Sighting for July 4, 2021
Brian McGurgan
Alascom Access Road (Glenn Highway Mile 118.4)
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
- Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Mustard White 1
- Palaeno Sulphur 8
- Greenish Blue 2
- Arctic Blue 1
- Frigga Fritillary 1
- Arctic Fritillary 4
- Common Ringlet 1
- Red-disked Alpine 3
Warm sunny afternoon with mostly clear skies and a light breeze, temperatures in the high sixties. This gravel road travels down from the highway across beautiful boggy and bushy tundra past Knob lake and up the Knob, a hill formed by ancient glacial activity.