Sighting for July 5, 2014
Linda Cooper
Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park, Seminole State Forest, plant nursery and roadsides
Seminole County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 1
- Great Southern White 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 1
- Barred Yellow 18
- Little Yellow 4
- Dainty Sulphur 10
- Great Purple Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Cassius Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 7
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Phaon Crescent 2
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr 13
- Monarch 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Northern Cloudywing 3
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Zarucco Duskywing 14
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Whirlabout 2
- Sachem 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Monk Skipper 1
Part of the Wekiva NABA butterfly count. 8:45 am - 4:30 pm weather: 83 to 91 degrees. Tom Palmer, Linda Cooper
Lots of nectar sources at SSF but not many butterflies.
This portion of the count is in both Seminole and Lake Counties.