Today may have been a migration day for Common Buckeye butterflies (Junonia coenia) along the Chattahoochee River floodplain corridor in east-central Alabama. After seeing multiple groups of 12 – 20+ butterflies fluttering up from the gravel roadway, I tried to estimate approximate numbers. On a 3- to 4-mile wildlife drive I came up with approximately...
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Common Buckeye Butterflies – Uncommonly Common Today