Sighting for April 26, 2021
Roy Cohutta
Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park
Leon County, FL
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Sleepy Orange 3
- Banded Hairstreak 1
- Oak Hairstreak 6
- American Snout 3
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 3
- Carolina Satyr 10
- Little Wood-Satyr 2
- Golden Banded-Skipper 2
- Hoary Edge 2
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Little Glassywing 1
Golden Banded-Skipper
Golden Banded-Skipper
Golden Banded-Skipper
Golden Banded-Skipper
Hoary Edge
Hoary Edge
Golden Banded-Skipper
Took photos of other species, but just posting some of the skippers here.
The Golden Banded-Skippers (GBS) were located in a very thick understory of tangled vines, head high vegetation and thorny Devil’s Walking-Stick within mixed pine-hardwood forest. It was difficult to move through the vegetation to follow the GBS once located.
During a morning observation (11:03AM), a GBS was observed briefly on the forest floor, under the lowest level of vegetation. This individual then flew to a perch about 7 feet high where it was photographed from a distance and then lost from sight. This wide view photo also gives an idea of the thick tangled understory.
During an afternoon observation (4:22PM) a GBS was photographed perched upside-down underneath various leaves.
For the most part, flight was distinctively slow and usually between waist and head high.
8:15AM-5:00PM, 60-83F, N to E 3-6MPH, Mostly Sunny: Cloud Cover 1-31% (Lot of time spent looking for GBS and photographing other species.)