Iliniwek Village State Historic Site, July 13

Mosquitoes!
Unidentified Syrphid

Red-spotted purple
Little yellow
Dainty sulphur
Monarch
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Hackberry emperor

Blue dasher
Wandering glider
Unidentified damselfly

Gray catbird
Mourning dove
Carolina wren
Northern flicker

There for about 1 hour. Hiked to the long house with a stop to follow the damselfly for photos. And a stop for mosquito photos which was harder than expected. I collected 3 to key out - with 1 ant as bycatch.

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Eastern amberwing
Baskettail
Common whitetail
Widow skimmer
Eastern pondhawk
Fragile forktail

Silver-spotted skipper
Pipevine swallowtail
Dainty Sulphur
Little yellow
Orange Sulphur
Hackberry Emperor
Red admiral
Common Buckeye
Cloudless Sulphur
Monarch
Azure
Variegated Fritillary
Duskywing
Pearl crescent
Least skipper
Eastern tailed-blue

Velvet ant
Robber flies - Proctacanthus hinei, Efferia
Moth fly
Mydas fly
Bee fly
Whirlygig beetles
Planthoppers - Metcalfa pruinosa (Citrus Flatid Planthopper)
Treehopper
Water striders

Robin
Eastern kingbird
Indigo bunting
Baltimore oriole
Cardinal
Bobwhite
Red-headed woodpecker
Mourning dove
Flicker
Canada goose
Catbird
Mockingbird
Orchard oriole
Chipping sparrow
Downy woodpecker
Blue jay

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Cuivre River, June 29

We headed here hoping for a Striped Hairstreak, but none so far. Probably at least 50 Pipevine Swallowtails nectaring at purple coneflowers.

Pipevine swallowtails
Eastern Tiger swallowtail & black female
Cloudless sulphur
Little yellow
Snout
Pearl cresent
Azure
Wood satyr
Painted Lichen moth
Eastern tailed-blue
Least skipper
Silver spotted skipper
Great spangled fritillary
Monarch
Question mark
Silvery checkerspot
Celery webworms

Clubtails
Pondhawk
Widow skimmer
Eastern Amberwing
Slaty skimmer
Common whitetail
Baskettail
Blue dasher

Damselflies - several species unidentified right now.
Moesta

Louisiana waterthrush
Carolina wren
Turkey vulture
Nuthatch
Flicker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great crested flycatcher
Robin
Phoebe
Catbird
Bobwhite
Pewee
Chat





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