Sighting for May 20, 2020

Laura Wright

Cossatot River State Park Natural Area
Howard County, AR

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.

  • 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