2003 Season - Field Trip Data Sheet - The Nuelles
Sighting Record

Date

March 23, 2003

Sky Conditions

Partly Cloudy

Time

1:00 - 5:45 PM

Present

rjnjr, rjn III

County

Montgomery - Walker

Habitat

Roadsides

Nearest City

Fostoria

Comments: Wonderful day - hardly anything flying, until we stopped at a place on SR 150. Zebra Swallowtails everywhere. This was our first time to see them and they were magnificent!

Weather

71 Degrees

Species Observed

Zebra Swallowtail

Eurytides marcellus

10 - 20 observed 6 captured

Mourning Cloak

Nymphalis antiopa

1 observed 0 captured

8 Spotted Forester Moth

Alympia octomaculata

1 observed 1 captured

Unknown Black Swallowtail

1 observed 0 captured

American Lady

Vanessa virginiensis

1 observed 0 captured

Fiery Skipper

Hylea phyleus

1 observed 1 captured

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

1 observed 1 collected
[car struck]

Pictures taken taken 3-23-03. Click to enlarge
Deer Pea Vetch
Indian Paintbrush
Wild Onion [Zebras loved this]
Vicia ludoviciana
Castilleja indivisa
Allium canadense
Small Bluet [tiny flowers]
Southern Dewberry
Bitterweed
Hedyotis crassifolia
Rubus trivialis
Helenium amarum

This page created on 3/23/2003 - Copyright Robert J. Nuelle, Jr. - 2001-2003. All Rights reserved.
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