Sighting for May 20, 2020
Laura Wright
Cossatot River State Park Natural Area
Howard County, AR
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 11
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 7
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Spring Azure 3
- American Snout 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 5
- Silvery Checkerspot 9
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 6
- American Lady 6
- Common Buckeye 23
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Goatweed Leafwing 2
- Hackberry Emperor 3
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Creole Pearly-eye
- Gemmed Satyr 2
- Carolina Satyr 8
- Little Wood-Satyr 5
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 6
- Hoary Edge 13
- Northern Cloudywing 7
- Clouded Skipper 3
Walked 6 miles on the River Corridor Trail and 7 miles on the road back to the car. Observed butterflies from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. Sunny around 81 degrees. Out of the 16 Pearly Eyes seen, only able to confirm one as a Creole and 2 as Northern, the other 13 are unknown.