Sighting for July 10, 2021
Roy Cohutta
Albany Nursery WMA
Dougherty County, GA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Sleepy Orange 5
- American Snout 1
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 8
- Long-tailed Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 6
- Fiery Skipper 5
1545-1730, 90F, SW 9-12 MPH, Cloud Cover 44-47%, Coastal Plain of Georgia, Gravel road and large field next to swamps.
Two Variegated Fritillaries in image flying together low over open ground - possible courtship.
Two sequential images (of identical male Horace’s Duskywing), taken 2 seconds apart and processed exactly the same, showing effects of shadow on field marks and ground color.