Sighting for August 12, 2020
John and Nancy Crosby
Sea Way NE, Shellman Bluff, GA
McIntosh County, GA
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Cassius Blue 3
- Gulf Fritillary 7
- Long-tailed Skipper 16
- Northern Cloudywing 2
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Whirlabout 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Little Glassywing 2
- Sachem 1
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 18
- Ocola Skipper 3
Cassius Blue
Cloudless Sulphur
Gulf Fritillary
Palamedes Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Ocola Skipper
Whirlabout
Southern Broken-Dash
Fiery Skipper
Southern Broken-Dash
95 degrees, Sunny. Lots of rain lately! Zinnias have been the favored nectar source all summer but they’ve taken a beating from all the rain and now Mexican Sunflower alive with butterflies. Other nectar sources include Firecracker plant, Salvia, Old-fashioned petunias, abelia shrub, agapanthus lily, plumbago (host plant for Cassius Blues & Swallowtails nectar on it alot), hollyhock, butterfly bush, helitrope & gallarida.