Butterfly Sighting Lists

Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• Olympia Marble (15+)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Juniper Hairstreak (1)
• Spring Azure (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (4)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (1)

joan braune
Location: picnic point, madison
Dane County
Both yesterday and today i saw the meadow fritillaries late in the afternoon.

• Meadow Fritillary (4+)

Mike Reese
Location: Bowers Creek Fishery Area
Waushara County
First of the year.

• Mustard White (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Woodman, Millville and Wyalusing
Grant County
I was shocked to find two Olympia Marbles at Woodman and Millville is really buzzing. The first DNR trail on HWY C west of HWY 133 that goes up to the mile high prairie was just full of butterflies. Two of the three Swallowtails were black females.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Olympia Marble (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (30+)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• Spring Azure (6)
• Question Mark (2)
• Eastern Comma (20+)
• Mourning Cloak (3)
• American Lady (20+)
• Red Admiral (30+)
• Sleepy Duskywing (2+)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (30+)

Adrian M. Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Mourning Cloak (2)
• Red Admiral (1)

Scott Monsma
Location: Madison, West side
Dane County
The four were chasing each other above my garden and around the trees, usually staying within 1–2 feet of each other, and about 10–20 feet above ground. Ocassionally one or two would break off and land for a moment or two.

• Red Admiral (4)

Mike Reese
Location: North of Mount Morris
Waushara County

• Henry’s Elfin (4)
• Spring Azure (2)
• Silvery Blue (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: West Bloomfield Township
Waushara County
Henry’s Elfins in the same spot as last year plus one additional individual across the road near cabin!

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Henry’s Elfin (6)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (4)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (3)

Ann Thering and David Eide
Location: Mirror Lake State Park
Sauk County

• Olympia Marble (3)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (3)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (5+)
• Silvery Blue (10+)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (5+)
• Red Admiral (8+)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (8+)

Mike Reese
Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area
Price County

• Brown Elfin (12)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Dreamy Duskywing (1)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Roche a Cri St. Pk.
Adams County

• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Silvery Blue (3)

Mike Reese
Location: Bowers Creek Fishery Area
Waushara County

• Mustard White (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (1)

Andy Paulios
Location: Cook Arboretum
Rock County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Avoca West Side
Iowa County

• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (4)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (10+)

Todd Sima
Location: Baxters Hollow
Sauk County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Mourning Cloak (4)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (6)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Lake Farm Park, 9 springs Eway, Madison,WI
Dane County
Red adminrals commonly spotted. Saw 3 to 4 Mourning Cloaks along path at Lake Farm Park that goes through the woods on the west end of the park.

• Cabbage White
• Question Mark
• Eastern Comma
• Mourning Cloak
• Red Admiral

Ann Thering and David Eide
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• Olympia Marble (4)
• American Copper (4+)
• American Lady (2)

Ann Thering and David Eide
Location: Baxter’s Hollow
Sauk County
The elfins were basking on the road.

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (3)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (4)

Royan Webb
Location: 9 Springs
Dane County
Rather scruffy individual

• Red Admiral (1)

Scott Monsma
Location: Meadowood neighborhood, Madison WI
Dane County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Plainfield TriCounty School Forest
Waushara County

• Olympia Marble (6)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• Spring Azure (8)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)

Ilona Loser
Location: along Ice Age Trail (Lewis Street section - Cross Plains)
Dane County

• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)

Todd Sima
Location: My driveway
Richland County

• Eastern Pine Elfin (3)
• Red Admiral (2)

Todd Sima
Location: Arena Boat Landing Area
Sauk County

• Clouded Sulphur (5+)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Monarch (2)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR MUSCADA UNIT
Grant County
The Grass Skippers are back!

• Clouded Sulphur (20+)
• American Copper (6)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (3)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Eastern Comma (2)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (10+)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (3)

Mike Reese
Location: North of Mount Morris
Waushara County

• Harvester (1)
• Henry’s Elfin (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Spring Azure (3)
• Silvery Blue (4)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (1)

Adrian Konell
Location: Lake Township
Marinette County

• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)

Ann Thering
Location: UW -Madison Arboretum
Dane County
A quick stop at the Arb. My first Pearl Crescents of the year.

• Pearl Crescent (2)
• American Lady (2)

Ann Thering
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie
Dane County
Bird’s foot violet and shooting stars are blooming.

• Black Swallowtail (2)
• Giant Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Question Mark (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)

Mike Reese
Location: North of Mount Morris
Waushara County

• Olympia Marble (5)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Henry’s Elfin (1)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Silvery Blue (8)
• American Lady (3)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (4)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Brockway township
Jackson County

• Olympia Marble (4)
• Brown Elfin (1)
• Hoary Elfin (1)
• Henry’s Elfin (1)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (3)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (2)
• Sleepy Duskywing (1)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (2)

Mike Reese
Location: South of Coloma, Chafee Creek
Waushara County
First Gorgone Checkerspots of the year!

• Olympia Marble (3)
• American Copper (3)
• Silvery Blue (4)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (7)
• American Lady (3)

Andy Paulios
Location: Wyalusing State Park
Grant County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (5)
• Giant Swallowtail (10)
• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Spring Azure (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (4)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County

• Cabbage White (1)
• American Copper (1)
• American Lady (1)

Jeff Belth
Location: Brockway Rd.
Jackson County

• Olympia Marble (5)
• American Copper (5)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (5)
• Meadow Fritillary (2)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (20)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (7)
• Sleepy Duskywing (1)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (1)
• Persius Duskywing (3)
• Cobweb Skipper (20)
• Dusted Skipper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County

• American Copper (2)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)

Tom Bentley
Location: Riley Lake Bog
Price County
12 Boloria fritillaries and some unidentified duskywings.
IDS are unknown at this time pending review of the photos.

• Harvester (1)
• Brown Elfin (5000+)
• Spring Azure (15+)
• Mourning Cloak (6)
• American Lady (6)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Red-disked Alpine (2)

Rhonda Hansen
Location: Brockway- Across from Wazee
Jackson County
Monarch was fairly fresh

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Olympia Marble (10+)
• Harvester (3)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (10+)
• Silvery Blue (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Pearl Crescent (1)
• Mourning Cloak (4)
• American Lady (5)
• Monarch (1)
• Dreamy Duskywing (5)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (5)
• Persius Duskywing (5)
• Cobweb Skipper (4)

Mike Reese
Location: Brockway across from Wazee Park
Jackson County
45 minutes on the way home.

• Olympia Marble (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Henry’s Elfin (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (3)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Dreamy Duskywing (1)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (3)
• Persius Duskywing (2)
• Cobweb Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area
Price County
Ice on the bog at 9:30!

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Brown Elfin (70+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (14)
• Frigga Fritillary (2)
• Freija Fritillary (5)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (9)
• Red Admiral (8)
• Red-disked Alpine (3)
• Jutta Arctic (2)
• Monarch (1)
• Dreamy Duskywing (20+)

Ann Thering
Location: Bauer-Brockway Barrens
Jackson County
Gorgone Checkerspots galore!

• Olympia Marble (9+)
• American Copper (10+)
• Henry’s Elfin (1)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (4)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (40)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (6)
• Monarch (1)
• Sleepy Duskywing (1)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (2)
• Persius Duskywing (2)
• Cobweb Skipper (4)
• Dusted Skipper (4)

Todd Sima
Location: Goose Island
Vernon County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Hobomok Skipper (2)

Southern Wisconsin Butterfly Association field trip: 12 participants
Location: Bauer-Brockway Barrens area
Jackson County
A very successful first ever field trip of SWBA. Gorgone Checkerspots were abundant with at least 5 mated pairs noted. Sun in the morning gave way to a short period of rain before the sun and butterflies were back. First Karners of the year!

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (7)
• Olympia Marble (20+)
• Clouded Sulphur (10+)
• Harvester (2)
• American Copper (10+)
• Brown Elfin (3)
• Hoary Elfin (2)
• Henry’s Elfin (1)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (3)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (2)
• Silvery Blue (2)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (10+)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (100+)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (10+)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (5)
• Northern Cloudywing (2)
• Dreamy Duskywing (10+)
• Sleepy Duskywing (4)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (10+)
• Persius Duskywing (4)
• Cobweb Skipper (20+)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Dusted Skipper (10+)

Ann Thering
Location: Bauer-Brockway Barrens
Jackson County
More photos from the SWBA field trip

• Gorgone Checkerspot

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Fifield Township
Price County
Wisconsin Frigga Fritillaries look somewhat different from illustrations in Glassberg and Kaufman. HW costal spot need not be solid white. Thin white crescent in middle of HW. Violet coloration on underside of HW is reduced. Photo is poor but shows the patterns.

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (6)
• Frigga Fritillary (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Dreamy Duskywing (6)

Todd Sima
Location: Hardscrabble SNA
Lafayette County

• Cabbage White (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (50+)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (1)
• Pearl Crescent (10+)
• Question Mark (1)
• Eastern Comma (1)
• American Lady (5+)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Monarch (3)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (2)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
Found 1 Monarch egg on Common Milkweed.

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (1)
• Meadow Fritillary (1)
• Monarch (5+)

Andy Paulios
Location: County Road PF
Sauk County
West of Prairie du Sac.

• Clouded Sulphur (10)
• Common Sootywing (1)

Ann Thering
Location: Spring Green Preserve
Sauk County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Clouded Sulphur (6)
• American Copper (20+)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Common Buckeye (1)
• Monarch (4)
• Dusted Skipper (6)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Avoca West Side
Iowa County
Also four Spangled Skimmers!

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (4)
• Giant Swallowtail (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (6)
• American Copper (5+)
• ‘Spring’ Spring Azure (1)
• Pearl Crescent (10)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Viceroy (5+)
• Monarch (5+)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (2)
• Common Sootywing (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (10+)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (4)

Mike Reese
Location: Lunch Creek Fishery Area, Highway 21
Waushara County
Stopped and checked for my first Pepper and Salt, Arctic, and Hobomok Skippers of the year.

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Lady (2)
• Arctic Skipper (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (1)

Tod Highsmith
Location: Dorothy Carnes Park
Jefferson County
Made a short visit to this park just west of Fort Atkinson. The crescents and Red-spotted Purple were puddling together on wet mud. Also many Dot-tailed Whitefaces and 26 Am. White Pelicans.

• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Red Admiral (6)
• Red-spotted Purple (1)

Jorgen Goderstad
Location: Nine Springs Eway, south of Madison
Dane County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Cabbage White (1)
• Red Admiral (5)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County
Cloudy and cool with scattered rain.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• American Copper (1)

Ron Arnold
Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County
Cloudy and cool with scattered rain.

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Copper (3)
• Monarch (4)
• Arctic Skipper (1)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Bauer Rd and Black River State Forest
Jackson County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (9)
• Olympia Marble (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (6)
• American Copper (18)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (4)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (6)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (9)
• Northern Crescent (4)
• Question Mark (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (5)
• Red Admiral (10)
• Viceroy (2)
• Monarch (3)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (5)
• Persius Duskywing (2)
• Arctic Skipper (4)
• Cobweb Skipper (1)
• Indian Skipper (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (10)
• Dusted Skipper (4)

Joan Braune
Location: Owen Park
Dane County

• Red Admiral (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR Muscada from DNR Pier to Lake Paffernath
Grant County
Two Spangled Skimmers were also found on the hill by the DNR Pier.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• American Copper (3)
• Pearl Crescent (5+)
• Red Admiral (20+)
• Red-spotted Purple (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (30+)
• Monarch (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (20+)

Todd Sima
Location: Bakens Pond Area
Sauk County

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Red Admiral (5+)
• Little Wood-Satyr (2)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Peck’s Skipper (2)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

Ann Thering
Location: Walking Iron
Dane County
Also saw an eight-spotted forester.

• Black Swallowtail (1)
• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Giant Swallowtail (5)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• American Copper (5)
• American Lady (2)
• Red Admiral (2)
• Little Wood-Satyr (8)
• Monarch (3)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)

Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Lone Rock and Avoca west of Avoca Lake
Iowa County

• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (1)
• Question Mark (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• Red Admiral (5)
• Red-spotted Purple (3)
• Little Wood-Satyr (5)
• Monarch (1)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Common Sootywing (1)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (9)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Danbury Wildlife Area
Burnett County

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (6)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (5)
• Western Tailed-Blue (2)
• Silvery Blue (20+)
• American Lady (3)
• Common Ringlet (2)
• Monarch (3)
• Northern Cloudywing (2)
• Dreamy Duskywing (10+)
• Juvenal’s Duskywing (8)
• Persius Duskywing (1)
• Indian Skipper (3)
• Hobomok Skipper (4)
• Dusted Skipper (4)
• Common Roadside-Skipper (2)

Mike Reese
Location: Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area
Burnett County
Very windy, mostly cloudy, and temps in the low 60s.

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (3)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (8)
• Monarch (4)

Lori Wucherer
Location: South Milwaukee (across from Grant Park)
Milwaukee County
Several red admirals lit on my lilac tree

• Red Admiral (3)

Ron Arnold
Location: Wood County Wildlife Area west of Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County
Cloudy and breezy with very brief periods of sunshine.
Also saw a Whooping Crane.

• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Pink-edged Sulphur (2)
• Purplish Copper (1)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Mourning Cloak (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (1)
• Monarch (5)
• Hobomok Skipper (1)

Mike Reese
Location: Riley Lake Wildlife Area
Price County
I also saw Harris’ Checkerspot or Baltimore Checkerspot caterpillars feeding on a nontypical hostplant for these species. I also saw four mated pairs of this robber fly and what I have always felt was my favorite Wisconsin wild flower, Gay-wings (Polygala paucifolia).

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (23)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• American Copper (1)
• Brown Elfin (1)
• Spring Azure (2)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (1)
• Gray Comma (1)
• Mourning Cloak (2)
• American Lady (3)
• Red Admiral (1)
• Monarch (5)
• Dreamy Duskywing (4)
• Arctic Skipper (20+)
• Hobomok Skipper (8)
• Pepper and Salt Skipper (9)

Ron Arnold
Location: Wood County Wildlife Area west of Sandhill Wildlife Area
Wood County

• Dreamy Duskywing (1)

Todd Sima
Location: Hardscrabble SNA
Lafayette County

• Giant Swallowtail (4)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Pearl Crescent (5+)
• Question Mark (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Red-spotted Purple (4)
• Viceroy (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (25+)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (3)
• Least Skipper (2)
• Peck’s Skipper (2)
• Tawny-edged Skipper (3)
• Hobomok Skipper (5+)
• Dun Skipper (5)

joan braune
Location: Grady Tract/Greene Prairie
Dane County

• Clouded Sulphur (1)
• American Lady (1)
• Red Admiral (3)
• Viceroy (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (22+)

David Minett
Location: North Germantown
Washington County
In a clearing in my wooded back yard. 1 would fly up, then land in exactly the same spot. He did this several times in the course of an hr. Another came by and then a chase would ensue. Very interesting

• Red Admiral (3)

David Drexler and Ann Edahl
Location: Bauer Brockway and Dike 13 area
Jackson County
Found two mating pairs of Karners!

• Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (3)
• Clouded Sulphur (4)
• American Copper (3)
• Eastern Pine Elfin (1)
• ‘Karner’ Melissa Blue (15+)
• Silver-bordered Fritillary (2)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (4)
• American Lady (1)
• Viceroy (2)
• Common Ringlet (2)
• Monarch (3)
• Dreamy Duskywing (4)
• Persius Duskywing (4)
• Arctic Skipper (1)
• Cobweb Skipper (1)
• Indian Skipper (1)
• Peck’s Skipper (1)
• Dusted Skipper (5+)

Todd Sima
Location: LWR MUSCADA AND BLUE RIVER UNITS
Grant County

• Giant Swallowtail (2)
• Clouded Sulphur (2)
• Eastern Tailed-Blue (1)
• Pearl Crescent (2)
• Red Admiral (10+)
• Viceroy (1)
• Hackberry Emperor (1)
• Little Wood-Satyr (10+)
• Monarch (2)
• Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
• Hobomok Skipper (5+)

Ron Arnold
Location: town of Seneca
Wood County

• Indian Skipper (1)