Ochoco Count 2024 Report
On Saturday June 29, Sue Anderson led the 35th annual Ochoco Butterfly Count in the Ochoco National Forest near Prineville. It was the largest group of people who had ever done this count (about 20 people) but also some of the worst weather. It was maddening that the day before and the day after the count had warm sunny weather with many butterflies out. On count day, the sun barely peaked out of the clouds all day, and on our drive back to the starting point it even rained a bit. The participants split into two groups with Sue leading the southern group and Lori Humphreys leading the northern. Despite the weather, we were able to find 36 identified species and 477 individuals. See complete list below:
| Common Name | Last Name | First Name | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorquin's Admiral | Admiral | Lorquin's | 1 |
| Great Arctic | Arctic | Great | 8 |
| Arrowhead Blue | Blue | Arrowhead | 2 |
| Boisduval's Blue | Blue | Boisduval's | 9 |
| Greenish Blue | Blue | Greenish | 45 |
| Lupine Blue | Blue | Lupine | 1 |
| Melissa Blue | Blue | Melissa | 2 |
| Silvery Blue | Blue | Silvery | 1 |
| Square-spotted Blue | Blue | Square-spotted | 5 |
| Western Tailed Blue | Blue | Western Tailed | 27 |
| Snowberry Checkerspot | Checkerspot | Snowberry | 46 |
| Mourning Cloak | Cloak | Mourning | 10 |
| Blue Copper | Copper | Blue | 29 |
| Edith's Copper | Copper | Edith's | 14 |
| Purplish Copper | Copper | Purplish | 12 |
| Field Crescent | Crescent | Field | 145 |
| Mylitta Crescent | Crescent | Mylitta | 6 |
| Western Pine Elfin | Elfin | Western Pine | 2 |
| Callippe Fritillary | Fritillary | Calippe | 1 |
| Mormon Fritillary | Fritillary | Mormon | 3 |
| Silver-bordered Fritillary | Fritillary | Silver-bordered | 5 |
| Zerene Fritillary | Fritillary | Zerene | 1 |
| Fritillary sp. | Fritillary sp. | 4 | |
| Gray Hairstreak | Hairstreak | Gray | 3 |
| Juniper Hairstreak | Hairstreak | Juniper | 5 |
| Hairstreak sp. | Hairstreak sp. | 1 | |
| Common Ringlet | Ringlet | Common | 28 |
| Common Checkered Skipper | Skipper | Common Checkered | 13 |
| Sonoran Skipper | Skipper | Sonoran | 1 |
| Clouded Sulphur | Sulphur | Clouded | 1 |
| Queen Alexandra's Sulphur | Sulphur | Queen Alexandra's | 1 |
| Western Sulphur | Sulphur | Western | 20 |
| Anise Swallowtail | Swallowtail | Anise | 1 |
| Western Tiger Swallowtail | Swallowtail | Western Tiger | 1 |
| Becker's White | White | Becker's | 2 |
| Cabbage White | White | Cabbage | 1 |
| Western White | White | Western | 5 |
| Small Wood Nymph | Wood Nymph | Small | 14 |
| Wood Nymph sp. | Wood Nymph sp. | 1 | |
| Total individuals | 477 | ||
| Total identified species | 36 |