Sighting for April 24, 2021

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

Annual Spring Wildflower Walk 9:30-noon. I continued until 4:30 p.m. 73°-87°; partly cloudy to cloudy to sun late in afternoon; winds: 15-20 mph. Nectar: thistles, pickerelweed, Simpson’s Stopper. With CHuegel, CEvans, GCrocker, PCrocker, JAllyn, PStrauss and others.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 10
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 3
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Little Metalmark 6
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • White Peacock 6
  • Carolina Satyr 20
  • Georgia Satyr 6
  • Monarch 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 4
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 2
  • Dusted Skipper 15
  • Twin-spot Skipper 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Zebra Heliconian

Southern Broken-Dash

Dusted Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Delaware Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Monk Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Whirlabout

Cassius Blue