Category Archives: gray hairstreak

Chasing the Elusive Red Admiral–Big Year Update #16

Posted on September 24, 2022 by the roused bear

With summer ending I wanted to make one last trip. This time, rather than visiting some new location I thought I would visit a couple of sites I had been to before. I planned to visit the Barkhausen-Cache River Wetlands … Continue reading →

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Another Day in the Prairie

Posted on July 5, 2021 by the roused bear

I went to Medora Prairie this morning, and did what I do–wandered around with a camera trying to find butterflies. And I found some. One of the first butterflies I saw was this coral hairstreak. It was a first-of-the year … Continue reading →

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This Morning Before the Rain…

Posted on September 7, 2019 by the roused bear

I went on a prairie walk at Tipton Prairie in Greene County, Iowa.  The prairie was quite spectacular today.  The vegetation that is found there is quite rare. This is a fiery skipper. I think this flower fly is Toxomerus … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Prairie Walk

Posted on September 8, 2018 by the roused bear

I went on a nature walk today, organized by the Iowa Prairie Network, at the property of Bill and Sibylla Brown.  They have land in southern Iowa, and have done a lot of work to restore the biological function of … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Faces

Posted on August 14, 2017 by the roused bear

Sometimes when you get up close and personal with butterflies you see some things that are surprising.  Butterflies can be unusual creatures, but have you really taken a close look at them? Check out the spots on the eyes of … Continue reading →

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Good Day to be Outside

Posted on September 3, 2016 by the roused bear

It was a good day to be outside today.  I went down to Medora Prairie–I was not feeling my best, but I thought some butterfly action might cheer me up. Cabbage whites are pretty common in Iowa, but they can … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Butterflies

Posted on August 29, 2016 by the roused bear

Sunday was a great day for butterflies. Giant swallowtails are not common here, but they are large so I see them often enough.  I have tried to get a good photo of one around our house for years, and I … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 3, 2013 by the roused bear

New England Asters are really attracting butterflies now–mostly orange sulfurs. And, I saw a nice gray hairstreak and was able to spend some time photographing it. Oh, yeah–I was laid off from my job today, too–part of the federal government … Continue reading →

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A Field of Butterflies

Posted on September 2, 2012 by the roused bear

Butterfies are normally very common this time of year.  But we have had a drought, and they seem a lot less common than normal. Today my wife and I went on a trip to southern Iowa–she was doing some geneological … Continue reading →

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History of the Butterfly, Part 37: Henry’s List

Posted on November 6, 2010 by the roused bear

In the April, 1870 edition of American Entomologist and Botanist, Henry W. Parker published a list of butterflies found in Iowa.  It included a list of butterflies previously reported by Mr. Samuel Scudder as having been found in Iowa, and thirteen species … Continue reading →

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