Sighting for December 25, 2021
Roy Cohutta
Chickasawhatchee WMA
Dougherty County, GA
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow 6
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Zebra Heliconian 6
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 8
- Monarch 40
- Queen 160
- Long-tailed Skipper 4
Common Buckeye
Little Yellow
Monarch
Monarch
Monarch
Common Buckeye
Monarch
Zebra Heliconian
Zebra Heliconian
Queen
American Lady
The numbers and species on this list look unusual for late December for SW Georgia (at least to me).
Again, the vegetation (mostly mustard), appeared to be dripping with Queen and Monarch butterflies. Numbers are conservative estimates. I saw one (1) Queen mated-pair.
1300-1400, 70-73F, Wind SW 13-21MPH, Wind made photography challenging, Cloud Cover 25-35%. Habitat was a large mustard field next to a swamp in the upper coastal plains (Dougherty Plain) of southwest Georgia. 31.470647083018523, -84.37639592801261