Sighting for July 20, 2017
Andy Birkey
Coldwater Spring, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Hennepin County, MN
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 6
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 10
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 11
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 2
- Eastern Comma 10
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 3
- Viceroy 1
- Hackberry Emperor 8
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 30+
- Delaware Skipper 1
'Summer' Spring Azure
Eastern Comma
Emperors
Tawny Emperor
Great Spangled Fritillary
Very warm and humid day. Temps upper 80s. Wild bergamot is blooming en masse. Also, a dying elm tree had Tawny and Hackberry Emperors fighting over sap patches.