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| Field Trip Report: Prairie Ridge
State Natural Area July 10, 2005 We had a hot, dry
and sunny day for butterfly hunting at this neat prairie site near
Newton, IL. Although butterflies have been scarce lately, we saw more
than we expected (12 species total) as well as 7 dragonfly species and
many other cool bugs. Many interesting prairie plants were also
seen. Our complete species list was: black swallowtail, tiger
swallowtail, cabbage white,
orange sulphur, clouded sulphur, cloudless sulphur, little yellow,
eastern tailed blue, painted lady, pearl crescent, monarch, and least
skipper. The dragonfly species list was: common whitetail,
twelve-spotted skimmer, widow skimmer, eastern pondhawk, blue dasher,
eastern amberwing, and black saddlebag. See
below for a few photos.
*If anyone wants to provide more
complete identification or corrections for any of the below items, feel free to contact the club by email* |
 Male black swallowtail in flight
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Common whitetail dragonfly patrolling his territory. |
 Eastern forktail damselfly eating a small insect.. Notice the small mite (dot) underneath the front part of its abdomen. |
 An pretty little notuid moth (Green Leuconycta Leuconycta diphteroides) with coloration like lichen. |
 A mating pair of milkweed longhorn beetles. |
 Another milkweed longhorn beetle. |
 Female amberwing dragonfly in obelisk (thermoregulating) posture. |
 Male amberwing dragonfly in obelisk posture. |
 Surprise - a Japanese beetle that isn't eating up your yard! |
 Shield bug on white wild indigo. |
 Soldier beetle on rattlesnake master. |
 One of the world's hundreds of thousands of weevil species. |
 An immature Chinese mantid lurks in the prairie... |
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