Date: 10/17/2018

Number: 150

From about 10:30am to 2pm volunteers caught and tagged 90 butterflies, mainly males. We ran out of tags but could have tagged more. My estimate of 150 is conservative. There could easily have been 300 or more.
They were feeding on high tide bush and the few goldenrod that were still blooming. Some were feeding on persimmons that had fallen on the ground (all individuals that I caught on persimmons were female). Others were resting in the grass and on trees. Most other butterflies that I tagged previously this season quickly flew off after tagging. These ones went right back to the food sources instead of flying across the bay.

Scotland, MD

Latitude: 38 Longitude: -76.3

Observed by: Shannon
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