Butterfly Sighting Lists

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
My last sighting for a Dainty Sulphur in Wood County was August of 1987.

• Cabbage White (1+)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (3)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3+)
• Monarch (5)
• Mulberry Wing (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Nine Springs E-Way,Moorland Road near Madison/Monona
Dane County
The small hill that is a prairie preserve is always a good spot for spotting butterflies who enjoy the flowers that are in bloom now.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (6)

joan braune
Location: Cherokee Marsh
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (15)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• American Snout (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (20+)
• Tawny Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (2)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: NABA Mud Lake count
Columbia County

• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (66)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (29)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (3)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Northern Crescent (6)
• Question Mark (3)
• American Lady (15)
• Red Admiral (109)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (7)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (23)
• Monarch (20)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (8)
• Common Sootywing (1)
• European Skipper (2)
• Crossline Skipper (2)
• Long Dash (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (41)
• Delaware Skipper (2)
• Mulberry Wing (3)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Black Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Western and Southwestern Rock County
Rock County
Leps seen at Cook Arboretum, Avon Bottoms, and various places in SW Rock County. American Snout was a life butterfly!!

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• American Snout (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (10+)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (10+)
• Red Admiral (50+)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (5)
• Common Sootywing (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Andy Paulios
Location: Muralt SNA
Green County

• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Spring Azure (3)
• American Snout (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (5)
• Red Admiral (4)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Crossline Skipper (3)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Woodman and Millville Units
Grant County

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Little Yellow (1)
• American Copper (3)
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Banded Hairstreak (5+)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (5+)
• Regal Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Eastern Comma (4)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Monarch (10+)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Little Glassywing (1)
• Delaware Skipper (4)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (5+)

Nichole Oehmcke
Location: County Hwy. T , Rosendale
Fond Du Lac County

• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (15)

Ron Arnold
Location: NABA Sandhill/Seneca count circle
Wood County
Saw 2 Whooping Cranes at Sandhill.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (7)
• Coral Hairstreak (10)
• Acadian Hairstreak (16)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (4)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (10)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (13)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (9)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
• Mourning Cloak (7)
• American Lady (4)
• Red Admiral (21)
• Common Buckeye (4)
• White Admiral (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Eyed Brown (11)
• Common Wood-Nymph (33)
• Monarch (50)
• Long Dash (6)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Mulberry Wing (31)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (6)
• Dion Skipper (12)
• Black Dash (1)
• Two-spotted Skipper (7)
• Dun Skipper (27)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Capitol City Bike Trail, Fitchburg
Dane County
Also heard my first cicada.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (10+)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Silvery Checkerspot (3)
• Red Admiral (8)
• Viceroy (2)
• Tawny Emperor (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (3)

Mike Reese
Location: Muralt Bluff Prairie State Natural Area
Green County
The Juniper Hairstreaks were all in the same Red Cedar about 25 ft. the air. I watched the three males sparring in the tree for about ten minutes and got good looks at them with binoculars during their short rest periods. Nearly two hours later I came back and checked and they were still at it! 1:30–3:30 pm.

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (8)
• American Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (10+)
• Juniper Hairstreak (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Pearl Crescent (7)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Tawny Emperor (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (5)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Crossline Skipper (20+)
• Northern Broken-Dash (4)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Edgar Spalding
Location: Botany Garden, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dane County
An exciting surprise…

• Pipevine Swallowtail (1)

Ann Thering , Joan Braune, Karl and Dorothy Legler, and rest SWBA group
Location: Cherokee Marsh
Dane County
A very successful SWBA field trip to Cherokee! Glenda Denniston kindly provided the photos she took of a Viceroy caterpillar and a very impressive White-lined Sphinx Moth.

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Hickory Hairstreak (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (7)
• Question Mark (3)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red Admiral (25+)
• Viceroy (2)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Appalachian Brown (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (5)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Dion Skipper (2)

Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County
Saw a large robberfly with a bumblebee for lunch!

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (40+)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (10)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (10)

Ann Thering
Location: Avoca LWR
Iowa County
I saw Little Yellows laying eggs on partridge pea.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (5)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (15+)
• Sleepy Orange (2)
• American Copper (10+)
• Coral Hairstreak (2)
• Juniper Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (10)
• Pearl Crescent (7)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (8)
• Common Wood-Nymph (8)
• Monarch (6)
• Common Sootywing (6)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Delaware Skipper (3)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Various sites throughout the county
Waushara County
Looking mainly for robberflies today. The photo is of Albibarbefferia [Efferia] albibarbis, a very recognizable robber in dry, sandy areas.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (9)
• Purplish Copper (4)
• Coral Hairstreak (6)
• Acadian Hairstreak (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (7)
• Peck’s Skipper (2)
• Black Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (5)

Mike Reese, David Reese
Location: Avoca Wildlife Area
Iowa County
Stopped for a quick look 6:30–7:15. The first thing we saw was the Dainty Sulphur who found a nice cool perch in the shade.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (4)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (2)
• Red Admiral (3)

Mike Reese, David Reese
Location: Hardscrabble Prairie, State Natural Area
Lafayette County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Aphrodite Fritillary
• Pearl Crescent (4)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (1)
• Crossline Skipper (10+)
• Northern Broken-Dash
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Byssus Skipper (3)
• Dun Skipper

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: MADISON NABA BUTTERFLY COUNT
Dane County
About 90 degrees. Thanks to Ann Thering, Glenda Denniston, Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith (who counted on his birthday!), other counters and especially Dave Fallow for your wonderful efforts in difficult conditions. We found 42 species including American Snout, Buckeye and Variegated Fritillary.

• Black Swallowtail (13)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (61)
• Clouded Sulphur (46)
• Orange Sulphur (7)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (7)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (27)
• Banded Hairstreak (22)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (9)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (24)
• American Snout (1)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (33)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (3)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (7)
• Northern Crescent (10)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Question Mark (8)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (6)
• American Lady (4)
• Red Admiral (109)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• Viceroy (11)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Tawny Emperor (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Eyed Brown (7)
• Appalachian Brown (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (142)
• Monarch (27)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (6)
• Common Sootywing (1)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Mulberry Wing (4)
• Dion Skipper (2)
• Black Dash (11)
• Dun Skipper (14)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
The Dainty Sulphur was in a weedy area just outside of my prairie restoration project that I planted last fall. I’m expanding the planting and was plowing up additional ground and the sulphur kept hanging around in spite of me driving through with the tractor every few minutes. This is the same spot as the sighting from July 1st.

• Dainty Sulphur (1)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: East Dubuque Area
Grant County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (15)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Little Yellow (3)
• Sleepy Orange (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (2)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Juniper Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (8)
• Pearl Crescent (10)
• Question Mark (5)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (16)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Tawny Emperor (9)
• Monarch (4)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (23)
• Wild Indigo Duskywing (1)
• Common Sootywing (9)
• Byssus Skipper (2)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Dawn Czerwinski
Location: Ellis St, Green Bay
Brown County
Butterfly was flying around our small ornamental tree, and landed on our window,we observed it for around 20 minutes and when we went to take a picture, it closed its wings two different times and then flew away.

• Red Admiral (1)

NABA count, 4 observers
Location: NABA Wehr Nature Center count
Milwaukee County

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (5)
• Cabbage White (9)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Spring Azure (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (11)
• Question Mark (1)
• Painted Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (15)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• European Skipper (1)

David Drexler
Location: Bascom Hill area, UW campus
Dane County
The checkered skipper was between Bascom and North Halls. The snout was in the Botany garden, where I think I may have caught a glimpse of that pipevine swallowtail reported earlier. Not bad butterflying for just taking a walk over lunch break.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• American Snout (1)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Common Checkered-Skipper (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: EdnaTaylor Conservancy, Monona, WI
Dane County
Also saw numerous dragonflies.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Monarch (1)

Kim Karow
Location: Allen Creek wetlands south of Fort Atkinson
Jefferson County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (5)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (4)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (2)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Eyed Brown (15)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (9)

NABA count, 8 participants
Location: Waumandee Creek Farm and NABA count circle
Buffalo County
The Wild Indigo Duskywing was laying eggs on Canadian Milk Vetch. We also saw 6 other duskywings. The American Snout sat on my car antenna and allowed all to photograph it. Also saw one Comma/Question Mark sp.

• Black Swallowtail (6)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (35)
• Orange Sulphur (7)
• Coral Hairstreak (3)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (6)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (66)
• American Snout (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (39)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (27)
• Meadow Fritillary (8)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (7)
• Silvery Checkerspot (4)
• Northern Crescent (5)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (2)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (6)
• Red Admiral (38)
• Common Buckeye (4)
• Hackberry Emperor (4)
• Northern Pearly-eye (6)
• Eyed Brown (6)
• Common Wood-Nymph (20)
• Monarch (35)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (51)
• Wild Indigo Duskywing (1)
• Common Sootywing (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (8)
• Little Glassywing (7)
• Delaware Skipper (19)
• Black Dash (20)
• Dun Skipper (40)

Todd Sima
Location: Avoca LWR
Iowa County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (6)
• Cabbage White (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (4)
• Sleepy Orange (3)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (5+)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (10+)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Red-spotted Purple (2)
• Viceroy (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Common Sootywing (4)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (8)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

Gayl Hamilton
Location: Lodi
Columbia County
Seen in my front yard…

• Pearl Crescent (1)

Tod Highsmith
Location: Princes Point SWA near Hebron
Jefferson County

• American Snout (1)

NABA count, Karl & Dorothy Legler, and 5 other participants
Location: Trempealeau Count circle
Trempealeau County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Checkered White (2)
• Cabbage White (28)
• Clouded Sulphur (23)
• Orange Sulphur (10)
• Little Yellow (4)
• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• Harvester (2)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Hickory Hairstreak (44)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (63)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• American Snout (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (8)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (5)
• Northern Crescent (40)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (2)
• Question Mark (7)
• Eastern Comma (11)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (4)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (66)
• Common Buckeye (15)
• Red-spotted Purple (7)
• Viceroy (15)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Eyed Brown (44)
• Appalachian Brown (4)
• Common Wood-Nymph (17)
• Monarch (32)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (22)
• Common Sootywing (3)
• Least Skipper (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Little Glassywing (2)
• Delaware Skipper (3)
• Mulberry Wing (5)
• Broad-winged Skipper (18)
• Dion Skipper (1)
• Black Dash (42)
• Dun Skipper (8)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (3)

Scott Swengel, Ann Swengel
Location: NABA Baraboo count
Sauk County

• Black Swallowtail (4)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (7)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Orange Sulphur (4)
• Little Yellow (2)
• Harvester (1)
• American Copper (82)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (3)
• Banded Hairstreak (6)
• Hickory Hairstreak (4)
• Striped Hairstreak (3)
• Juniper Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (15)
• Spring Azure (13)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (43)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (31)
• Meadow Fritillary (4)
• Pearl Crescent (17)
• Northern Crescent (4)
• Baltimore Checkerspot (2)
• Question Mark (6)
• Eastern Comma (4)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (6)
• Red Admiral (50)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (11)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Tawny Emperor (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Eyed Brown (22)
• Appalachian Brown (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (54)
• Monarch (49)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (14)
• Least Skipper (1)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (4)
• Crossline Skipper (5)
• Northern Broken-Dash (70)
• Little Glassywing (1)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Mulberry Wing (2)
• Broad-winged Skipper (2)
• Dion Skipper (5)
• Black Dash (38)
• Dun Skipper (73)

Mike Reese
Location: Wazee area
Jackson County
I mainly hiked sandy trails through barren areas. Most of the skippers were in an open area with lots of Monarda where they were very abundant. They also were found nectaring on Spotted Knapweed along the roadsides.

• American Copper (40+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (3)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• American Lady (13)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (6)
• Monarch (4)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (30+)
• Delaware Skipper (2)
• Dion Skipper (2)
• Dun Skipper (200+)

Ann Thering
Location: Avoca LWR
Iowa County
A brief stop produced a beautiful Sleepy Orange.

• Cabbage White (1)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (7)
• Sleepy Orange (1)
• American Copper (10)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (4)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (2)
• Pearl Crescent (4)
• Painted Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (4)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (5)
• Monarch (3)
• Common Sootywing (4)

Andy Paulios
Location: Beaver Creek Reserve
Eau Claire County

• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Spring Azure (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• Red Admiral (10)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (2)
• Dun Skipper (30+)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Pipevine Swallowtail
• Black Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Banded Hairstreak
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• American Snout
• Variegated Fritillary
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Meadow Fritillary
• Northern Crescent
• Question Mark
• Eastern Comma
• Mourning Cloak
• Painted Lady
• Red Admiral
• Common Buckeye
• Red-spotted Purple
• Viceroy
• Tawny Emperor
• Northern Pearly-eye
• Eyed Brown
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• Common Sootywing
• European Skipper
• Fiery Skipper
• Northern Broken-Dash
• Dion Skipper

Scott Swengel, Ann Swengel
Location: NABA Wazee count
Jackson County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Orange Sulphur (5)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (101)
• Coral Hairstreak (4)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (13)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (25)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (250)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (13)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (78)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (4)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Northern Crescent (3)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (9)
• Red Admiral (71)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (19)
• Eyed Brown (6)
• Appalachian Brown (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Common Wood-Nymph (101)
• Monarch (35)
• Least Skipper (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (2)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (5)
• Crossline Skipper (6)
• Northern Broken-Dash (99)
• Little Glassywing (1)
• Delaware Skipper (1)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (4)
• Dion Skipper (16)
• Black Dash (2)
• Dun Skipper (81)

Rich Henderson, Ann Thering, Karl and Dorothy Legler, & rest of group
Location: Schurch-Thompson Prairie
Iowa County
SWBA’s joint field trip with The Prairie Enthusiasts & Madison Audubon found 5 species of fritillaries despite the strong winds. Thanks to Rich Henderson and TPE for creating beautiful Regal Fritillary habitat!

• Black Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (1)
• Banded Hairstreak (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (8)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (4)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2)
• Regal Fritillary (15)
• Meadow Fritillary (8)
• Pearl Crescent (10)
• Red Admiral (7)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10)
• Monarch (6)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (2)
• Delaware Skipper (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Avoca
Iowa County

• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Little Yellow (5+)
• Sleepy Orange (4)
• American Copper (5+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• American Snout (2)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Pearl Crescent (10+)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (2)
• Viceroy (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (4)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Common Sootywing (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Muscada and Blue River units
Grant County
The Junipers were a first for me and they were all nectaring on flowers in a five foot area and only twenty feet away from Juniper trees.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (5+)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (5+)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Juniper Hairstreak (4)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Pearl Crescent (5+)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (3)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Tawny Emperor (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (5+)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

Ryan Brady
Location: Chequamegon National Forest southeast of Grand View
Bayfield County
The Harvester, Gray Comma, and Compton Torts were highlights for me.

• Harvester (1)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (2)
• Silvery Checkerspot (1)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Compton Tortoiseshell (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• White Admiral (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (3)
• European Skipper (2)
• Dun Skipper (10)

joan braune and tod highsmith
Location: Avoca LWR & Bakken’s pond
Iowa County
Bakken’s pond is right across the river from Iowa county so I just included the few sightings there.

• Giant Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Little Yellow (4)
• American Copper (4)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (8+)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (7+)
• Pearl Crescent (12+)
• Question Mark (1)
• American Lady (6+)
• Painted Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (2)
• Viceroy (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (10+)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Common Sootywing (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

Mike Reese, Todd Sima
Location: Avoca LWR
Iowa County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Little Yellow (20+)
• Sleepy Orange (10+)
• American Copper (2)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5+)
• American Snout (1)
• Pearl Crescent (5+)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (3+)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (2)
• Wild Indigo Duskywing (2)
• Common Sootywing (5+)

Mike Reese, Todd Sima
Location: Muscoda LWR
Grant County
Short trip to look for the Juniper Hairstreaks. These are just the highlights.

• Juniper Hairstreak (5)
• Painted Lady (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: spruce/tamarack bog in the town of Cranmoor
Wood County

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (2)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Eyed Brown (3)
• Monarch (3)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (1)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Northern Marquette County
Marquette County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (1)
• American Copper (3)
• Bronze Copper (1)
• Spring Azure (10)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (1)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (10)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (3)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (4)

Andy Paulios
Location: NE Waushara County
Waushara County

• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (1)
• Acadian Hairstreak (1)
• Spring Azure (15)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (3)
• Meadow Fritillary (5)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Monarch (5)
• Black Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (3)

Karl & Dorothy Legler, and others
Location: NABA Northern Kettle Moraine Count
Fond Du Lac County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (6)
• Cabbage White (9)
• Clouded Sulphur (9)
• Orange Sulphur (10)
• Harvester (3)
• Coral Hairstreak (4)
• Banded Hairstreak (1)
• Striped Hairstreak (2)
• Gray Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (61)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (9)
• Swamp Metalmark (10)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (13)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (4)
• Northern Crescent (6)
• Question Mark (6)
• Gray Comma (3)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (4)
• Painted Lady (5)
• Red Admiral (82)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Red-spotted Purple (5)
• Viceroy (4)
• Northern Pearly-eye (10)
• Eyed Brown (16)
• Appalachian Brown (10)
• Common Wood-Nymph (376)
• Monarch (72)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Least Skipper (1)
• European Skipper (2)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Crossline Skipper (2)
• Long Dash (1)
• Northern Broken-Dash (26)
• Little Glassywing (2)
• Delaware Skipper (7)
• Mulberry Wing (4)
• Broad-winged Skipper (11)
• Black Dash (13)
• Dun Skipper (32)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail (4)
• Checkered White
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• American Snout (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Northern Crescent
• Question Mark
• Eastern Comma
• Mourning Cloak
• Red Admiral
• Common Buckeye (3)
• Red-spotted Purple (4)
• Viceroy (6)
• Hackberry Emperor
• Eyed Brown
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Common Sootywing
• Least Skipper
• Northern Broken-Dash

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: West Beltline near Rimrock
Dane County
This was the first, and so far only painted lady I’ve seen this year.

• Painted Lady (1)

NABA count, 12 observers
Location: NABA Beaver Creek Reserve count
Eau Claire County

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (6)
• Cabbage White (42)
• Clouded Sulphur (29)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• American Copper (16)
• Coral Hairstreak (4)
• Banded Hairstreak (9)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (25)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (12)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (13)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (8)
• Meadow Fritillary (6)
• Northern Crescent (1)
• American Lady (9)
• Painted Lady (4)
• Red Admiral (22)
• White Admiral (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (3)
• Eyed Brown (12)
• Common Wood-Nymph (27)
• Monarch (109)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (9)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (2)
• Crossline Skipper (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (14)
• Delaware Skipper (11)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Dun Skipper (127)

Mike Kirch
Location: Heckrodt Nature Preserve
Winnebago County

• Cabbage White (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Painted Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Appalachian Brown (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (1)
• Monarch (1)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County
All of the 3 Checkered Whites I’ve seen this summer in Madison have been females…

• Pipevine Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Checkered White
• Cabbage White
• Orange Sulphur
• Little Yellow
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• Mourning Cloak
• Red Admiral
• Common Buckeye
• Red-spotted Purple
• Viceroy
• Monarch
• Least Skipper
• Fiery Skipper
• Peck’s Skipper

Cathy Burrell
Location: Village of Paddock Lake
Kenosha County
All sightings occurred either in my yard or near the lake between 10 am and 2 pm.

• Cabbage White (5)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (4)

Andy Paulios
Location: Mead Wildlife Area
Marathon County
Quick jaunt between meetings around the excellent visitor center!

• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (5)
• Dun Skipper (1)

NABA count Karl and Dorothy Legler and others
Location: NABA Sister Bay count
Door County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Orange Sulphur (3)
• Dorcas Copper (22)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (4)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (4)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (8)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (7)
• Northern Crescent (38)
• Gray Comma (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Viceroy (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (39)
• Eyed Brown (25)
• Appalachian Brown (12)
• Little Wood-Satyr (8)
• Common Wood-Nymph (78)
• Monarch (20)
• Northern Cloudywing (1)
• Least Skipper (9)
• European Skipper (3)
• Peck’s Skipper (18)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (16)
• Long Dash (4)
• Northern Broken-Dash (9)
• Delaware Skipper (11)
• Black Dash (3)
• Dun Skipper (56)

Mike Reese
Location: Dunbar Barrens area
Marinette County

• Mustard White (1)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• Coral Hairstreak (9)
• Edwards’ Hairstreak (3)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Atlantis Fritillary (1)
• Northern Crescent (4)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (3)
• European Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (3)
• Dun Skipper (30+)

Mike Reese
Location: Tie Mill Rd. area
Florence County

• Mustard White (6)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Atlantis Fritillary (8)
• Northern Crescent (10+)
• Gray Comma (3)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Northern Pearly-eye (20+)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (5)
• European Skipper (5+)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Long Dash (10+)
• Northern Broken-Dash (10+)
• Dion Skipper (2)
• Dun Skipper (200+)

Nathan Robertson
Location: Devil’s Lake State Park
Sauk County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Juniper Hairstreak
• Gray Hairstreak
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Meadow Fritillary
• Northern Crescent
• Red Admiral
• Red-spotted Purple
• Viceroy
• Tawny Emperor
• Eyed Brown
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• Common Sootywing
• Least Skipper
• Fiery Skipper
• Peck’s Skipper

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
This was my first sighting of a Common Checkered-Skipper. All individuals were flying erratically in a harvested oat field, and only briefly stopped to rest or nectar.

• Common Checkered-Skipper (4+)

Ron Arnold
Location: marshy areas in the towns of Seneca and Cranmoor
Wood County

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Variegated Fritillary (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Common Buckeye (3)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Monarch (4)
• Least Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area
Price County

• Orange Sulphur (1)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (10+)
• Atlantis Fritillary (5)
• Northern Crescent (10+)
• Northern Pearly-eye (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (10+)
• Monarch (2)
• Least Skipper (3)
• Peck’s Skipper (5)
• Long Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (100+)

David Drexler
Location: Raymond Ridge park, Madison
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail (12+)
• Cabbage White (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (8)
• Monarch (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

David Drexler
Location: North Kettle Moraine
Fond Du Lac County

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Harvester (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (5)
• Swamp Metalmark (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Common Buckeye (2)
• Viceroy (2)
• Common Wood-Nymph (12+)
• Monarch (12+)

joan braune
Location: friend’s house between Mazomanie and Sauk City
Dane County
This was my first Juniper Hairstreak, a butterfly I’ve been wanting to see. It was on the gas grill on my friend’s deck! There was a stand of red cedars nearby.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Juniper Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)

Cathy Burrell
Location: Village of Paddock Lake
Kenosha County
I am fairly new to butterflying and this was the first time I had seen an Eastern Tailed-Blue, ‘Summer’ Spring Azure, and Peck’s Skipper!

• Cabbage White (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure (1)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (2)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)

Paul Renaud
Location: My backyard garden
Green Lake County
He seemed overly excited about the red phlox.This is the first year that the phlox has had a chance to bloom because of deer.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: White River Marsh
Green Lake County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Cabbage White (5)
• Bronze Copper (2)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (10)
• Viceroy (1)
• Eyed Brown (1)
• Monarch (5)
• Mulberry Wing (1)
• Broad-winged Skipper (5)
• Black Dash (1)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Red Admiral (2)
• Eyed Brown (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (6)
• Dun Skipper (6)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Black Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• ‘Summer’ Spring Azure
• American Snout
• Great Spangled Fritillary
• Northern Crescent
• Eastern Comma
• Mourning Cloak
• Painted Lady
• Red Admiral
• Common Buckeye
• Red-spotted Purple
• Viceroy
• Tawny Emperor
• Common Wood-Nymph
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• Common Checkered-Skipper
• Least Skipper
• Fiery Skipper
• Peck’s Skipper
• Northern Broken-Dash
• Dun Skipper

Cathy Burrell
Location: Village of Paddock Lake
Kenosha County
A very busy few hours of butterflying! The weather was beautiful and there were so many butterflies that I couldn’t keep up with them.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Cabbage White (7)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Orange Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Viceroy (1)
• Monarch (2)
• Fiery Skipper (2)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Pipevine Swallowtail
• Black Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sulphur
• Orange Sulphur
• Banded Hairstreak
• Eastern Tailed-Blue
• Meadow Fritillary
• Northern Crescent
• Eastern Comma
• Red Admiral
• Red-spotted Purple
• Hackberry Emperor
• Tawny Emperor
• Monarch
• Silver-spotted Skipper
• Common Checkered-Skipper
• Common Sootywing
• Least Skipper
• Fiery Skipper
• Peck’s Skipper

Sandy and Elijah Fyffe
Location: Sheboygan Falls
Sheboygan County
Found American Lady lunching on Purple Coneflower.

• American Lady (1)

Curt Rogers
Location: North shore of Lake Como
Walworth County
We are raising Monarchs, having become a listed

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Monarch (2)

Andy Paulios
Location: McFarland, WI High School Lawn
Dane County
Nectaring on flowering clover.

• Fiery Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: backyard garden in Plover
Portage County
Caterpillar on Pipevine (Aristolochia macrophylla).

• Pipevine Swallowtail (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

• Dainty Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (1)
• Striped Hairstreak (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (5)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (7)
• Northern Crescent (2)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• White Admiral (2)
• Northern Pearly-eye (1)
• Common Wood-Nymph (2)
• Northern Broken-Dash (1)
• Dun Skipper (2)

Callen Harty
Location: Edna Taylor Conservation Park, Madison
Dane County
Saw this on a leaf at the edge of a spot of grasses next to the woods, with a school yard just past the grassy edge.

• Peck’s Skipper (1)

Sharon Morgan
Location: In my front flowerbed…full of all types of flowers to draw them in…
Winnebago County
Usually when I try to get close they fly away…today was great! I got quite a few nice pictures…it was like he wanted me to take his picture…

• Monarch

Dan Foster
Location: Germantown
Washington County
Regularly seeing a dozen or more spread throughout flowering weeds and tall grass surrounding yard.

• Cabbage White (12)

Dan Foster
Location: Germantown
Washington County
Saw this for the first time in this area flitting about and perching on tree leaves. Beautiful in the sunlight.

• Red-spotted Purple (1)

Dave Fallow
Location: Madison
Dane County

• Pipevine Swallowtail
• Black Swallowtail
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Cabbage White
• Clouded Sul