Sighting for July 9, 2022

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

29th annual NABA butterfly count. Weather: 82°-93°, winds: 5-8 mph, sun all day 76%. 3 teams. LCooper, SClendenin, SFarnsworth, ANaccarato, CNagele, TPalmer, NPrine, PStrauss, CWelch. Many nectar sources.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 6
  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 18
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 10
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Little Metalmark 23
  • Zebra Heliconian 12
  • Phaon Crescent 40
  • Pearl Crescent 14
  • Common Buckeye 25
  • White Peacock 19
  • Viceroy 10
  • Tawny Emperor 2
  • Carolina Satyr 25
  • Georgia Satyr 23
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 14
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 4
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 23
  • Swarthy Skipper 21
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Least Skipper 4
  • Fiery Skipper 8
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 5
  • Whirlabout 15
  • Southern Broken-Dash 8
  • Sachem 15
  • Delaware Skipper 15
  • Aaron's Skipper 3
  • Palmetto Skipper 8
  • Berry's Skipper 2
  • Monk Skipper 2
  • Eufala Skipper 6
  • Twin-spot Skipper 4
  • Brazilian Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 13

Clouded Skipper

Gray Hairstreak

Twin-spot Skipper

Sachem

White Peacock

Cloudless Sulphur

Red-banded Hairstreak

Whirlabout

Swarthy Skipper

Tawny-edged Skipper

Berry's Skipper

Palmetto Skipper

Southern Broken-Dash

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Monk Skipper

Little Metalmark

Hayhurst's Scallopwing

Tawny Emperor

Sachem

Georgia Satyr

Swarthy Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Queen