike trail near Barton Ave.
Washington County

May 5 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: Mud Lake parking area
Ozaukee County

May 5 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: Our yard in Allenton
Washington County

First butterflies of the year in our yard

May 5 2018

Joan Rickert

Location: My yard, rural Medford
Taylor County

May 5 2018

Jay Watson

Location: Backyard Rosecrans, WI
Manitowoc County

Seen while getting ready for Rex's birthday party

May 5 2018

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: west of Hunter Haven Road
Jackson County

3:20 hours. We walked a 7 mile circuit that is the best area we know for finding Frosted Elfins in Jackson County, but identified no Frosted Elfins. We saw 4 unidentified elfins.

May 5 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Germantown
Washington County

May 5 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 6 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Ozaukee Interurban Trail Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 6 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 6 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

Also an FOY blue. I'm filing the sighting in order to document the appearance of 6 milkweeds, right on schedule compared to previous years.

May 6 2018

Alex Harman

Location: Blue River Sand Barrens
Grant County

May 6 2018

Alex Harman

Location: Spring Green SNA
Sauk County

Harvester

Harvester

May 6 2018

Kate Redmond

Location: Cedarburg Bog State Natural Area
Ozaukee County

Listening to spring peepers and my first Wood Thrush of the year while photographing my first Red Admiral of the year. Excellent!

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

May 6 2018

Alex Harman

Location: Eagle Point
Grant County

Monarch flew over while watching terns.

May 6 2018

Alex Harman

Location: North of Millville
Grant County

Likely more, but this is just what I remember.

May 6 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 6 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Old field hillside, St. Joseph Twp
St. Croix County

Hard to mistake a Red Admiral for anything else.

May 6 2018

Mary Jo Sundling

Location: Backyard Stoughton, WI
Dane County

May 6 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: our yard in Allenton
Washington County

FOY Red Admiral and she was depositing eggs

May 6 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Tellock's Hill Woods SNA
Waupaca County

Acute-lobed Hepatica

Acute-lobed Hepatica

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

May 6 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Trinity Creek Wetland Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 7 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

A pleasant surprise to see a big Tiger sail through the garden this afternoon (heading north).

May 7 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Stolte Road, Fish Lake SWA
Burnett County

Saw just this one Olympia Marble in flight.

May 7 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Crex Meadows SWA
Burnett County

Great way to start the butterfly season--see a Henry's Elfin at two locations! Temperature in the lower 80s, breezy. Prairie buttercup, a few strawberries, one Juneberry shrub in bloom. Saw three unidentified "blues."

Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

May 7 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Tie Mill Rd.
Florence County

The Compton Tortoiseshell is one for my over-the-hill collection. Looked for the Scarce Infant that I have seen at this location three times but I had no luck today on this species. I also saw three of a day-flying moth, The Infant.

Green Comma

Green Comma

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Compton Tortoiseshell

Compton Tortoiseshell

American Woodcock

American Woodcock

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

Green Comma

Green Comma

The Infant

The Infant

The Infant

The Infant

★ = New county photo record

May 7 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 7 2018

Sue Feyrer

Location: Scuppernong nature trail
Waukesha County

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

May 8 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 8 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Manitowoc Impoundment
Manitowoc County

Seen while helping to put up Purple Martin houses. My first Red Admiral of the year.

May 8 2018

Tim Fenske

Location: Pheasant Branch Conservancy
Dane County

Brown Snake

Brown Snake

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

May 8 2018

Sue Feyrer

Location: Ryan Road county property
Waukesha County

May 8 2018

Jim Otto

Location: West side of city of Madison
Dane County

My first Monarch of the year

May 8 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Schoen Laufen Park Germantown
Washington County

May 8 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Wasauke Rd. Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 10 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 10 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Riveredge Nature Center Saukville
Ozaukee County

May 10 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: N. Wauwatosa Rd. Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 12 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: County Line Rd. Mequon
Ozaukee County

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

May 12 2018

John Davis

Location: My backyard in Prairie du Chien
Crawford County

Sunny, temp upper 70's

May 12 2018

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Barrens in Sandhill WA and near County Hwy X.
Wood County

2 hours, 7 barrens sites. 60-65 degrees F, half sun. 3 sites were inside Sandhill WA, and 4 were adjacent to Hwy X.

May 13 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Hawthorne Dr. Fredonia
Ozaukee County

Seen in a field.

May 13 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Hawthorne Dr. Fredonia
Ozaukee County

May 13 2018

K. Java

Location: Near Lewis, WI.
Burnett County

Our friend has a private golf course with 11 miles of trails through his woods. The Eastern Pine Elfin was on one of the tee boxes near the edge of the woods. Time to put my macro lens on my camera.

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

May 13 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: County I Saukville
Ozaukee County

May 13 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Riveredge Nature Center Saukville
Ozaukee County

Spring Azure

Spring Azure

American Lady

American Lady

May 13 2018

Rose Tiegs

Location: Emmons Creek
Portage County

American Lady

American Lady

Spring Azure

Spring Azure

★ = New county photo record

May 14 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Ada Lake area
Forest County

77 degrees and sunny when I got there at 3:00 but clouded up by 4:00. These appeared to all be males patrolling for females as they never stopped except for a couple on the road to mineralize briefly.

West Virginia White

West Virginia White

May 14 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: Stoner Prairie Park, Fitchburg
Dane County

Also a FOY visit by two Baltimore Orioles who were pecking the half-orange nailed to our deck railing.

May 14 2018

Sue Feyrer

Location: Ryan Road county property
Waukesha County

May 14 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Dunbar Barrens
Marinette County

77 degrees and sunny. The butterflies were not very cooperative today. 4 unidentified duskywings, 3 unidentified elfins, and no photo of the Chryxus Arctic

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Hoary Elfin

Hoary Elfin

May 14 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 14 2018

Kyle Johnson

Location: Grandfather Lake Barrens (County "I" S of Goodman)
Marinette County

Search 2:40pm-3:55pm. Good to see Chryxus Arctic is still there.

May 14 2018

Kyle Johnson

Location: Armstrong Creek Bog
Forest County

Hoping to find a thriving Freija Fritillary population deep in the site interior, but zero despite excellent conditions. There are scattered historical records from the site, but I suspect they've gone downhill. Also no Red-disked Alpines, although it would have been the very early part of the flight period.

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

May 14 2018

Nathan Tucker, Tim Wilder, ScottSwengel

Location: Bauer-Brockway and Hunter Haven Road Barrens
Jackson County

The weather was poor for butterfly finding half of the time. We saw at least 14 unidentified elfins. 4 Hoary Elfins were right by the Bauer-Brockway Barrens SNA sign north of Bauer Road, and about 5 Hoaries were in the right-of-way south of Bauer Road opposite that sign. All of the Henry's Elfins were west of Brockway Road and less than 0.6 miles south of Bauer Road. At least 6 Henry's Elfins were near each other approximately 200 meters southwest o the entrance to Wazee County park. The Frosted Elfins were more than 1/2 mile west of Hunter Haven Road.

May 15 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Dunnville Barrens
Dunn County

Low 70's, sunny and simply a gorgeous day! Also had two sulphurs a Tiger Swallowtail and a few Tiger Beetles.

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Olympia Marble

Olympia Marble

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Festive Tiger Beetle

Festive Tiger Beetle

Bronzed Tiger Beetle

Bronzed Tiger Beetle

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

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

May 15 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Lion's Den Gorge Grafton
Ozaukee County

May 15 2018

Mary Jo Sundling

Location: While on a walk near our home in Stoughton, WI
Dane County

May 15 2018

Jay Watson

Location: End of Vista Dr. Porterfield
Marinette County

seen while planting oats

May 16 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 16 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Highland Woods Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 16 2018

Randy Powers

Location: Town of Delafield
Waukesha County

First Monarch of the season! Did not hang around for a Kodak Moment!

May 16 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Settlers Park Thiensville
Ozaukee County

May 16 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Pukaite Woods Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 16 2018

Rory Williams

Location: Public Hunting Ground on Cty E (East Parking Area)
Green Lake County

The highlight was a colony of Gorgone Checkerspots

May 16 2018

Fred Dike

Location: Devis Lake State Pk
Sauk County

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

May 16 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

80+ degrees and sunny. Also 3 unidentified duskywings

Ebony Boghaunter

Ebony Boghaunter

Ringed Boghaunter

Ringed Boghaunter

Brown Elfin

Brown Elfin

May 16 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Mequon Rotary Park
Ozaukee County

May 16 2018

Maegen Hufton

Location: Mount Horeb, Vista ridge neighborhood
Dane County

Landed on my shoulder and then flew to the tree

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

May 16 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Dunnville SWA
Dunn County

Upper 70's, all sightings before noon.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Meadow Fritillary

Meadow Fritillary

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

May 16 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: UW Arboretum
Dane County

Flying north, of course. (Added the Black Swallowtail the next day when looking at photos of the lilacs and crabapples!)

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

May 16 2018

Daniel Jackson

Location: Halfway Creek Marsh
La Crosse County

May 16 2018

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Smith's Slough and surrounding area.
Richland County

82 degrees and sunny.

May 16 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Brown Deer Elementary
Milwaukee County

May 17 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Schoen Laufen Park Germantown
Washington County

May 17 2018

John Davis

Location: My backyard in Prairie du Chien
Crawford County

80's, breezy, and sunny.

Also saw a serval yellow butterflies and a crescent butterfly that flew through yard quickly, no time to ID

May 17 2018

Bob Ring

Location: High Cliff State Park
Calumet County

May 17 2018

Daniel Jackson

Location: Fishermen's Road, La Crosse
La Crosse County

Common Checkered-Skipper

Common Checkered-Skipper

Common Checkered-Skipper

Common Checkered-Skipper

May 17 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Dobb's Landing
Dunn County

80 degrees and very breezy, so not much flying.

American Copper

American Copper

May 17 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Lemke Park Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 17 2018

Kyle Johnson

Location: NEW Zoo Reforestation Camp
Brown County

☆ = New county sighting record

May 17 2018

Sharon Gericke Fandel

Location: Lulu Lake State Natural Area - Nature Rd Unit
Walworth County

Working in the field throughout DNR Lulu Lake SNA property west of Nature Rd. Noticed a few small, dark, skipper-like butterflies. Was able to get a look through binoculars and take a few photos with my cell phone (which, admittedly, are not great).

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

May 18 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Cedarburg Environmental Study Area
Ozaukee County

May 18 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve
Manitowoc County

My first American Lady of the year

May 18 2018

Steve Kinyon

Location: Sparta - Elroy bike trail, 2 miles south of Sparta
Monroe County

72 degrees, bright sunshine, freshly graded trail, damp soil. 10:30 am. Many Eastern Pine Elfins along the trail, all fresh, seating perpendicular to sun rays.

Eastern Pine Elfin

Eastern Pine Elfin

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

May 18 2018

Tim Fenske

Location: Graber Pond, Middleton
Dane County

Four-spotted Skimmer

Four-spotted Skimmer

May 18 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Menomonie/Lake Menomin Park
Dunn County

First Monarch of the season. Flying over traffic, so no pic.

Clouded Sulphur

Clouded Sulphur

Northern Crescent

Northern Crescent

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

May 18 2018

Randy Powers

Location: Town of Trenton
Washington County

I have managed this wildflower production farm since 1995 and typically visit it weekly, during the growing season. "March-November"
Am wondering if the Gorgone's blue in from one of the recent storms that pushed down from the northwest. As in the past twenty-three years I have never seen this species on this site! Visiting Blue-eyed Grass "Sisyrinchium" & Wild Columbine "Aquilegia"

Clover Looper

Clover Looper

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

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

May 18 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville
Ozaukee County

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

May 18 2018

Tod Highsmith

Location: East Side Madison
Dane County

Fluttering about our neighbor's yard

May 18 2018

Jay Watson

Location: End of Vista Dr. Porterfield
Marinette County

seen while planting corn

May 18 2018

Anna Hipke-Krueger

Location: Cornucopia
Bayfield County

60 °F and sunny.

May 18 2018

Scott and Ann Swengel

Location: Barrens near Brockway Road, Hunter Haven Road, and Stanton Road
Jackson County

8.2 hours; we walked >12 miles; 62-83 degrees F, mostly sunny; wind E to S, 0-12 mph. All sites that we visited are part of our Frosted Elfin monitoring program. Our total Frosted Elfin count on the 7-8 mile Hunter Haven loop was 39; this is our 3rd highest count out of 21 years of surveys there. Our top two counts from Hunter Haven are both from 2012. We also surveyed several sites west of Brockway Road and at "North Brockway East", Stanton Road, and the South Brockway ATV Trail and Motorcycle Trail Forest that are both just east of Brockway Road. We saw at least 35 unidentified elfins, and at least 150 unidentified duskywings.

☆ = New county sighting record

May 19 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Lake Maria County Park
Green Lake County

Also saw my first Eastern Forktails of the year.

May 19 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Grand Marsh WA
Marquette County

My first Meadow Fritillary of the year.

May 19 2018

SWBA Field Trip

Location: Black River State Forest
Jackson County

Southern Wis Butterfly Association. 80 degrees. 7 people, led by Douglas Buege. Sunny most of day - better than the forecast. 15 species. Limited flowers. Out of the 12 years for this field trip, this was the 3rd lowest year for Gorgone Checkerspot.

May 19 2018

Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith

Location: Schoenberg Marsh area
Columbia County

May 19 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: Our yard in Allenton
Washington County

Haven't seen a Monarch butterfly yet this year, but did find 3 eggs on common milkweed.

May 20 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Coal Dock Park, Port Washington
Ozaukee County

May 20 2018

Jessica Gorzo

Location: Trout River State Natural Area
Vilas County

along Resv Hwy 5 near the river and through the jack pine plantation

Brown Elfin

Brown Elfin

★ = New county photo record

May 20 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Crex Meadows, Namekagon Barrens SWAs
Burnett County

Eleventh annual Crex to the Barrens butterfly trek. Cool at the start, and very dry, but low numbers of butterflies were seen in the appropriate habitat. High point of the trip was seeing over 15 elfins congregating in a pairing-up spot on Clemens Fire Lane in the Barrens

May 22 2018

Mary Jo Sundling

Location: Near our cabin in Winter, WI
Sawyer County

May 22 2018

Joan Rickert

Location: My yard, rural Medford
Taylor County

Also saw a Sulphur butterfly but no id.

May 22 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer.
Milwaukee County

We also found eggs on our Common Milkweed plants which have just emerged.

May 23 2018

Mary Jo Sundling

Location: Along Hwy 70 near Winter, WI
Sawyer County

May 23 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Schaun Laufen Park Germantown
Washington County

May 23 2018

Rory Williams

Location: Public Hunting Grounds on Cty E
Green Lake County

Gorgone Checkerspots were still the primary species of interest. Both new and worn specimens were found

May 23 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: Our yard in Allenton
Washington County

FOY monarch

May 23 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 23 2018

Diane Pellowe

Location: Middleton Hills Oak Savanna, Middleton
Dane County

May 23 2018

Mike Reese

Location: various stops along Brockway Rd.
Jackson County

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Persius Duskywing

Persius Duskywing

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Wild Indigo Duskywing

May 23 2018

Jay Watson

Location: Backyard Rosecrans, WI
Manitowoc County

Hot 82F, 5-10mph, mostly sunny

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

May 24 2018

Joan Braune

Location: backyard in Madison
Dane County

May 24 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Crex Meadows
Burnett County

Temps in the 80's with a hot, south wind. An early thunderstorm provided a few puddles.

Western Tailed-Blue

Western Tailed-Blue

Persius Duskywing

Persius Duskywing

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Monarch

Monarch

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Western Tailed-Blue

Western Tailed-Blue

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

'Spring' Spring Azure

'Spring' Spring Azure

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Lasiopogon tetragrammus

Lasiopogon tetragrammus

May 24 2018

Pamela Skaar

Location: Watertown CE WBBA2 block
Jefferson County

8:00 - 12:17 Lilacs blooming. Standing water in fields.

May 24 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Villa Grove Park Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 24 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Trinity Creek Wetland Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 24 2018

Stan Rehm

Location: Fitchburg residential butterfly garden
Dane County

This Monarch oviposited on three different milkweeds; we collected 5 eggs before the ants could get them.

The Tiger and Cabbage whites were seen at Glenway golf course.

Monarch

Monarch

May 24 2018

Sally Slusser

Location: Wood View Dr., Menomonee Falls
Waukesha County

Flying around my milkweed garden from plant to plant!

Monarch

Monarch

Monarch

Monarch

May 24 2018

Paul Doxsee

Location: Stevens Point
Portage County

Found in grass besides small prairie area.

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

May 24 2018

Rory Williams

Location: Just south of Z and Country Club Road
Winnebago County

May 24 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: St. Joseph Twp
St. Croix County

Flew by while I was planting in our small garden. Hard to mistake for any other species.

May 25 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: Our yard in Allenton
Washington County

Also saw a Six-spotted Tiger beetle

May 25 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Brown Deer Library
Milwaukee County

May 25 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Dunnville Barrens
Dunn County

Near 80 degrees and breezy. There were 10 or more Tiger Swallowtails, but didn't get a close look at all of them. No adult Monarchs but I found several eggs on milkweed.

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Monarch egg

Monarch egg

May 25 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

Sunny and 86 degrees with humidity. 71 monarch eggs found on only a few tiny milkweed plants.

May 25 2018

Kristin Gjerdset

Location: West Allis - 97th st and Lincoln area
Milwaukee County

May 25 2018

Steve Kinyon

Location: Sparta - Elroy Bike Trail 2 mi. South of Sparta at parking lot.
Monroe County

Hot and humid, 10:30 am., on gravel and on my boot.

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

Silvery Blue

May 25 2018

Ryan Brady

Location: My house off Wannebo Rd west of Washburn
Bayfield County

If memory serves me right I think this is the first of this species I've seen here at my house since moving here in 2009.

Western Tailed-Blue

Western Tailed-Blue

Western Tailed-Blue

Western Tailed-Blue

May 25 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 25 2018

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Location: Peter Helland Wildlife Area
Columbia County

Our first-of-year Silver-spotted Skipper.

May 25 2018

Mike Reese

Location: Riley Lake WA
Price County

Bog Laurel

Bog Laurel

Sharp-lined Powder Moth

Sharp-lined Powder Moth

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

bee fly

bee fly

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

May 26 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 26 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Germantown
Washington County

May 26 2018

Darleen Horman

Location: Yard in Allenton
Washington County

May 26 2018

Joan Rickert

Location: My yard, rural Medford
Taylor County

May 26 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

American Lady

American Lady

May 26 2018

Rose Tiegs

Location: Navarino wildlife area.
Shawano County

Mosquito were very thick!

May 26 2018

Marcie O'Connor

Location: Prairie Haven
Buffalo County

I found two duskywings fluttering together and one of them landing on a Wild Columbine. I checked the plant later and found 3 eggs. When I brought the plant inside the next day - to rear them - one of the eggs had already hatched.

Columbine Duskywing caterpillar

Columbine Duskywing caterpillar

Columbine Duskywing egg

Columbine Duskywing egg

Columbine Duskywing

Columbine Duskywing

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

May 27 2018

Randy Powers

Location: Trenton Township
Washington County

West Bend, Wi. residence back yard a Giant Swallowtail visiting Lilac Bush! about 10:30 Am. Earlier in the morning 7:30 Am a Pileated Woodpecker in the adjoining upland woods!

Pileated Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

May 27 2018

Pamela Skaar

Location: Baxter's Hollow SNA
Sauk County

Both butterflies were near the creek. Observed during a Madison Audobon Society field trip. Also an Comma sp. or Question Mark

May 27 2018

Rory Williams

Location: Just South of Z and Country Club Road
Winnebago County

May 27 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Fish Lake SWA, Stolte Road
Burnett County

FOY Dusted Skipper. Chased three blues flitting about lupine plants, but couldn't get one to sit still for a positive ID. Still dry there.

Dusted Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Common Roadside-Skipper

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

May 27 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 27 2018

Harry Peterson

Location: Baxter Hollow Natural Area
Sauk County

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

May 27 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Namekagon Barrens
Burnett County

Unnamed fire lane heading east from Dry Landing Road just 0.1 mile north of Clemens Creek. Perching activity near these large red pines. Not sure of the moth.

Mottled Duskywing

Mottled Duskywing

Northern Cloudywing

Northern Cloudywing

Western Tailed-Blue

Western Tailed-Blue

Brown Elfin

Brown Elfin

Hoary Elfin

Hoary Elfin

Graphic Moth (Drasteria graphica)

Graphic Moth (Drasteria graphica)

Graphic Moth

Graphic Moth

May 27 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: Namekagon Trail, about 1 mile north of Namekagon River
Burnett County

Tiger swallowtails were congregating on damp sand of Namekagon Trail where it goes through a bog. A hike in the bog disappointingly turned up not a single brown elfin; fresh examples were here a week ago.

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

May 27 2018

Jeremy Meyer

Location: Bender Park
Milwaukee County

May 28 2018

Pamela Skaar

Location: Madison East WBBA2 CE block
Dane County

Cottonwood seeds flying.

May 28 2018

Jessica Gorzo

Location: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Bayfield County

Lost Land Lake Rd.

May 28 2018

Sue Feyrer

Location: Home property
Waukesha County

May 28 2018

K. Java

Location: Crex Meadows SWA
Burnett County

FOY found on wolf scat on Main Dike Rd.

'Karner' Melissa Blue

'Karner' Melissa Blue

May 28 2018

Robert Bruss

Location: Town of Wausau
Marathon County

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

May 28 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 28 2018

Lester Doyle

Location: Wildenberg Sand Prairie (Lodi Town Park)
Columbia County

high 80's to low 90's, sunny, around 5 pm...only two butterflies seen.

May 28 2018

Beth Stetenfeld

Location: Suburban McFarland woodland
Dane County

May 28 2018

Pam Campbell

Location: Dunnville Barrens
Dunn County

Upper 80's, sunny & hot with a slight breeze.

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper

Gorgone Checkerspot

Gorgone Checkerspot

American Copper

American Copper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

May 29 2018

Beth Stetenfeld

Location: Madison area suburban garden
Dane County

Second day in a row seeing Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, first Monarch sighting of the season in my garden.

Monarch

Monarch

May 29 2018

Dean Hansen

Location: St. Joseph Twp
St. Croix County

Giant Swallowtail was at wild raspberry bloom. True to form, it would not stop beating its wings while nectaring. Saw Common Ringlet yesterday and today on my five acres of old field vegetation. Sorry, no photo, but certain of ID.

Giant Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail

May 29 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 29 2018

Tim Fenske

Location: City of Middleton yard
Dane County

Peck's Skipper

Peck's Skipper

May 29 2018

Daniel Jackson

Location: Fisherman's Landing, Hwy M on North Fork of Flambeau
Sawyer County

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Hobomok Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Pepper and Salt Skipper

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

May 30 2018

Joan Rickert

Location: My yard, rural Medford
Taylor County

May 30 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Stein's Garden Center Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 30 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 30 2018

Patricia Mullins

Location: Stagecoach Road, Cross Plains
Dane County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

May 31 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: Mequon Rd. Mequon
Ozaukee County

May 31 2018

Sue Feyrer

Location: Home property
Waukesha County

May 31 2018

Christine Stanke

Location: In our yard in Brown Deer
Milwaukee County

May 31 2018

Roxanne Morgan

Location: Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge
Trempealeau County

Little Wood-Satyr

Little Wood-Satyr

May 31 2018

Janet Mueller

Location: Town of Cleveland, south shore Cornell Lake
Chippewa County

Also a Eastern/Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Juvenal's Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

May 31 2018

Fred Dike

Location: Arena boat landing parking lot
Iowa County

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

May 31 2018

Nancy Frank

Location: Montrose Rd and Hwy 69, Belleville,WI
Dane County

Flew across the road in front of my car, but I didn’t hit it!

May 31 2018

Joan Braune

Location: backyard/neighborhood in Madison
Dane County

May 31 2018

Judith Huf

Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Milwaukee County

Incidental sightings while pulling garlic mustard. Sunny and about 75 degrees at 10am.