Sighting for October 7, 2017
Linda Cooper
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 6
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 8
- Cloudless Sulphur 16
- Little Yellow 3
- Little Metalmark 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 3
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- White Peacock 5
- Viceroy 1
- Georgia Satyr 4
- Monarch 5
- Queen 5
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Zarucco Duskywing 2
- Swarthy Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Meske's Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper 3
- Whirlabout 8
- Southern Broken-Dash 6
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 6
- Palmetto Skipper 4
- Palatka Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 3
- Ocola Skipper 8
Dusted Skipper
Painted Lady
Palmetto Skipper
Sachem
Dusted Skipper
Dusted Skipper
‘Death by Skipper’ annual field trip. 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Weather: 82 - 95 degrees, partly cloudy, winds 6-10 mph. Prairie very wet & few wildflowers in bloom but beautiful fall grasses. Nectar sources: Carphephorus, Liatris, Pickerelweed, Pine Lily. Painted Lady is rarely seen here but this is a good year for them all over the U.S. LCooper, SFarnsworth, NPrine.