Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, April 26, 2012

List of insect species seen:

Butterflies and Skippers:
Pearl Crescent
Clouded Sulphur
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Orange sulphur
American Lady
Colias, white form females
Red Admiral
American Snout
Anglewing, Polygonia
Black Swallowtail (tentative id)
Great Spangled Fritillary
Cloudywing

Moths:
Deep Yellow Euchlaena
Celery Webworm Moth


Dragonflies
Common Whitetail




Birds noticed:
Northern Parula
Blue-winged Warbler

Runge Nature Center, Cole County, Missouri

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Highlight of the day: dozens of Red Admirals; late afternoon there were at least 20 on a single bush

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Red Admiral
Monarch
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Juniper Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Eastern Tent Caterpillars

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Milkweed Longhorn
Rove Beetle
Whirligig Beetles

Common Green Darner (ovipositing)
Common Whitetails (ovipositing)
Spreadwing Damselfly

Flower Flies
Bumble Bee