Sighting for May 18, 2019

John and Nancy Crosby

Jekyll Island, Nature Trail on East side of Clam Creek Fishing Pier
Glynn County, GA

85 degrees with cool breezes from the ocean. Most butterflies were nectaring on Ox-eye daisies near the Salicornia, host plant for E Pygmy-Blue.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 10
  • Gray Hairstreak 6
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 22
  • Ceraunus Blue 15
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Queen 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Zarucco Duskywing 36
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Byssus Skipper 2
  • Yehl Skipper 2
  • Broad-winged Skipper 3
  • Two-spotted Skipper 1

Least Skipper

Gulf Fritillary

Common Buckeye

Gray Hairstreak

Queen

Zarucco Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Byssus Skipper

Byssus Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Southern Broken-Dash

Sachem

Tawny-edged Skipper

Two-spotted Skipper

Yehl Skipper

Ceraunus Blue

Ceraunus Blue

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Great Southern White

Checkered White

Pipevine Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail