Sighting for August 27, 2017

Andy Birkey

Bike trails along I-29 just south of US 14
Brookings County, SD

8:30am to 10:30am. Sunny lower 70s. The trails ran along some wetlands on one side and alfalfa fields on the other. Painted Ladies were everywhere. Melissa Blue is a first for me.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 1
  • Cabbage White common
  • Clouded Sulphur common
  • Orange Sulphur common
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Melissa Blue 3
  • Meadow Fritillary 8
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • Painted Lady superabundant
  • Monarch common
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Sachem 6

Meadow Fritillary

Pearl Crescent

Melissa Blue