Sighting for June 21, 2022

Jeff Gesell

Lake Carlos State Park/Lake Le Homme Dieu
Douglas County, MN

80 degrees, partly cloudy, very windy, low humidity. Rewarded with a VERY RARE sight in Minnesota…especially this far north in the state - a Marine Blue. Initially I thought it was another Eastern Tailed-Blue dancing along the ground…glad I stopped for a closer look!

Marine Blue: 1

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Marine Blue 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
  • Silver-bordered Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Northern Crescent 4
  • White Admiral 1
  • Viceroy 2
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Common Ringlet 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Arctic Skipper 3
  • Least Skipper 4
  • Hobomok Skipper 3

Hobomok Skipper

Marine Blue

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Viceroy

Northern Crescent

Arctic Skipper

Arctic Skipper

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Monarch

Silver-bordered Fritillary

Silver-spotted Skipper

Marine Blue