Sighting for June 12, 2020
Andy Birkey
Carlos Avery WMA
Anoka County, MN
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Silvery Checkerspot common
- Harris' Checkerspot 13
- Northern Crescent common
- Baltimore Checkerspot 1
- White Admiral 4
- Red-spotted Purple 15
- Viceroy 2
- Hackberry Emperor 4
- Little Wood-Satyr common
- Common Ringlet 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Arctic Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- European Skipper 3
- Long Dash 1
At first I thought it was a Common Ringlet behaving strangely. When I got home, it was clear that it was a leucistic Northern Crescent! Also spotted more than a dozen Harris’ Checkerspot.