Category Archives: Insects

nymphalis antiopa Tuesday, June 17, 2003 — 3:54 pm Ringwood, Illinois — Glacial Park I took the afternoon off work and drove up to look (unsuccessfully) for Dickcissels. I walked the Deerpath Trail counterclockwise. On the wooded hill near the bench, … Continue reading →

limenitis archippus Friday, August 6, 1999 — 9:45 am Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois I was walking the Leatherleaf Bog trail through an area of bushes and brush not far beyond the two marshes near the trailhead. The Viceroy flashed past … Continue reading →

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 →