Sighting for October 20, 2013

Craig Marks

along LA 3147 to Freshwater Bayou Lock
Vermilion Parish, LA

Bright sunny day with temperatures in mid to upper 70’s after 10:30. mIld breeze. Goldenrod, brazilian vervain and low-growing asters in bloom. New parish records for Aaron’s, Bay, Neamathla, Salt Marsh and Obscure Skippers

  • Great Southern White 4
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Little Yellow 20+
  • Gray Hairstreak 13
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 20+
  • Phaon Crescent 9
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Common Buckeye 30+
  • Viceroy 2
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 3
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Neamathla Skipper 2
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 3
  • Fiery Skipper 30+
  • Sachem 3
  • Aaron's Skipper 20+
  • Broad-winged Skipper 9
  • Bay Skipper 6
  • Eufala Skipper 6
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 20+
  • Obscure Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 20+