Recent sightings

Baccharis in full bloom, only butterflies visiting were Buckeyes.

California Tortoiseshells accompanied today by Mourning Cloaks, heading south.

47°-69°, mostly sunny light air movement. Mexican Sunflowers seem to be finished for butterflies although they still look good. Verbena and Lantana are the only plants being used at this point in time.

45 minute visit, bright sun, upper 60s. No frost here yet but more cold damp days than sunny ones recently.

Cloudy, 82 degrees. So Happy to see the Little Metalmarks! They are our neighborhood speciality and we don’t see them often enough.

Quite late at this latitude.

31° to 62° changeable skies light breeze. Our first light frost did not kill everything but it is hurting. Today’s sighting of the Red-banded Hairstreak is the first for this year! Extremely slow for any hirstreaks nearby in 2019.

Sunny With light breeze and 58 degrees.

Beautiful fall day high to be in the 70’s! Sunny around noon. Gulf Fritillary is on it’s host plant, Passion Vine.

With the FLorida Birding and Nature Festival.
John Lampkin, Rob Epstein and Brandt Hennigsen, co-leaders; Bert Alm, Nikki Bales and Vicki Parsons.
1 - 3:30; 100% cloudy giving way to sprinkles 82 degrees and comfortable.
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak and Mangrove Skipper are new site records.