Sighting for June 1, 2019
Linda Cooper
Colt Creek State Park
Polk County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 7
- Black Swallowtail 33
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Palamedes Swallowtail 36
- Checkered White 2
- Great Southern White 11
- Southern Dogface 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 14
- Sleepy Orange 11
- Dainty Sulphur 40
- Gray Hairstreak 24
- Red-banded Hairstreak 7
- Cassius Blue 5
- Ceraunus Blue 30
- Little Metalmark 9
- Gulf Fritillary 414
- Zebra Heliconian 7
- Variegated Fritillary 94
- Phaon Crescent 33
- Pearl Crescent 56
- Question Mark 3
- Common Buckeye 32
- White Peacock 11
- Viceroy 10
- Appalachian Brown 10
- Gemmed Satyr 3
- Carolina Satyr 44
- Monarch 2
- Queen 10
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 7
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 4
- Southern Skipperling 11
- Fiery Skipper 71
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 17
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 1
- Delaware Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 2
- Twin-spot Skipper 3
- Brazilian Skipper 3
- Ocola Skipper 1
13th annual NABA Count. Area includes state park, water management district properties & roadsides. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., 85°-92°, winds light, sun a.m.-100%, p.m.-70%. SAnderson, LCooper, DCutler, MCutler, SFarnsworth, JLampkin, JLampkin, TPalmer, EPerry, NPrine, KRivera, RWarner. Nectar: Nuttall’s thistle, wood germander, Spanish needle, trumpet vine, coral honeysuckle, Spanish needles, pickerelweed, fireweed. Area is dry and roadside areas mostly lacking nectar sources. 3 teams inside park, 1 team outside park.