Sighting for February 19, 2018
Ron Smith
Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Barred Yellow 3
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 8
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Little Metalmark 3
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Phaon Crescent 12
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Mangrove Skipper 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 3
- Monk Skipper 1
Monk Skipper
Giant Swallowtail
Little Metalmark
Little Metalmark
A new park discovery this month has been Little Metalmark, first found by Mark Kenderdine on Feb 8th. I found three today at a stand of thistle within coastal scrub. (The last known Pinellas County report I know of was in May 1999, 20 or so miles north of Fort De Soto).