Agder, 2008
I saw the first sitronsommerfugl on 14 March, 2008, in Baneheia. I’ve had very little time for butterfly spotting this summer, due to several of my weekends being taken up by preparing to move.
Agder, 2007
Much of my butterfly hunting in Adger has been on Odderøya or up in Baneheia in Kristiansand. The weather in the summer of 2007 was terrible, cold and rainy all season, so we didn’t get out as much
Rogaland, 2006
We spent two weeks on Utsira in July of 2006 as a part of an Artist-in-Residence program run by Rogaland fylkesbiblioteket. There aren’t many species on Utsira, but there were quite a few
Telemark, 2006
I was unemployed all of the summer of 2006, so I had plenty of time to look for butterflies. My favorite spots in Telemark were Gjerpensdalen and Jarseng in Skien and Tangen fort in Langesund. I
Minnesota, 2005
I first started trying to identify and photograph butterflies while living in northeastern Minnesota. The species listed below were all seen in the Tofte and Gunflint districts of the Superior
These lists are roughly in the order that I saw each species each year. Since I don’t capture the butterflies, it is entirely possible that I have mis-identified some of the species, especially blues and fritillaries.