23 monarchs extreme southwestern Iowa on July 25

[Paul Cherubini]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waubonsie_State_Park

Subject: [IA-BTRFLY] Waubonsie Butterfly Count
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:09:12 -0500
From: Loren Padelford <lpdlfrd@cox.net>
Reply-To:  IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com
         
We did our annual Waubonsie State Park Butterfly Count (Fremont County,Iowa) on 7/25.  The area counted includes Forney Lake and Waubonsie State Park.  We found 37 species.   Here is a list of what
we saw:

Zebra Swallowtail  -   3
Black Swallowtail -     1
Giant Swallowtail -     3
E. Tiger Swallowtail - 14
Checkered White -      7
Cabbage White -         16
Clouded Sulphur -       2
Orange Sulphur -       562
Little Yellow        -         27
Sleepy Orange  -          2
Bronze Copper -           2
E. Tailed-Blue   -           8
"Summer" Azure -         6
Variegated Fritillary -   13
Grt. Spangled Frit.   -     7
Silvery Checkerspot -    2
Pearl Crescent           -   4
Question Mark            -   2
E. Comma                   -   28
Painted Lady              -   7
Red Admiral                -  5
Com. Buckeye            -  6
Red-spotted Purple   -  50
Viceroy                         -  3
Hackberry Emperor    - 97
Tawny Emperor           -  1
Com. Woodnymph      -  5
Monarch                        - 23
Silver-spot. Skip.          - 31
Com. Checkered Sk.   -  7
Com. Sootywing           -  3
Fiery Sk.                         -  3
Peck's Sk.                       -  1
Tawny-edged Sk.          -  6
Delaware Sk.                 -  5
Dun Sk.                            - 2
Com. Roadside Sk.       -  1

About 975 individuals

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
lpdlfrd@cox.net