This is one of about 4 European skippers I saw at the garden. I was a bit surprised at how few there were, because the timothy grass, their larval host, is growing in quantity. A few days ago, I was at another site and saw, literally, thousands of these skippers, so I was expecting a few more at the garden. In some years, however, at FWG, we see only a few, while in others we can easily see 20 or 30 in a visit.

Other butterflies noted yesterday were long dash skipper, canadian tiger swallowtail, white admiral, common ringlet, and cabbage white.