Delta National Forest (MS)
Annual Butterfly Count Totals
As Recorded by Pine Woods Audubon Society, Hattiesburg, MS,
A Chapter of the National Audubon Society
Count #
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
6
Species/Count Date
 7/19/03
 7/18/04
 7/17/05
 7/15/06
 7/21/07
7/19/08







Swallowtail, Pipevine
 -
 2
 7
 9
 19
 -
Swallowtail, Black
 5
 1
 8
 24
 14
1
Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger
 20
 12
 2
 11
 29
22
Swallowtail, Spicebush
 -
 -
 -
 1
 3
 -
Swallowtail, Palamedes
 1
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -
Checkered White
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Sulphur, Orange
 -
 1
 1
 -
 2
6
Sulphur, Clouded
 20
 7
 -
 4
 2
 -
Sulphur, Cloudless
 100
 320
 300
 117
 108
 68
Sulphur, Orange Barred
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Sulphur, Dainty Dwarf
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Dog Face
 -
 -
 5
 8
 -
 24
Barred Yellow
 15
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Sleepy Orange
 -
 -
 -
 2
 9
 -
Little Yellow
 2
 1
 4
 9
 9
 4
Hairstreak, Red-Banded
 -
 -
 -
 8
 -
 -
Hairstreak, Gray
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 2
Eastern-tailed Blue
 4
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
Summer Spring Azure
 -
 -
 7
 -
 -
 1
American Snout
 20
 100
 150
 18
 167
 500
Fritillery, Gulf
 -
 -
 2
 4
 -
 10
Fritillery, Variegated
 -
 -
 1
 4
 1
 -
Crescent, Phaon
 -
 -
 5
 -
 5
 1
Crescent, Pearl
 300
 1000
 50
 38
 86
 26
Question Mark
 1000
 2000
 800
 5
 146
 200
Eastern Comma
 -
 -
 200
 -
 35
 -
American Lady
 -
 3
 -
 -
 -
 -
Painted Lady
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Red Admiral
 500
 40
 30
 7
 209
 1
Common Buckeye
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -
 -
Red-spotted Purple
 2000
 2300
 3100
 38
 1711
 290
Viceroy
 500
 200
 300
 37
 8
 28
Tawny Emperor
 10,000
 9700
 2000
 2
 822
 700
Hackberry Butterfly
 5000
 12,800
 6000
 310
 4802
 1400
Monarch
 -
 -
 -
 1
 2
 8
Satyr, Little Wood
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Satyr, Gemmed
 1
 1
 4
 -
 1
 -
Satyr, Carolina
 10
 2
 12
 4
 18
 4
Common Wood Nymph
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Skipper, Silver-spotted
 20
 -
 8
 12
 31
 6
Skipper, Com-checked
 1
 2
 -
 5
 3
 -
Skipper, Tropical Checkered
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Skipper, Clouded
 -
 -
 1
 2
 7
 2
Skipper, Least
 -
 -
 2
 -
 -
 -
Skipper, Fiery
 3-
 -
 -
 2
 4
 128
Skipper, Crossline
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Skipper, Twin Spot
 -
 -
 -
 3
 -
 -
Skipper, Dun
 2
 -
 -
 -
 2
 1
Skipper, Eufala
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -
Southern Cloudy Wing
 4
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Duskywing, Horace's
 10*
 27,800
 60
 24
 3077
 90
Duskywing, Wild Indigo
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Duskywing, Funeral
 -
 -
 -
 -
 2
 -
Erynnis sp
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
Common Sooty Wing
 5000
 -
 -
 -
 2
 -
Whirlabout
 3
 -
 -
 -
 2
 -
Little Glassy Wing
 3
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -







Total Individuals
 24,545
 56,292
 13,060
 712
 11,338
 3526
Total Species
 29
 20
 27
 31
 32
 27
Party Hours
 6
 5
 5
 8.5
 10.5
 14.5
# Observers
 7
 5
 14
 16
 18
 18





















*03 Horaces turned in as Sooty