Thanks to All!!

What a great 2024! I’d like to extend a thank you to everyone contributing records and expand our understanding of Nebraska’s diverse Lepidopteran fauna. On the butterfly side one state record and ten county records were found/submitted. Lori Tomes had the find of the year when she photographed this male Diana Fritillary in Saunders CountyContinue reading “Thanks to All!!”

Two More County Records

Cathy Prettyman was going through some “old” pics recently and came across one of a Funereal Duskywing she took in Washington County back in 2019. Great pic Cathy (and a county record). I cropped Cathy’s pic a bit to bring attention to the white fringe on the hindwing. This species strays north into Nebraska fromContinue reading “Two More County Records”

Two “new” Funereal Duskywing Records

I was passing a cold winter day skimming through iNaturalist records when I came across a couple of new Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) records for the state. The first came from Colin Croft from the Wildcat Hills area (Scotts Bluff Co.) on May 22, 2020. The second was found at Sutherland Reservoir (Lincoln Co.) onContinue reading “Two “new” Funereal Duskywing Records”