Sighting for April 23, 2020

Ron Smith

Weedon Island Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

(15-70). A nice spring season count of Statiras. All were at, or very near, their hostplant, coinvine, but females deposited in an instant and were hard to photograph.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Statira Sulphur 8
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Dainty Sulphur 8
  • Ceraunus Blue 6
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Mangrove Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock 21
  • Monarch 2
  • Mangrove Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 7

White Checkered-Skipper

Mangrove Buckeye

Dainty Sulphur

Dainty Sulphur

Ceraunus Blue

Statira Sulphur

Statira Sulphur