Sighting for October 2, 2021

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

12th Annual Death by Skipper event. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Weather: 76°-88°, sunny to partly cloudy, winds 13-16 mph. Nectar: pickerelweed, liatris, carphephorus, Spanish needles, FL Elephants Foot. Participants: LCooper, JCrosby, NCrosby, SFarnsworth, AGrimm, LWilliams.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 12
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 10
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 18
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 9
  • Little Metalmark 9
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 17
  • Viceroy 2
  • Carolina Satyr 7
  • Georgia Satyr 30
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 6
  • Long-tailed Skipper 22
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Zarucco Duskywing 9
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Swarthy Skipper 5
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 8
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 10
  • Southern Broken-Dash 12
  • Sachem 4
  • Delaware Skipper 9
  • Aaron's Skipper 16
  • Palmetto Skipper 9
  • Berry's Skipper 1
  • Dusted Skipper 7
  • Eufala Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 72

Palamedes Swallowtail

Cloudless Sulphur

Dusted Skipper

Southern Broken-Dash

Swarthy Skipper, Aaron's Skipper

Delaware Skipper

Berry's Skipper

Red-banded Hairstreak