Sighting for June 16, 2019
Linda Cooper
Lake Louisa State Park
Lake County, FL
- 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
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.