Sighting for May 11, 2019
Edward Perry IV
Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 34
- Black Swallowtail 34
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Palamedes Swallowtail 2
- Checkered White 1
- Great Southern White 26
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Barred Yellow 5
- Little Yellow 70
- Dainty Sulphur 7
- Gray Hairstreak 25
- Red-banded Hairstreak 5
- Cassius Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 71
- Little Metalmark 6
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 5
- Pearl Crescent 18
- Common Buckeye 13
- Viceroy 9
- Carolina Satyr 7
- Georgia Satyr 8
- Monarch 1
- Queen 6
- Horace's Duskywing 8
- Zarucco Duskywing 11
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Dotted Skipper 1
- Meske's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
- Sachem 2
- Arogos Skipper 7
- Delaware Skipper 8
- Palmetto Skipper 8
- Monk Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 220
- Twin-spot Skipper 9
Delaware Skipper
Gray Hairstreak
Dusted Skipper
Dotted Skipper
Dotted Skipper
Arogos Skipper
Little Metalmark
Arogos Skipper
Arogos Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Viceroy
Dotted Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Monk Skipper
Palmetto Skipper
Gray Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Carolina Satyr
It was the “I Brake for Thistles” field trip #4. We got to meet up with new friends John & Nancy Crosby from Georgia, showing them around one of our favorite places on earth. It was a great day; hot, sunny, and humid. Major nectar sources included Nuttall’s & bull thistle, pickerelweed, Bidens alba, Pulchea odorata, gallberry, yellow milkwort, gopher apple, and buttonbush. Survey time was 8a to 3p, and included a trip around starting on East Loop, then Crossroad, and right onto West Loop and back to loop entrance and then Cemetery Road before ending the day. Florida Dusted Skippers are still holding strong (220)—only a slight decrease from one week ago (285). A good time was had by all. Several “life” butterflies were seen by the Crosbys on this day. EPerry, RWarner, JCrosby, NCrosby.