Sighting for November 25, 2020
Ron Smith
Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL
- Great Southern White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Statira Sulphur 3
- Barred Yellow 144
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 62
- Eastern Pygmy-Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 6
- Gulf Fritillary 17
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 51
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 80
- White Peacock 30
- Monarch 25
- Queen 1
- Mangrove Skipper 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 14
- Dorantes Longtail 8
- White Checkered-Skipper 4
- Three-spotted Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Monk Skipper 3
- Obscure Skipper 7
- Ocola Skipper 2
Mangrove Skipper
Monarch
Monk Skipper
Obscure Skipper
Sleepy Orange
Variegated Fritillary
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Little Yellow
Eastern Pygmy-Blue
(27-471) 9:30-1:30. Mostly sunny. Many species nectaring on Sleepy Morning (Waltheria indica), which is utilized by Mallow Scrub-Hairstreaks as their host plant here. An incredible late November day of butterflying. 2nd-highest total of Mallows for the park, 2nd-ever park record of Sleepy Orange and 3rd-ever park record for Variegated Fritillary. The mosquitoes were just as numerous.