Sighting for October 5, 2013
Linda Cooper
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Palamedes Swallowtail 11
- Great Southern White 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 13
- Barred Yellow 10
- Little Yellow 53
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Little Metalmark 11
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Zebra Heliconian 13
- Phaon Crescent 26
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 33
- White Peacock 38
- Carolina Satyr 44
- Queen 4
- Long-tailed Skipper 17
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Horace's Duskywing 6
- Zarucco Duskywing 6
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Swarthy Skipper 8
- Least Skipper 2
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Tawny-edged Skipper 7
- Whirlabout 28
- Southern Broken-Dash 17
- Sachem 8
- Arogos Skipper 2
- Delaware Skipper 10
- Palmetto Skipper 47
- Palatka Skipper 1
- Berry's Skipper 7
- Monk Skipper 4
- Dusted Skipper 2
- Eufala Skipper 3
- Twin-spot Skipper 26
- Brazilian Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 33
Berry's Skipper
Arogos Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Commonly referred to as the Death by Skippers field trip in early October. 9:30 - 3:30; 78°-89°, mostly sunny, winds 5-10 mph. Participants: Sue Farnsworth, Nancy Prine, Dave & Marga Cutler, Jean & Bill Evoy, Laurel & Dusty Rhodes, Buck & Linda Cooper. Walked open areas along Peavine Rd and Military Hwy to Visitors Center and Kilpatrick Hammock. Nectar: Liatris spp, Carphephorus corymbosus, C. odoratissima, Pontederia cordata & Urena lobata. Florida Dusted Skipper photo by Sue Farnsworth