Sighting for May 13, 2014
Laurel Rhodes
Lake Manatee State Park
Manatee County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 8
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 9
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Ceraunus Blue 30+
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Zebra Heliconian 3
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Buckeye 5
- Queen 2
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Neamathla Skipper 3
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
- Monk Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 2
Palamedes Swallowtail
Twin-spot Skipper
Neamathla Skipper
With Karen Finch (photos), Jean and Bill Evoy (photo). Full sun, breezy, 80F. All skippers we observed were nectaring on Buttonbush near the lake.