Sighting for October 18, 2020
Yvonne Homeyer
Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge, Cora Island Unit
St. Charles County, MO
- Checkered White 5
- Cabbage White 6
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 15
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Little Yellow 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 15
- Eastern Comma 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Viceroy 10
- Monarch 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 6
Eastern Comma
Checkered White
Orange Sulphur
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye
Eastern Comma
Temperatures rebounded after a cold snap. Unexpected sunshine turned my morning birding into a butterfly trip with 15 species.It started raining later. Our butterfly season is almost over in the St. Louis area.