Gray Hairstreak
| Field Trip
Report: Lincoln Trail State Park July 10, 2004 On Saturday, 4 club members
had a great day of butterflying at Lincoln Trail State Park (it was hot but
at least it was humid...). In total we identified 17 butterfly species
and 6 skippers (check out some photos below). It was also a good day
for dragonflies and other insects, so I included photos of other bugs below
as well. The most common butterfly on Saturday was the little wood satyr;
highlights included an American painted lady, a beautiful gray hairstreak,
and a little yellow.
Our complete species list was: eastern tiger swallowtail, pipevine swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, little yellow, clouded sulfur*, orange sulfur, cabbage white, gray hairstreak, eastern tailed blue, summer azure, snout butterfly*, red spotted purple, American painted lady, buckeye, great spangled fritillary, pearl crescent, little wood satyr, silver spotted skipper, Horace's skipper, Peck's skipper, black dash, least skipper, and sachem. We also saw a few unidentified anglewing spp. Below I also include a photo below of an unidentified skipper. (*were seen on the way to or from the park) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (black form of female - stripes are still visible) |
American Painted Lady |
Eastern Tailed Blue |
Horace's Duskywing
(on poop) |
Little Wood Satyr |
Pearl Crescent
|
Peck's Skipper |
Sachem skipper |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Summer Azure |
Unidentified skipper spp. |
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly (seen here "obelisking" to decrease the amount of body area exposed to the sun to regulate his body temperature) |
Halloween Pennant Dragonfly |
Blue Dasher Dragonfly (female) |
Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly |
Widow Dragonfly (male) |
Widow Dragonfly (female) |
Milkweed Longhorn Beetle |
Horsefly |
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