Results of Eugene 4th of July Butterfly Count

July 6, 2008 (18th year)
Compiler: Donald Gudehus, NABA Eugene-Springfield
21 species found at six sites

WE=West Eugene (Willow Creek loop trail and west side, Tsal Luk-Wah wetland, Stewart Pond/Grimes Pond loop, Swallow Pond)
BPS = Buford Park South (east and south of Arboretum - from Arboretum by Quarry Rd. to Hairstreak site and return by River Trail)
SH-1 = South Hills (Amazon Headwaters)
SH-2 = South Hills (Spencer Butte)
SH-3 = South Hills (Hagen Garden)
MPA = Mt. Pisgah Arboretum

Species	WE	BPS	SH-1	SH-2	SH-3	MPA	Total of Sites
Clodius Parnassian	0	2	0	0	1	0	3
Anise Swallowtail	0	0	0	4	0	0	4
Western Tiger Swallowtail	8	31	4	11	2	15	71
Pale Swallowtail	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Cabbage White	0	0	2	0	0	1	3
Orange sulfur	4	1	0	0	0	0	5
Great Copper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gray hairstreak	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hedgerow Hairstreak	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Eastern Tailed Blue	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Spring Azure	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Great spangled frittilary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Field Crescent	17	0	0	0	0	1	18
Mylitta Crescent	2	5	0	0	0	0	7
Satyr Comma	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
California Tortoiseshell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Painted lady	0	0	0	2	0	4	6
Red admiral	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Lorquin's Admiral	1	3	4	6	1	2	17
California Sister	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Ochre Ringlet	18	2	6	4	0	6	36
Common Wood-Nymph	5	11	0	0	0	3	19
Monarch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Propertius Duskywing	0	0	0	4	0	0	4
Sonoran Skipper	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Sachem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woodland Skipper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dun Skipper	19	3	5	0	0	0	27
SUB-TOTAL	75	62	23	33	5	34	232
White sp.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Blue sp.	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lorquin's Admiral/California Sister sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crescent sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polygonia sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hesperia sp.	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	77	64	23	33	5	34	236

Party hours on foot	3.3	4.5	1	3.5	2	4	18.3
Party miles on foot	2.5	3	1	3	0.1	2.1	11.7
Number of people in party	6	4	4	6	2	3	25

Members of Group WE:   Sharon Blick, Rick Ahrens, Christina Brooks, Megan Brooks, Tracy Maltsberger, Kevin Birch

Members of Group BPS:    Eleanor Ryan, Dawn Saxton, Michelle Saxton, John Egan

Members of Group SH-1:   Dave Hagen, Lois Hagen, Jo von Hippel, Bonnie Rindo

Members of Group SH-2:   Dave Hagen, Lois Hagen, Jo von Hippel, Bonnie Rindo, Steve Northway, Sasha McArthur

Members of Group SH-3:   Dave Hagen, Lois Hagen,

Members of Group MPA:   Donald Gudehus, Gail Baker, Yvonne Parkinson