November 2019 Sightings

This is the latest I’ve seen one of these.

old golf course in Clear Lake City remodeled to a detention wetlands with walking trail/3:25pm-4:25pm; partly cloudy; 61 degrees

noon-1:50pm;sunny,clear blue sky;55 degrees

At least 4 Gulf Fritillaries still coming to garden, nectaring on autumn sage, butterfly bush, and Tithonia. We have again had unseasonably warm weather later in the fall than normal.

After a hard frost last night that killed off most of the flowering plants, it was nice to see a butterfly today.

Two 20 minutes strolls around the garden - Sunny, 63, winds 6 MPH. Excited to find an Ocola Skipper and a Sleepy Orange. Boy, Did I have to chase but move stealthily to even get a picture of the Sleepy Orange. White-form Orange Sulphur here also. Common Buckeye cats and Black Swallowtail cats on host plants. Black Swallowtail (2) and Spicebush Swallowtail Chrysalis(6) continue.

My son picked up a cold Monarch that flew away before I could get a photo then I flushed the Lady as I was walking toward him.

Seen in our gardens

Sunny day with highs in low 50s

Also observed a Green Darner and Blue-faced Meadowhawk flying in the same area. Surprised her were not more butterflies as it was a fairly nice sunny day.

the Acmon Blue was so tiny that I had initially thought it was a Pygmy-Blue.
all butterflies on euryops daisy

(12-60) Cool, breezy, but overcast.

Windy, mostly sunny and temps ranged from 30° to 53° after 4 days of light frosts leaving virtually no nectar sources available now.

Flowers and butterflies are looking a little worse for wear, but still decent numbers for this late in the season. The 11 Great Purple Hairstreaks is noteworthy.

Also observed a Green Darner and Blue-faced Meadowhawk flying nearby.

Each day I think might be the last day for butterflies but today was pretty good. Sunny, mid 60’s winds 10 MPH. It’s been a week since I saw a Red Admiral or Variegated Fritillary.

High around 70! Beautiful fall day.

36°-63° under mostly cloudy skies and light air movement. Catmint plant, Dandelion and very few other nectar sources available today.

High about 70, overcast. We walked further today but still did not see a Little Metalmark in the usual places. Neighbor has azeleas that bloom Spring & Fall. In the spring Swallowtails use them.

Sunny, breezy, 85 degrees

recent frost killed most nectar sources

(11-130). Walked out the Pinellas Trail a mile and a half and back. Cloudy skies the entire time. Found a new, northern-most Pinellas location for Three-spotted Skipper.

90 degrees and sunny. The butterfly garden had butterflies but the rest of the park had almost no butterflies because of drought. The butterfly garden is watered. This Gray Hairstreak has lost his false head at the rear of the hindwing. We found 29 species.

These guys are busy through the fall here.

(21-289). Full sun, warm, with a slight breeze. Lantana bushes in bloom. Sleepy morning coming into bloom - soon to be a large hatch of Mallow Scrub-Hairstreaks.

milkweed loaded with caterpillars

First cold morning with low of 38 degrees. But as soon as the sun was up good the butterflies were flying! They are enjoying our neighbors azeleas that bloom Spring and Fall and our Passion Vine blooms, Gallarida and Zinnias.

Seen flying in the traffic circle to Orchard Beach. Surprised it was still alive after the frost a couple days ago.

Digging out more cannas on a beautiful fall day - low 60’s, sunny with winds 5 MPH. First butterfly of the day, Common Buckeye, but the second one was a Sleepy Orange. That was very unexpected. This is the first Sleepy Orange seen here since 11/2 but the 7th sighting this year. I am hoping to have the correct senna for them next year to mate and lay eggs here. Also male and female Cloudless Sulphurs here and the male kept trying to mate. Most of my nectar is either snapdragons or little tiny yellow flowers in the grass. The male Sachem was also in a mating mood. Total of 10 species flying. 5 Common Buckeye, 3 Black Swallowtail and 1 Monarch caterpillars continue along with overwintering 6 Spicebush Swallowtail chrysalis.

Warmed to about 76 degrees & the butterflies were at their peak about noon. Much more diversity today. Some were enjoying neighbor’s fall blooming azeleas.

Mexican Clover was the nectar source for most species with occasional Bidens.
To say the White Peacocks were abundant is an under-statement as I would estimate there were around 1000. I figure about one every foot or so and I walked about 1000 ft along a path.
While in south Florida I saw an exceptional number of White Peacocks at most sites though not as many as here.

MJV Meeting

MJV Meeting

Sunny and about 77 degrees. 13 species.

Partly sunny and 80 degrees. 11 species. In perhaps an hour to hour and a half we saw 3 butterflies killed by insect predators.

Partly sunny and 80 degrees. 13 species. Limited flowers.

Extremely windy but sunny day
Only stopped by for 30 minutes

Following below average cold days with nights just above freezing and 2 days+ of steady rain it warmed to 59 by 2 pm today.

Nice to see the two Red Admirals, they are absent here during the summer months.

Warmer today about 68 and more butterfly activity while we were gardening but by the time we counted them things had slowed.

warm day brought out a butterfly

I just added Fogfruit, host for Phaon Crescent, to our garden. I wonder if it had a chrysalis on it? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen one. We had this happen with gomphrena purchased & planted next to Plumbago, the host plant for Cassius Blue as we’d never seen Cassius Blue in our yard until then.

With Erik Stabl 2:30 - 4:30
80 degrees and full sun
Erik had found Statiras on 11/21 so we went back to find them again since it’s a new species for the site.

With Leigh Williams. Brief stop while traveling back home.

(21-219) Sunny day with temps in the upper 70s. A nice number of Mallows, two late Statira’s (for our area) and a very worn Painted Lady were the highlights.

Sunny & 71 degrees.

Sunny with temperature in the 80’s. 28 species. White-patched Skipper photo by Dorothy.

Monarchs and Queen feasting and laying eggs on milkweed flowers in the patio courtyard of our home in the afternoon.

I think this is the latest Snout I’ve ever seen in Howard County

Sunny and 85 degrees. 34 species.

First seen at beginning of trail at edge of prairie, second seen in woods along ridgetop. Also saw two winter fireflies. Sunny, about 59 degrees, 11:30 to 3:30.

With the Indiana Gang, Linda, Billy and parents, the Yukichs and Conrads.

(5-51). All of the roadsides had been mowed.

Flying near the farmhouse and bushes with a high of 61° in Lancaster Coounty PA. My last butterfly in 2018 was a Red Admiral in Bombay Hook NWR on 11/7/18.

Seen at plantings at new headquarters building.

Had a large sulphur too but not able to id. it.

3 - 4:30
78 and gorgeous
Only had time to cover half the loop. The other half is dependable for both buckeyes and Little Yellow

Unexpected sighting, it flew up from the compost pile and was caught by the gusty 20-30 mph winds. Sunny and about 57 degrees, around 10 am.

Giving thanks

With Scott Anderson
2:15 - 4:45; Sunny 82 -78