Sighting for April 24, 2015
Laurel Rhodes
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL
- Zebra Swallowtail 7
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Great Southern White 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Orange-barred Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Zebra Heliconian 15
- Phaon Crescent 10
- Pearl Crescent 10
- Question Mark 1
- Common Buckeye 21
- White Peacock 3
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Carolina Satyr 3
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zarucco Duskywing 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Monk Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper 2
- Twin-spot Skipper 1
- Brazilian Skipper 2
Hackberry Emperor
Gray Hairstreak
With Karen Finch (photos),Melanie Weiss, Jean and Bill Evoy. Temp. 90F, partly cloudy; 6 hours in the field. Slow skipper day even though 100s of Pickerel Weed plants were in bloom. Recent controlled burn had scorched park vegetation along park road for about 1 mi. Brazilian Skippers were in larval form.