Sighting for September 29, 2013
Linda Cooper
Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve, Rock Ridge Rd entrance. This former WMA spreads over Polk, Lake and Sumter Counties.
Polk County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Palamedes Swallowtail 26
- Great Southern White 1
- Southern Dogface 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 25
- Barred Yellow 4
- Little Yellow 33
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Phaon Crescent 7
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 14
- White Peacock 16
- Viceroy 19
- Queen 3
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Meske's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 9
- Whirlabout 40
- Southern Broken-Dash 60
- Arogos Skipper 1
- Delaware Skipper 5
- Byssus Skipper 13
- Palmetto Skipper 5
- Berry's Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 9
- Ocola Skipper 22
Byssus Skipper
Berry's Skipper
Arogos Skipper
Meske's Skipper
We hit the jackpot here! This area is NOT open to the public EXCEPT during hunting season. We had to get special permission for entry. One Arogos Skipper was seen on survey here on Sep. 8. This one was in Lake County. The one found on Sep. 28 was in Sumter County and very fresh individual. It is really a shame it is only open during hunting season which doesn’t start until mid-Oct. Rare skippers are flying NOW! Also there is a cool historic site on Main Grade with a memorial plaque to two members of the Stewart family murdered by an axe-wielding grandson and friend in the early 1900s.