Sighting for June 13, 2017
Joanne Langabee
Fontenelle Forest
Sarpy County, NE
- Cabbage White 61
- Clouded Sulphur 4
- Orange Sulphur 23
- Dainty Sulphur 5
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 12
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Eastern Comma 9
- Painted Lady 8
- Red Admiral 180+
- Common Buckeye 13
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Hackberry Emperor 5
- Northern Pearly-eye 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
As I was driving to the marsh area I knew it was going to be a good day for butterflying when all these butterflies were flying up as I was driving. I stopped to see one and it was my first Red-spotted Purple of the year and the rest were Red Admirals. Hundreds of them on the road and seen walking. I also saw my first Hackberry Emperor of the year.