Every summer since 2011, the Friends of Rouge Park have hosted a walk through the restored prairie to search for and identify butterflies. Led by butterfly enthusiast Doris Applebaum and assisted by other local butterfly lovers, it is a great opportunity for residents to learn about and see these important and beautiful pollinators. We have identified 35 species of butterflies since 2011.  A BIG Thank you to Mark Bourn and Don Drife for their gorgeous photos! (Other photos are from previous years or stock photos).

Rouge Park Butterfly Species List

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