Sighting for October 14, 2016
John Lampkin
Triple Creek Preserve
Hillsborough County, FL
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Palamedes Swallowtail 8
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Barred Yellow 5
- Little Yellow 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 2
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 5
- Carolina Satyr 17
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 10
- Horace's Duskywing 2
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
- Three-spotted Skipper 2
- Clouded Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Whirlabout 10
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Ocola Skipper 9
Long-tailed Skipper caterpillar
Southern Broken-Dash
Clouded Skipper caterpillar
Clouded Skipper caterpillar
With Marc C. Minno & field trip participants in the 2016 Florida Birding and Nature Festival.
2-5 pm; mid-80’s.
Dr. Minno spotted several larval shelters. The Clouded Skipper caterpillar makes partial cuts mid-leaf then rolls a tube around itself. Image after opening tube shows the cat, cuts and sticky residue. Careful examination revealed an asymmetrical pattern in the head, possibly the result of a developmental aberration or predation.
Other images show Southern Broken-Dash predation by an ambush bug and a Long-tailed Skipper larva (included in count list).