Sighting for June 8, 2013
Linda Cooper
Colt Creek State Park
Polk County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 37
- Black Swallowtail 71
- Giant Swallowtail 9
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Palamedes Swallowtail 39
- Checkered White 117
- Great Southern White 14
- Cloudless Sulphur 34
- Barred Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 19
- Sleepy Orange 53
- Dainty Sulphur 9
- White M Hairstreak 32
- Gray Hairstreak 21
- Red-banded Hairstreak 28
- Ceraunus Blue 34
- Little Metalmark 6
- Gulf Fritillary 97
- Zebra Heliconian 23
- Variegated Fritillary 29
- Phaon Crescent 48
- Pearl Crescent 61
- Question Mark 3
- American Lady 14
- Common Buckeye 105
- White Peacock 24
- Viceroy 19
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Appalachian Brown 7
- Gemmed Satyr 2
- Carolina Satyr 67
- Monarch 4
- Dorantes Longtail 4
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 17
- Zarucco Duskywing 10
- White Checkered-Skipper 9
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Southern Skipperling 13
- Fiery Skipper 86
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 19
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Sachem 4
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Palatka Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 5
- Monk Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 6
- Ocola Skipper 2
White M Hairstreak
White M Hairstreak
NABA count. Very unusual to see this many White Ms. The majority of them were nectaring on Erechtites hieracifolia - Fireweed. This is the only reliable place to see Appalachian Brown in our county. The park has received 8” of rain over the past week.