Sighting for June 16, 2019

Linda Cooper

Lake Louisa State Park
Lake County, FL

15th annual NABA butterfly count. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Weather: 81°-87°, sun a.m.-20%, p.m.-75%, winds 0-4 mph. Two teams inside the park. LBork, LCooper, SFarnsworth, NPrine. Nectar: Chrysopsis, Spanish needles, Piriquita, Balsam Apple, praxalis, galactia, verbena, buttermint.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 14
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 13
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 8
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 16
  • Great Southern White 9
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 8
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 20
  • Gulf Fritillary 376
  • Zebra Heliconian 133
  • Variegated Fritillary 5
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • White Peacock 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 3
  • Viceroy 5
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Queen 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Zarucco Duskywing 6
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 9
  • Three-spotted Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 2
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Dun Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Least Skipper

Gulf Fritillary

Variegated Fritillary