Sighting for September 7, 2013
Thomas Jantscher and Chris Edwards
Rand Park flower gardens, City of Keokuk
Lee County, IA
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 9
- Monarch 1
- Fiery Skipper 53
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 5
- Sachem 17
- Dun Skipper 1
Red-banded Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Sightings recorded from 3:55 - 4:10 pm and 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm.
Weather: 96F - 96F, partly sunny, some light wind
Habitat: Multi-bed public flower garden at park in residential neighborhood on Mississippi River bluff.
Also recorded one Red-banded Hairstreak (see photos). As far as we know, this is a state record for Iowa!