Butterfly Count - Results
Striped Hairstreak, Kelly Stronks photo
2025
On Sunday, July 6, fourteen people joined Rick and Kelly Stronks in the annual Butterfly Count at the Marsh’s Falls Nature Reserve. It has a very hot and humid morning. We tallied 14 species, including one new species for the property. There were some additional species added after the group tally – some from photos that were taken during the count but only identified and confirmed after the pictures were uploaded to iNaturalist, and a few from observations by Kelly and Rick after the count.
- 1 Northern Azure (found by Rick Stronks after participants left)
- 5 Monarch (one adult seen flying after participants left plus four caterpillars)
- 2 White Admiral
- 2 Northern Pearly-eye (one seen by the group, one photographed by Mark McLean)
- 2 European Skipper (one photographed by Mark McLean, one by Jim Atkinson)
- 1 Indian Skipper (photographed by Kelly Stronks)
- 4 Peck’s Skipper
- 1 Crossline Skipper (photographed by Kelly Stronks)
- 3 Tawny-edged Skipper
- 20 Long Dash Skipper
- 1 Northern Broken-Dash (photographed by Kelly Stronks)
- 1 Hobomok Skipper
- 4 Dun Skipper
- 1 Striped Hairstreak (photo above) was found by Kelly Stronks after participants left. This is the first record of this species on the property!
2024
Unfortunatley the June 29 butterfly count was rained out. Here's a summary of results from past years:
2023
Despite the threat of thunderstorms, we had a very good morning for our annual Marsh’s Falls Nature Reserve Butterfly Count on July 1. Thanks to the twelve volunteers that participated we managed to tally 11 species. Here are the count results:
Monarch
White Admiral
Mourning Cloak
Northern Crescent
Long Dash Skipper
Peck’s Skipper
Least Skipper
Dun Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
European Skipper
2022
We had a successful butterfly count on July 10 at the Marsh's Falls Nature Reserve. A big thank you to Rick Stronks and the 18 keen butterfly hunters who helped out. We are delighted to see families joining our nature events and hope to see even more next year. Here are the 10 species found:
Great Spangled Fritilliary
Compton Tortoiseshell
Little Wood Satyr
Least Skipper
Peck's Skipper
Crossline Skipper
Long Dash Skipper
Northern Broken-Dash Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
Monarch
2021
Thanks to all who helped with our July butterfly count at Marsh's Falls. We are very pleased we got 3 hours of observing before the rains started. Here is the summary of what we found:
Least Skipper - 4
Peck’s Skipper - 1
Dun Skipper - 5
Northern Azure - 1 *New record for the property* see photo above by Kelly Stronks
Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
Silver-bordered Fritillary - 1
Northern Pearly-Eye - 8
Monarch -2