| Butterfly Count Results for Olmsted County (Rochester) in Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Note: click on species names to see photographs and other information on the species | Butterflies & Moths.org | ||||||||||||||||
| # of years | Year | ||||||||||||||||
| Butterfly Species | Low | Avg | High | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | |
| Black Swallowtail | 1 | 12.0 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | 1 | 3.8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Giant Swallowtail | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Checkered White | 1 | 0.7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Cabbage White | 4 | 57.4 | 152 | 12 | 89 | 4 | 43 | 117 | 35 | 87 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 152 | 34 | 58 | |
| Clouded/Orange Sulphur | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Clouded Sulphur | 2 | 46.3 | 192 | 11 | 150 | 37 | 118 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 192 | ||
| Orange Sulphur | 1 | 74.7 | 329 | 11 | 329 | 15 | 99 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 74 | 319 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Little Yellow | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| American Copper | 1 | 4.1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Gray Copper | 1 | 1.4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronze Copper | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Coral Hairstreak | 1 | 4.1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Banded Hairstreak | 1 | 4.7 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hickory Hairstreak | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Edward’s Hairstreak | 3 | 1.7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Striped Hairstreak | 1 | 0.8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Acadian Hairstreak | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gray Hairstreak | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| unidentified hairstreak | 2 | 1.3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Eastern Tailed Blue | 2 | 50.5 | 223 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 223 | 39 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 60 | 130 | 24 | |
| Spring/Summer Azure | 1 | 23.5 | 80 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Summer Azure photo | |||||||||||||||||
| American Snout | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Great Spangled Fritillary | 3 | 20.5 | 45 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 45 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 7 | |
| Aphrodite Fritillary | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| unidentified Speyeria fritillary | 2 | 28.0 | 89 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 29 | 89 | 53 | 82 | 13 | |||
| Variegated Frittilary | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| unidentified small fritillary | 1 | 0.7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pearl Crescent | 1 | 14.9 | 99 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 99 | 3 | ||
| Northern Crescent | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Baltimore Checkerspot | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Silvery Checkerspot | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| unidentified crescent | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Question Mark | 1 | 2.2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Eastern Comma | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Gray Comma | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| unidentified angelwing | 1 | 0.7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mourning Cloak | 1 | 3.0 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Milbert’s Tortoiseshell | 2 | 4.3 | 49 | 2 | 49 | 2 | |||||||||||
| American Lady | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Painted Lady | 1 | 3.2 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Red Admiral | 1 | 25.8 | 145 | 11 | 75 | 8 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Common Buckeye | 1 | 3.8 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Red Spotted Purple | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Viceroy | 1 | 3.8 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Hackberry Emperor | 1 | 3.1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tawny Emperor | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Northern Pearly-eye | 3 | 10.8 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Eyed Brown | 4 | 14.6 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 20 | |
| Little Wood-Satyr | 1 | 2.1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Common Wood Nymph | 27 | 73.4 | 146 | 12 | 39 | 61 | 146 | 51 | 81 | 54 | 106 | 77 | 131 | 72 | 36 | 27 | |
| Monarch | 11 | 82.8 | 233 | 12 | 166 | 28 | 66 | 233 | 115 | 26 | 11 | 64 | 35 | 109 | 65 | 75 | |
| Silver-spotted Skipper | 1 | 3.9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Northern Cloudywing | |||||||||||||||||
| Wild Indigo Duskywing | |||||||||||||||||
| Common Sootywing | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| unidentified duskywing | |||||||||||||||||
| Least Skipper | |||||||||||||||||
| European Skipper | 1 | 7.3 | 85 | 4 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sachem | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ottoe Skipper | |||||||||||||||||
| Peck’s Skipper | |||||||||||||||||
| Tawny-edged Skipper | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Crossline Skipper | |||||||||||||||||
| Northern Broken-Dash | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware Skipper | 1 | 1.5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Black Dash | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Dun Skipper | |||||||||||||||||
| Hobomok Skipper | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dusted Skipper | 1 | 0.9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| unidentified skippers | 3 | 16.4 | 112 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 112 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
| Low | Avg | High | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | ||
| Grand Total Individuals | 199 | 626 | 1248 | 1022 | 199 | 737 | 1248 | 458 | 496 | 350 | 374 | 642 | 1022 | 503 | 465 | ||
| Number of Identified Species | 20 | 28.4 | 41 | 27 | 20 | 38 | 41 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 21 | ||
| Unidentified species | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total Number of Species | 23 | 41.9 | 46 | 32 | 23 | 41 | 46 | 31 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 23 | ||
| Cumulative Species | 55 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 41 | 33 | 22 | |||||