Silvery Checkerspot- the time is NOW!

Folks, just an alert that Silvery Checkerspots should be right in the middle of their flight period now and they are a bit of an enigma for us here in Vermont. So please be on the lookout. Here are some cool resources for you to study them. First, an amazing article about a population in Maine - https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/nls/2020s/2022/2022_v64_n1.pdf on page 26. Then, here is a link to the account on VAL for the butterfly - Species Profile | Vermont Atlas of Life and a link for the plant he found them on in Maine - Species Profile | Vermont Atlas of Life. Finally, here’s a good source to learn how to tell them apart from Harris’ Checkerspot - Silvery Checkerspot — wisconsinbutterflies.org. Let’s see if we can find some populations!