Results of Eugene 4th of July Butterfly Count

June 28, 2009 (19th year)
Compiler: Donald Gudehus, NABA Eugene-Springfield
26 species found at six sites

WE=West Eugene (Willow Creek loop trail, Tsal Luk-Wah (Tsanchiifin) wetland, east of Red House to Isabella St., Ken Nielson Rd. milkweed patch)
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	1	2	0	2	0	3	8
Anise Swallowtail	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Western Tiger Swallowtail	20	36	9	12	2	26	105
Pale Swallowtail	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
Mustard White	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cabbage White	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Orange sulfur	11	0	0	0	1	0	12
Hedgerow Hairstreak	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Nelson's juniper hairstreak	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Gray hairstreak	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Eastern Tailed Blue	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Spring Azure	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Field Crescent	91	3	2	0	0	0	96
Mylitta Crescent	3	2	0	3	0	0	8
Satyr Comma	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Painted lady	1	4	2	2	3	1	13
Lorquin's Admiral	17	4	4	7	2	5	39
California Sister	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
Common Ochre Ringlet	36	8	4	3	1	0	52
Common Wood-Nymph	1	3	0	1	0	2	7
Monarch	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Silver-spotted Skipper	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Propertius Duskywing	1	1	0	10	0	0	12
Sonoran Skipper	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Sachem	3	0	0	0	3	0	6
Dun Skipper	13	2	3	1	0	3	22
SUB-TOTAL	201	71	27	47	14	43	403
White sp.	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Blue sp.	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Orange sp.	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Satyr Comma?	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nymphalidae sp.	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
TOTAL	203	75	27	47	14	47	413

Party hours on foot	3.5	4.6	1.5	2.9	1.7	5.5	19.7
Party miles on foot	2	3.5	1.5	3	0.2	3.4	13.6
Number of people in party	4	4	4	4	4	5	25

Members of Group WE:   Sharon Blick, Rick Ahrens, Joe Doerr, and Lori Humphreys

Members of Group BPS:    Eleanor Ryan, Helen Denzler, Dawn Saxton, and Michelle Saxton

Members of Group SH-1:   Dave Hagen, Lois Hagen, Ingrid Ford, and Thea Evenstad

Members of Group SH-2:   Dave Hagen, Lois Hagen, Ingrid Ford, and Thea Evenstad

Members of Group SH-3:   Dave Hagen, Lois Hagen, Ingrid Ford, and Thea Evenstad

Members of Group MPA:   Donald Gudehus, Yvonne Parkinson, Alison Center, Chris Marlette, and Kurt Koivu