Recent sightings

Rain in morning, cloudy afternoon, 72 degrees.

Sunny near 80
From 11 to 1 and then 2 to 3

Great day in the gardens in spite of wind which kept most butterflies lower to the ground.. Started the day with some small Monarch roosts in the cherry Tree. (Est Count 30) Some of the Monarchs left through the day. Brazilian Skipper popped up again today nectaring on sage as did the Long-tailed Skipper. Ocola Skipper’s have now also exploded with a count of 11 in the backyard at the same time and 4 of them on one lantana at the same time. I don’t know that I have ever had double digit Ocola skippers here. The Pipevine Swallowtail also returned and a Northern Broken-dash stopped by for the first time in weeks which was another surprise. Low estimate of Sachems.

Spent most of the time looking for marsh skippers. Surprised to see no Salt Marsh or Ocola Skippers.

0930-1515, 77-86F, Variable 2-6MPH, Cloud Cover 13-30%, Large WMA at the Florida Gulf Coast, 29.975465887940913, -83.71136637355877

It was sunny and 73-91 degrees today

8 a.m.-3 p.m. Weather: 72°-87°, clear to partly cloudy, winds light in morning & 8-12 mph in afternoon. Nectar: Rayless sunflower, FL Elephants Foot, liatris, Carphephorus, Pine Lily, morning glory. JBelth, LCooper, SFarnsworth, NPrine, EPerry, DVollmar, WWallenstein.

Sunny day, high 77.
Definitely the most butterflies I’ve seen on this trail since the fire in 2016.

Sunny and somewhat windy 85 degrees.

Partly cloudy, 60’s to 70’s. Globemallow, chamisa, and maxmillian sunflowers blooming.

Mid afternoon, sunny, low 80’s

Very sunny and 76 degrees. Also have had 1 luna moth! Lastly, I had 1 snowberry clearwing, I don’t ever recall seeing one. Have a great evening!

10 am-5 pm. 75-85 degrees, sunny. Pineland Forest with palmetto & wildflowers as well as hardwood forest and wet powerline cut.