In fact, being cold-blooded creatures, they become more active as cool morning temperatures give way to summer warmth. That all depends on what butterflies you want to find. J. Clark Salyer offers woodland butterflies, such as Edwards' hairstreak and grassland butterflies like the Melissa blue. The numbers and types of butterflies on the refuge change not just daily and weekly, but hourly as well depending on temperature, wind and location. But butterflies tend not be like the adaptable deer of the big game world.
Butterflies really are just caterpillars with wings.
Their mobility allows for escape, finding food, mating and genetic diversity. But during that time, the subtle insect offers a fleeting splash of color, enlightening and enhancing a summer's day on the refuge - a companion in the great dance of life. Return to the North Dakota FWS Home Page.