Dick Smith Memorial Butterfly Walk

Trip leader: Kevin Heffernan, Linda Hunt, Woody Merkle, Kathy Litzinger, Cris Ausin
Photographer: Kelsey Wellons		 Date of trip: September 1, 2024
Location: Elkhorn Garden Plots Number attending: 20
Details: The day started cloudy and cool with a forecast of a midday shower. The temperature ranged from mid 70’s to 80 degrees as the sun occasionally appeared. The participants split into two groups as they walked around the Community Garden plots. They found 17 species, more than originally anticipated.
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Group
Group

Silver spotted skipper 3
Common sootywing 1
Least skipper 21
Sachem 80+
Zabulon 1
Dun 1
Tiger swallowtail 4
Spicebush swallowtail 2
Cabbage white 9

Orange sulphur 1
Cloudless sulphur 4
Eastern tailed blue 7
Summer azure 2
Variegated fritillary 2
Pearl crescent 1
Common buckeye 1
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