Sighting for October 8, 2017
Linda Cooper
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 35
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 9
- Palamedes Swallowtail 40
- Great Southern White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 20
- Little Yellow 36
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Little Metalmark 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 2
- Pearl Crescent 10
- Painted Lady 5
- Common Buckeye 10
- White Peacock 12
- Viceroy 2
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Georgia Satyr 2
- Monarch 5
- Queen 4
- Long-tailed Skipper 37
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Horace's Duskywing 6
- Zarucco Duskywing 11
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 20
- Meske's Skipper 8
- Tawny-edged Skipper 12
- Whirlabout 16
- Southern Broken-Dash 47
- Arogos Skipper 3
- Delaware Skipper 5
- Palmetto Skipper 10
- Berry's Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 3
- Monk Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 13
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 7
- Ocola Skipper 10
Dusted Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Palamedes Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Dusted Skipper
Monk Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Monarch
Dusted Skipper
Meske's Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Berry's Skipper
Annual ‘Bullied by Skippers’ field trip. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Weather: 79-91 degrees, mostly clear to partly cloudy, winds 6-10 mph. Nectar sources: liatris, carphephorus, Bidens alba, spermacoce, duck potato, thistle, mistflower, rayless sunflower, FL elephant’s foot. Participants: LCooper, REpstein, SFarnsworth, DRhodes, LRhodes.