Here are the totals from the Thistlethwate Count conducted on Saturday,
May 23. Not bad, 36 species, over 900 individuals. Nothing new, but still fun
to see so many butterflies. Thanks to Jean and Jeff Trahan, Rosemary Seidler
and Vickie LeFevers for all of their hard work
2 Pipevine ST;
9 Black Swallowtail
32 Giant Swallowtail
21 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
11 Spicebush Swallowtail
1 Orange Sul
3 Cloudless Sulphur
4 Little Yellow
3 Red-banded Hairstreak
1 Grey HS
398 American Snout
2 Monarchs
2 Silvery Checkerspot
3 Phaon Cres
14 Pearl Crescent
192 Question Mark
3 American Lady
1 Red Adm
45 Common Buckeye
53 Red-spotted Purple
12 Viceroy
6 Goatweed Leafwing
25 Hackberry Emperor
2 Tawny Emperor
1 So Pearly-eye
6 Carolina Satyr
1 Gemmed Satyr
4 Little Wood Satyr
2 Silver-spotted Skipper
35 Horace's Duskywing
1 Zarucco Duskywing
2 Common Checkered-Skipper
4 Clouded Skipper
2 Fiery Sks
29 Dukes Sks
1 Dun Sk
Craig Marks
