Sighting for September 17, 2012

Bill Berthet

Jennings State Forest and Wildlife Management Area
Clay County, FL

Windshield and Field Survey Using Eagle Optics 8 by 42 Ranger Platinum Class Binoculars
9-16-2012 9:15 to 1:15 4 hours
9-17-2012 10:30 to 12:30 2 hours
Winds E. 5-15 Mid 80’s low 90’s Sunny to Partly Cloudy
Nectar Source Genus: includes Carphephorus, Liatris, Diodia, Eryngium, Solidago, Pontederia, Elephantopus, Vernonia, and Lachnanthes.
Zebra (Heliconian) was a fly by

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 11
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 7
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 18
  • Cloudless Sulphur 60+
  • Barred Yellow 4
  • Little Yellow 60+
  • Sleepy Orange 14
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 60+
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 7
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Common Buckeye 30+
  • White Peacock 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 3
  • Viceroy 2
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Monarch 5
  • Long-tailed Skipper 60+
  • Southern Cloudywing 3
  • Confused Cloudywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 40+
  • Zarucco Duskywing 5
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Swarthy Skipper 3
  • Fiery Skipper 23
  • Dotted Skipper 6
  • Whirlabout 30+
  • Southern Broken-Dash 6
  • Little Glassywing 1
  • Sachem 6
  • Delaware Skipper 11
  • Palmetto Skipper 14
  • Dion Skipper 2
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2
  • Twin-spot Skipper 15
  • Ocola Skipper 50+

Little Yellow

Dion Skipper

Zebra Swallowtail

Dotted Skipper

Juniper Hairstreak