Sighting for October 11, 2021
Roy Cohutta
Chickasawhatchee WMA, East Side
Dougherty County, GA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Little Yellow 15
- Sleepy Orange 20
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gulf Fritillary 11
- Zebra Heliconian 4
- Pearl Crescent 6
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye abundant
- Viceroy 2
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr 2
- Monarch 1
- Queen 9
- Long-tailed Skipper 4
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 30
- Clouded Skipper 6
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Whirlabout 2
- Ocola Skipper 4
Gulf Fritillary
Zebra Heliconian
Zebra Heliconian
Queen
Southern Pearly-eye
The highlight of this trip was photographing the Pearly-eye. We have both Southern and Creole here, but they are seldom seen. The thick vegetation makes is difficult to walk around in the swampy areas and there are plenty of Cottonmouths.
This worn Southern had linear eyespot pupils, a curved FW eyespot row, a FW pm line that came to a point and orange antennal clubs.
1100-1600, 75-84F, SE 4-8MPH, Cloud Cover 19-63%, Georgia Coastal Plain, swamps, fields, pines. 31.471208066927904, -84.38440171730676