Butterflies

Photo: Cithaerias pireta by James Wright

This morning we set out to do a butterfly survey. We got out the nets and the ‘stinky fish’ butterfly bait and headed for a ridge about 45 minutes away. When we got there we set up the nets in a few different areas and waited. Soon enough we had several different species in the hanging nets. These tropical butterflies had strikingly vibrant colors. Among the newly found species were Methone cecilia , Janthecla sista, Celmia celmus and Lasaia pseudomeris We hadn’t previously seen these species on the Reserve. We’ve since added these new finds to the species list.

Text: Brittany Blackstone and Conor Trageser

Butterflies