Hi folks, Well, the numbers of butterflies have dropped substantially in the last week or so here in Shelby County. Still, today's field trip turned in a good number of species and individuals. Note that these numbers are estimates except for those less than 10. Clouded Sulphur - 1 Orange Sulphur - 10 Cloudless Sulphur - 6 Little Yellow - 3 Dainty Sulphur - 75 Gray Hairstreak - 30 Eastern Tailed-Blue - 40 American Snout - 1 Gulf Fritillary - 1 Variegated Fritillary - 1 Phaon Crescent - 20 Pearl Crescent - 75 Question Mark - 5 Eastern Comma - 3 Red Admiral - 8 Common Buckeye - 5 Red-spotted Purple - 10 Viceroy - 2 Hackberry Emperor - 1 Carolina Satyr - 1 Monarch - 1 Common/White Checkered-Skipper - 10 Clouded Skipper - 1 Least Skipper - 25 Fiery Skipper - 100 Little Glassywing - 2 Bart Jones Memphis, Shelby County