Sighting for December 6, 2021

Roy Cohutta

Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA

Observed one Queen mated pair that flew into the swamp area.

Queen and Monarch numbers are conservative best estimates. I expect some Queen butterflies and a few Monarchs will overwinter here.

1415-1515, 74-76F, Wind 10-19MPH, Cloud Cover 86-96%, Field with mustard next to swamp, 31.470204259095787, -84.37649789585056.

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Zebra Heliconian 4
  • American Lady 4
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • Monarch 20
  • Queen 60
  • Long-tailed Skipper 15
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Zebra Heliconian

Queen

Monarch, Queen

Little Yellow

Clouded Skipper

Long-tailed Skipper

Cloudless Sulphur

Monarch

Gulf Fritillary