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Sample Data Table Used at Fermilab Prairie

CENSUS ROUTE FIELD FORM  Site: Fermilab   Date:_______________________

Monitor: _____________________________ Experience: _____ years  Time: _____ to ______

Temperature: ____ F    Wind conditions (circle one):  relatively still    moderately windy

Sky (circle one):  clear (80 — 100% cloudless)    partial clouds (50 — 80% cloudless)

Comments:

Species

Transect

Total sightings

 

A

B

C

D

 
           

Ancyloxypha numitor (Least Skipper)

         

Epargyreus clarus (Silver Spotted Skipper)

         

Euphyes conspicua (Black Dash)

         

Hylephila phyleus (Fiery Skipper)

         

Pholisora catullus (Common Sootywing)

         

Polites coras (Peck's Skipper)

         

Polites themistocles (Tawny Edge Skipper)

         

Thymelicus lineola (European Skipper)

         
           
           
           

Papilio glaucus (Tiger Swallowtail)

         

Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)

         

Papilio cresphontes (Giant Swallowtail)

         
           

Colias eurytheme/philodice (Sulphur)

         

Eurema lisa (Little Yellow)

         

Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)

         
           

Satyrium acadica (Acadian Hairstreak)

         

Satyrium calanus (Banded Hairstreak)

         

Celastrina argiolus (Spring Azure)

         

Everes comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)

         

Lycaena hyllus (Bronze Copper)

         

Lycaena helloides (Purplish Copper)

         
           

Limenitis archippus (Viceroy)

         

Limenitis astyanax (Red Spotted Purple)

         

Cynthia cardui (Painted Lady)

         

Cynthia virginiensis (American Painted Lady)

         

Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)

         

Precis coenia (Buckeye)

         

Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak)

         

Nymphalis milbertii (Milbert's Tortoise Shell)

         

Polygonia comma (Comma)

         

Polygonia interrogationis (Question Mark)

         

Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)

         

Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore Checkerspot)

         

Speyeria cybele (Great Spangled Fritillary)

         
           
           
           

Danaus plexippus (Monarch)

         
           

Lethe eurydice (Eyed Brown)

         

Megisto cymela (Little Wood-Satyr)

         

Cercyonis pegala (Common Wood-Nymph)

         
A= Prairie resoration (Interpretive Trail)
B= Woods and woods edge
C= Sedge meadow in Main Ring
D= Stream


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Developed by Marisa Lannert, 2001.