Sighting for October 7, 2014

Linda Cooper

Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area
Osceola County, FL

10:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Most butterflies on entrance road to East Loop and around East Loop. We ran out of time to cover so many carphephorus and liatris fields. Weather: mostly cloudy all day with light breeze. This trip has been dubbed ‘Bullied by Skippers.’ Participants: Sue Farnsworth, Buck and Linda Cooper

  • Zebra Swallowtail 19
  • Black Swallowtail 6
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 32
  • Cloudless Sulphur 55
  • Barred Yellow 4
  • Little Yellow 105
  • Gray Hairstreak 5
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Little Metalmark 10
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • Pearl Crescent 7
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 62
  • Viceroy 5
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Queen 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 27
  • Horace's Duskywing 12
  • Zarucco Duskywing 14
  • Swarthy Skipper 5
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Dotted Skipper 1
  • Meske's Skipper 4
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 13
  • Whirlabout 15
  • Southern Broken-Dash 25
  • Northern Broken-Dash 1
  • Arogos Skipper 21
  • Delaware Skipper 2
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Palmetto Skipper 18
  • Berry's Skipper 2
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Dusted Skipper 17
  • Eufala Skipper 4
  • Twin-spot Skipper 27
  • Ocola Skipper 8

Zebra Swallowtail

Meske's Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Berry's Skipper

Berry's Skipper

Arogos Skipper

Arogos Skipper

Arogos Skipper

Little Metalmark

Meske's Skipper

Palmetto Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Silver-spotted Skipper