Gratiot / Saginaw SGA

It was a excellent day for butterfling. My brother, Tom, and I met at Gratiot / Saginaw SGA on Saturday (June 7). Butterflies were out and about by 9am.
From 9am til noon, 16 species were counted.
1. Silver-spotted Skipper
2. Arctic Skipper
3. Least Skipper
4. Hobomok Skipper
5. Giant Swallowtail
6. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
7. Spicebush Swallowtail
8. White sp.
9. Eastern Pine Elfin
10. Pearl Crescent
11. Northern Crescent
12. Harris' Checkerspot (a lifer for me)
13. Red-spotted Purple
14. Viceroy
15. American Lady
16. Little Wood Satyr

Harris' Checkerspot - 6/7/2014 Gratiot-Saginaw SGA

                                   














Arctic Skipper - 6/7/2014  Gratiot-Saginaw SGA