Cloudy and very windy conditions initially made me decide to delay any further field trips to the later afternoon, however my mother came to me with an observation she assumed to have been B. dia or F. niobe, of which the latter has been extinct for over 80 years.
+-------------------------+---------------------------------+--------+ | Species | Location | Status | +-------------------------+---------------------------------|--------+ | Aglais io | Yard | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Aglais urticae | Yard | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Colias sp. | Mixed Field | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Issoria lathonia | Yard / Mixed Field | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Pieris rapae | Yard / Mixed Field | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Polyommatus icarus | Mixed Field | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Pontia edusa | Mixed Field | Adult | |-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------| | Vanessa atalanta | Yard | Adult | +-------------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
Of course both of her assumptions were wrong and the butterfly in question was a regular I. lathonia. On the other hand, I got to observe my very first P. edusa. Due to the strong east winds I was unable to photograph it.
With the strong winds persisting, I'm unable to expose myself to them for longer periods without developing migraines. Local weather forecasts long have abandoned to even mention winds at all for no obvious reasons.