Sighting for June 7, 2014
Linda Cooper
Colt Creek State Park
Polk County, FL
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Zebra Swallowtail 7
- Black Swallowtail 65
- Giant Swallowtail 6
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 17
- Palamedes Swallowtail 33
- Checkered White 10
- Great Southern White 36
- Southern Dogface 16
- Cloudless Sulphur 38
- Little Yellow 50
- Sleepy Orange 75
- Dainty Sulphur 13
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 36
- Red-banded Hairstreak 6
- Ceraunus Blue 6
- Little Metalmark 1
- Gulf Fritillary 212
- Zebra Heliconian 6
- Variegated Fritillary 48
- Phaon Crescent 19
- Pearl Crescent 50
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 30
- White Peacock 15
- Viceroy 10
- Appalachian Brown 8
- Carolina Satyr 81
- Monarch 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Northern Cloudywing 8
- Confused Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 9
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 12
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 3
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper 40
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 16
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
- Sachem 3
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Palatka Skipper 1
- Twin-spot Skipper 2
- Brazilian Skipper 2
Southern Dogface
NABA butterfly count. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 79°-92°, sunny most of day. Two teams inside the park, 1 team outside the park. Entire area very dry. High number of Southern Dogface, all inside the park.