Sighting for July 18, 2022

Robert Bell

Limberlost Rd. Powerline
Alcona County, MI

1PM to 4PM. Sunny. 82 to 85 degrees.
Exceptional numbers of Dun, N. Broken Dash and Peck’s Skippers. It was impractical for me to make a thorough count. I just counted what I saw and left the others uncounted. It took me 2.5 hours to go 0.57 miles. So many butterflies. I only counted on the way out. 460 individuals in 0.57 miles.

  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Dorcas Copper 1
  • Acadian Hairstreak 3
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Great Spangled Fritillary 5
  • Aphrodite Fritillary 1
  • Silver-bordered Fritillary 1
  • Meadow Fritillary 1
  • Silvery Checkerspot 3
  • Northern Crescent 6
  • Compton Tortoiseshell 1
  • American Lady 2
  • Eyed Brown 10
  • Common Wood-Nymph 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Peck's Skipper 89
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Long Dash 1
  • Northern Broken-Dash 52
  • Delaware Skipper 6
  • Mulberry Wing 3
  • Black Dash 5
  • Dun Skipper 255