Sighting for June 8, 2020
Chris Edwards
Shimek State Forest
Lee County, IA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 5
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 24
- Cabbage White 23
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 77
- Great Spangled Fritillary 5
- Silvery Checkerspot 36
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Eastern Comma 25
- Gray Comma 5
- Red Admiral 2
- Red-spotted Purple 16
- Viceroy 3
- Hackberry Emperor 1063
- Northern Pearly-eye 8
- Little Wood-Satyr 76
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 56
- Northern Cloudywing 3
- Least Skipper 5
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 11
- Hobomok Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 12
- Dun Skipper 17
- Pepper and Salt Skipper 1
Visited the Croton, Lick Creek, Donnellson, and Farmington Units of Shimek State Forest in Lee and Van Buren counties, and nearby roadsides. An incredible emergence of Hackberry Emperors plus one of the few records of Pepper and Salt Skipper for SE Iowa.