Polk City WA

There was a lot of activity at Polk City WA midday today.

I ended with 20 species of butterflies.

First, here are some pictures of a HACKBERRY EMPEROR:

Alongside the emperors were many RED-SPOTTED PURPLES:

Anglewings were out in force; here is a QUESTION MARK:

... and an EASTERN COMMA:

I was surprised to find some CHECKERED WHITES, not a species I see very often:

Besides the abundant Least Skippers, the only other skipper I saw was this FIERY SKIPPER:

My list of butterflies from the visit:

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail - 2

Cabbage White

Checkered White - 3

Clouded Sulphur

Orange Sulphur

Bronze Copper

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Summer Azure

Great Spangled Fritillary

Question Mark

Eastern Comma

Red Admiral

Common Buckeye

Red-spotted Purple

Viceroy

Hackberry Emperor

Monarch

Fiery Skipper

Least Skipper

There was also a lot of dragonfly activity and I ended up with 13 species.  First up are the always-airborne PRINCE BASKETTAILS:

A highlight for me was finding this SPOT-WINGED GLIDER:

In summary, here are the dragonflies I tallied:

Jade Clubtail

Prince Baskettail

Common Whitetail

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Widow Skimmer

Eastern Amberwing

Halloween Pennant

Eastern Pondhawk

Meadowhawk species

Red Saddlebags

Black Saddlebags

Wandering Glider

Spot-winged Glider

I never could stir up a BLUE DASHER until I got home and found some along the trail.

c.