Shreveport finally got some rain Thursday night and my yard had more butterflies than usual this morning. So Vicki LeFevers and I went to Eddie D. Jones Park in Shreveport this(Friday) afternoon. The liatris (liatris aspera?)was in full bloom and Gulf Fritillaries were everywhere. We also saw more Dun Skippers than I have ever seen at one time. 29 species is the best I've seen in Shreveport for a very long time. 3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (1 black form) 6 Spicebush Swallowtail 4 Orange Sulphur 11 Cloudless Sulphur 42 Little Yellow 2 Dainty Sulphur 7 Gray Hairstreak 4 Red-banded Hairstreak 2 Eastern Tailed-Blue 9 American Snout 113 Gulf Fritillary 6 Variegated Fritillary 2 Phaon Crescent 31 Pearl Crescent 5 Question Mark 11 Common Buckeye 13 Goatweed Leafwing 9 Hackberry Emperor 1 Tawny Emperor 2 Gemmed Satyr 17 Silver-spotted Skipper 19 Hoary Edge 11 Horace's Duskywing 1 Funereal Duskywing 8 Clouded Skipper 2 Fiery Skipper 47 Dun Skipper Rosemary Seidler Shreveport