Sighting for October 9, 2017

Tom Palmer

SR 471 corridor
Polk County, FL

Area was in eye of Hurricane Irma. About half number of species and individuals as noted in survey in late September last year.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 15
  • Barred Yellow 9
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Dainty Sulphur 3
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Zebra Heliconian 9
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 25
  • Viceroy 8
  • Long-tailed Skipper 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Brazilian Skipper 4
  • Ocola Skipper 3