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2023 Butterfly Walk Report
For the second summer in a row now butterfly numbers have been low across SE Michigan, and this was certainly the case at the Rouge Park Prairie Butterfly walk on July 30. Perhaps the long cool spring followed by the early summer drought is to blame. Perhaps they are merely delayed and we'll see an increase in August. We hope so! However, we did see 13 species of butterflies plus a hummingbird clearwing moths. A BIG Thank you to Mark Bourn and Don Drife for their gorgeous photos! (Other photos are from previous years or stock photos).
See the full list of the 35 species identified over the last 11 years here
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Red Spotted Purple-M.Bourn
Pearl Crescent-D.Drife
Black Swallowtail
Monarch
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail-D.Drife
Silver Spotted Skipper-M.Bourn
Common Checkered Skipper-M.Bourn
Cabbage White
Summer Azure
Little Wood Satyr-M.Bourn
Viceroy
Common Wood Nymph
Northern Broken Dash
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

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