Sighting for October 3, 2017
Linda Cooper
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 6
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 13
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Little Yellow 1
- Little Metalmark 1
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Pearl Crescent 2
- White Peacock 6
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 12
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Confused Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Meske's Skipper 2
- Tawny-edged Skipper 5
- Whirlabout 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 6
- Arogos Skipper 1
- Delaware Skipper 3
- Palmetto Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 10
Palmetto Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Twin-spot Skipper
Arogos Skipper
11 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Weather: intermittent rain all day and cloudy when not raining; 78 to 82 degrees, winds 16 - 26. Nectar sources: Bidens alba, carphephorus, liatris, elephant’s foot, pickerelweed, spermacoce, Phasey bean. Fall wildflowers are just coming into bloom. Scouting for upcoming field trip. Area very wet but roads passable. Linda Cooper