Sighting for June 29, 2022
Barbara Peck
Trail to and including Lower Bigelow Lake in Oregon Caves Natl Monument
Josephine County, OR
- Clodius Parnassian 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Pale Swallowtail abundant
- Mustard White 1
- Large Marble common
- Gray Marble common
- Sheridan's Hairstreak 2
- Brown Elfin 2
- Johnson's Hairstreak 1
- Juniper Hairstreak common
- Spring Azure common
- Arrowhead Blue 1
- Silvery Blue common
- Boisduval's Blue 1
- Lupine Blue 1
- Meadow Fritillary common
- Mylitta Crescent 5
- Variable Checkerspot 1
- 'Zephyr' Hoary Comma 8
- California Tortoiseshell abundant
- Common Buckeye 1
- Lorquin's Admiral 3
- Propertius Duskywing 3
- Two-banded Checkered-Skipper 8
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Arctic Skipper 2
Brown Elfin
California Tortoiseshell
California Tortoiseshell
Gray Marble
Hoary Comma
Johnson's Hairstreak
Johnson's Hairstreak
Lorquin's Admiral
Mylitta Crescent
Propertius Duskywing
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
Arctic Skipper
This has been a delayed season for butterflies. There has been continued cool weather periodically this spring and early summer. This was a count for the monument in the lower section, the road and Lower Bigelow Lake. 3 other sections were also surveyed this same date by other groups. A Moss’s elfin was found at the meadow by Upper Bigelow Lake by one of the other groups, unusual this late in the year.