OT - Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge NABA Butterfly Count results

[Steve_Kahl at fws.gov]

The first annual Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge NABA Butterfly Count
was conducted on July 6.  Five participants found 30 species of butterfly
and counted 1,266 individuals.  The most common species were red admiral
(249), cabbage white (223), common wood nymph (199), monarch (189), and
clouded sulphur (131).  The rarest species found was one American snout.
Other uncommon species included banded hairstreak, American lady, and tawny
emperor.  Four new species for the refuge’s butterfly list were found,
including eyed brown, Appalachian brown, northern broken-dash, and dun
skipper.

Tell your friends who may want to participate next year!

The complete list includes:

black swallowtail - 21
eastern tiger swallowtail - 2
cabbage white - 223
clouded sulphur - 131
orange sulphur  - 86
bronze copper - 11
banded hairstreak - 4
eastern tailed-blue - 4
American snout - 1
great spangled fritillary - 10
pearl crescent - 4
question mark - 4
eastern comma - 6
mourning cloak - 2
American lady - 5
red admiral - 249
viceroy - 40
tawny emperor - 1
northern pearly-eye - 16
eyed brown – 5
Appalachian brown - 1
little wood-satyr – 3
common wood-nymph - 199
monarch - 189
silver-spotted skipper - 2
European skipper - 5
northern broken-dash - 5
little glassywing - 10
Delaware skipper – 36
dun skipper - 36

Steven Kahl
Refuge Manager
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
6975 Mower Road
Saginaw, MI  48601-9783
P (989) 777-5930 ext 16
F (989) 777-9200
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/shiawassee/