Butterfly Walk at Howard County Conservancy
| Trip leaders: Kevin Heffernan, Woody Merkle, Cris Ausin, Annette Allor Recorder: Kevin Heffernan |
Date of trip: July 27, 2024 |
| Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant | Number attending: 30 |
| Details: It was a warm day with winds of ~5 mph, and a temperature from 77 to 80 degrees. The participants were split into two groups. The path started in the Clark Garden, went to the butterfly garden, then to Hodge Podge Lodge, the Cedar Trail to the Community Garden. The second group started in the Community Garden, went down the Cedar Trail to Hodge Podge Lodge, then to the Butterfly Garden, then to the Tulip Poplar loop to the three Hackberry trees, then on to the Meadow Loop back to the parking lot. | |
Silver-spotted Skipper 30 (probably an undercount)
Horace’s Duskywing 3
Least Skipper 4
Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Little Glassywing 1
Sachem 6
Zabulon Skipper 3
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 18
Spicebush Swallowtail 2
Cabbage White 12
Orange Sulphur 5
Juniper Hairstreak 5
Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Gray Hairstreak 2
Eastern Tailed-blue: 2
American Snout: 9
Pearl Crescent 5
Red Spotted-Purple 1
Hackberry Emperor 1
Monarch 2
Monarch caterpillar 1