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!!”
Tag Archives: Howard County
Central Nebraska Zabulon Skipper Record
On May 26 Dr. Jacob Cooper (assistant biology professor at University of Nebraska at Kearney) photographed a skipper along a wooded section the Dannebrog Bike-Hike trail adjacent to Oak Creek just west of Dannebrog in Howard County. After posting it to iNaturalist it was determined to be a male Zabulon Skipper – an identification IContinue reading “Central Nebraska Zabulon Skipper Record”
More Marine Blues, Pt. 2
Since our last post on Marine Blues (Leptotes marina) a week ago observers have come through with sightings from eight additional new counties. Diane Miller found them on alfalfa in Boone and Madison counties, Joanne Langabee and Holly Hoffreiter recorded the species while doing a butterfly survey at Homestead National Monument east of Beatrice inContinue reading “More Marine Blues, Pt. 2”
Three more county records!!
On July 5 Colin Croft found a Least Skipper in a moist valley in the Wildcat Hills in Scotts Bluff County, a county where it had not previously been reported. Then three days later Jon Nikkila sighted a couple more Least Skippers at North Loup State Recreation Area in Howard County (again previously unreported) whileContinue reading “Three more county records!!”
Working for Them – 3 Days, 3 Species
Day 1 – Friday July 3rd I decided it was time to cross Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela) off my list before they disappeared for the season. Their normal flight period is mid June to early July so there was not much time to spare. They inhabit open woodlands/woodland margins. My spot of last resortContinue reading “Working for Them – 3 Days, 3 Species”