Sighting for May 14, 2019
John and Nancy Crosby
Wormsloe Plantation State Park, Savannah
Chatham County, GA
- Banded Hairstreak 1
- King's Hairstreak 1
- Striped Hairstreak 1
- Oak Hairstreak 2
- Spring Azure 1
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Zarucco Duskywing 2
Zarucco Duskywing
Southern Pearly-eye
Spring Azure
Oak Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
King's Hairstreak
New Sighting
Cool this morning warming to the low 70’s. We hiked from 9:30 until 12 with Jim and Nancy Springer. Jim found an early date for King’s Hairstreak was May 6th. Our earliest was May 10th. We found precious few Sparkleberry blooms. I saw only 1 small tree of another species blooming. Hairstreaks were on Sweetleaf (symplocos tinctoria) the host plant for King’s Hairstreak, wax myrtle and oak. Most hairstreaks were quite worn. In the past we have always located them on Sparkleberry. The azure was a Holly Azure.