2012 Long Point Butterfly Count Results

Here are the results from the 21st Long Point Butterfly Count held on Saturday July 7, 2012. We counted 4155 Individuals (average 2590) of 53 Species (average 48.8), adding three new species to the count. 53 species ties our second best, with 55 the record.

New Species for the count:
7 Wild Indigo Duskywing
7 Variegated Fritillary
1 Common Checkered Skipper

This brings the cumulative species total for all Long Point counts to 76 species. We also had an amazing number of record highs.

15 New Highs, 1 Tied - old record in parenthesis

25 (13) Black Swallowtail

4 (1) Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
206 (205) Clouded Sulphur
392 (132) Orange Sulphur
205 (28) American Copper
76 (36) Coral Hairstreak
1 Meadow Fritillary (1st since 2006)
56 (21) Painted Lady
26 (2) Buckeye
65 (64) Eyed Brown
39 (38) Appalacian Brown
186 (184) Monarch
422 (161) Silver-spotted Skipper
33 (24) Broad-winged Skipper
27 (4) Black Dash
1149 (171) Dun Skipper

It's hard to set record lows since most species have been missed at least once. Only 18 species have been found on all counts. Nonetheless we managed to do that too, spotting only 8 European Skippers (39 previous low).

I can send a spreadsheet to anyone who would like to see the complete list.

Next years count is July 6th, 2013.