Author Archives: Roger

colias philodice Friday, August 6, 1999 — 9:30 am Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois This butterfly was flitting low over the path and the mowed grass along the edge of a large, weedy field on the Letherleaf Bog trail. It rarely … Continue reading →

colias eurytheme Friday, August 6, 1999 — 9:10 am Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois I was walking through an open weedy glade about halfway around the Leatherleaf Bog trail. The sulphur was flitting over the path and the grass along its … Continue reading →

papilio glaucus Friday, August 6, 1999 — 8:45 am Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois I was walking in the wrong direction around the Leatherleaf Bog trail on the section it shares with the Lake Defiance trail. Just before the junction (or … Continue reading →

zapus hudsonius Friday, August 6, 1999 — 8:15 am Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois I was walking the trail around the marsh at McHenry Dam. As I was entering the grassy area by the half-way point, I saw a miniature kangaroo. … Continue reading →

battus philenor Monday, July 26, 1999 — 10:00 am Pope County, Arkansas — Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge This butterfly competes with the Giant Swallowtail as my favorite so far. I had been seeing them all morning, wherever there were … Continue reading →