Sighting for October 15, 2021

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA, East Side
Dougherty County, GA

Fall flowers still going strong. Field Mustard coming back well, so this is looking good again for the Queen butterflies and any over-wintering Monarchs.

0945-1345, 4 hours, 71-85F, Wind variable 2-4MPH, Cloud Cover 17-27%, Georgia Coastal Plain, Mud Creek-Seven Bridges (gravel) Road through swamps, fields and pines. 31.470410324789466, -84.3844446228316

  • Cloudless Sulphur 30
  • Little Yellow 20
  • Sleepy Orange 25
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 20
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye common
  • Monarch 7
  • Queen 10
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Clouded Skipper 5
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Ocola Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Queen

Queen, Monarch

Variegated Fritillary

Sleepy Orange

Zebra Heliconian

Common/White Checkered-Skipper

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Queen, Monarch

Little Yellow

Gulf Fritillary

Common Buckeye

Clouded Skipper

Cloudless Sulphur

Monarch