Sighting for July 26, 2014
Linda Cooper
Bay Lake area of the Green Swamp WMA to South Grade Rd to Hwy. 471
Lake County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 4
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 47
- Palamedes Swallowtail 20
- Great Southern White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 14
- Barred Yellow 22
- Little Yellow 20
- Sleepy Orange 19
- Gray Hairstreak 5
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Gulf Fritillary 31
- Zebra Heliconian 12
- Phaon Crescent 12
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Viceroy 12
- Carolina Satyr 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 3
- Northern Cloudywing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 90
- Zarucco Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Sachem 1
- Monk Skipper 1
A drive checking for blooming Redroot. Huge stands of it but not much activity at the majority of blooms. Loosestrife held lots of Horace’s Duskywings. 86 to 93 degrees. 10 am - 3 pm. Area very wet and not passable in passenger car. Buck and Linda Cooper