Sighting for June 15, 2013
Linda Cooper
Lake Louisa State Park
Lake County, FL
- Polydamas Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 25
- Giant Swallowtail 6
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 15
- Palamedes Swallowtail 47
- Checkered White 40
- Great Southern White 36
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Barred Yellow 4
- Dainty Sulphur 28
- White M Hairstreak 36
- Gray Hairstreak 20
- Red-banded Hairstreak 14
- Cassius Blue 5
- Ceraunus Blue 12
- Gulf Fritillary 320
- Zebra Heliconian 217
- Variegated Fritillary 77
- Pearl Crescent 31
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 43
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Viceroy 7
- Carolina Satyr 8
- Monarch 1
- Queen 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Northern Cloudywing 7
- Confused Cloudywing 4
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Zarucco Duskywing 11
- White Checkered-Skipper 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
- Southern Skipperling 13
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 6
- Delaware Skipper 2
NABA count, 5 participants. White M Hairstreaks are having a very good year. Very large number of this species on this count surpassed previous week at Colt Creek State Park. Huge number of Zebra Heliconians as these continue to recover from freezes few years ago.