Sighting for May 19, 2013
Brett Budach
Hopewell Prairie - Private
Miami County, KS
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 1
- Clouded Sulphur common
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue abundant
- Spring Azure 2
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent common
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper common
- Common Sootywing 1
- Common Roadside-Skipper 1
Stiff south breeze, low 80’s, humid, alternating mid-level overcast and partly cloudy conditions. Plants are about 2-3 weeks behind where they should be this time of year.