March 2023 Sightings

Ronda G Spink

Big Bend WMA-Tide City Mainline
Taylor County, FL

Weather was cloudy, 72-75°, calm-6mph winds

Survey time: 10:30am-5:00pm

R. Spink and B. Woodmansee

  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 17
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 37
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 12
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 216
  • Question Mark 6
  • Red Admiral 32
  • Long-tailed Skipper 4
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Palamedes Swallowtail

Queen

Question Mark

Red Admiral

Red-banded Hairstreak

Southern Pearly-eye

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

Long-tailed Skipper

Gemmed Satyr

Carolina Satyr

John Heyse

Ravine Gardens, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

plus assorted swallowtails, Phaon Crescents, Red-spotted Admiral, Little Yellow, many Cloudless Sulphurs.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Red Admiral 1

Audrey Whitlock

Merritt Island NWR--Black Point Wildlife Dr.
Brevard County, FL

W 5 Sunny 68-80F, only recorded the butterflies 2.5 miles of the 6 mile loop, 0815-1215; overwhelmed by GSW and SMS; 8 other species elsewhere today in Brevard Co

  • Great Southern White 204
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 22
  • Phaon Crescent 4
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 2
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 118

Great Southern White

Twin-spot Skipper

Salt Marsh Skipper

Gulf Fritillary

Salt Marsh Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Eastern Pygmy-Blue

Tom Palmer

Crooked Lake WEA
Polk County, FL

Very little blooming besides Pickerelweed and Toadflax

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • White Peacock 3
  • Carolina Satyr 7
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1

Whirlabout

Carolina Satyr

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Barred Yellow

Linda Romine

Shawnee State Forest various
Scioto County, OH

Mostly sunny/Partly cloudy, 74-81, 12:30-4pm. Earliest elfin and duskywing sightings for me. Looks more like April 1st than March 1st. Best sighting of the day came at the end - a bobcat crossing the forest road and bounding up the hill!

  • Henry's Elfin 3
  • Spring Azure 6
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 35
  • Mourning Cloak 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Linda Romine

Spring Glen
Adams County, OH

Mostly sunny, 67-74, 10:30-12:00, light to moderate breeze.

  • Spring Azure 1
  • Eastern Comma 17

Ronda G Spink

Upper Waccasassa Conservation Area-Devil's Hammock WMA-Long Branch Road
Levy County, FL

Weather was clear-partly cloudy, 81°, calm-11mph winds

Survey time: 12:00pm-4:00pm

R. Spink and B. Woodmansee

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 24
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Cloudless Sulphur 12
  • Barred Yellow 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 10
  • Texan Crescent 65
  • Phaon Crescent 14
  • Pearl Crescent 66
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Viceroy 1
  • Carolina Satyr 156
  • Little Wood-Satyr 10
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 21
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 8
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 4

Zabulon Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

White M Hairstreak

Texan Crescent

Texan Crescent

Pipevine Swallowtail

Giant Swallowtail laying eggs

Audrey Whitlock

Tosahatchee WMA, Orange Co, Christmas FL
Orange County, FL

0750-1150 56-82F SW5; not much in bloom, a couple of patches of blue toadflax on powerline rd and some fetterbush in the woods

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1-2
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Zarucco Duskywing

Pearl Crescent

Whirlabout

Zarucco Duskywing

Ocola Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Ken Wilson

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Sunny, 60 degrees @ 11 AM starting time, breezy.

  • Spring White
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Sonoran Blue
  • Wright's Metalmark
  • Variable Checkerspot
  • Painted Lady
  • Queen
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • White Checkered-Skipper

White Checkered-Skipper

Variable Checkerspot

Sonoran Blue

Sonoran Blue

Mark and Holly Salvato

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere
Indian River County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 8
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 4
  • Common Buckeye 20
  • White Peacock 6
  • Sleepy Duskywing 10
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Sleepy Duskywing

Sleepy Duskywing

Bart Jones

my backyard, midtown Memphis
Shelby County, TN

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 4

Linda Cooper

Forever Florida
Osceola County, FL

Casual observations during a private tour with others including Ed Perry and photos are his. 10:15 am-2 pm. 84°-89°, sunny, windy. Everything dry and almost no nectar sources.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 7
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Little Yellow 6
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • White Peacock 5
  • Monarch 2
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Fiery Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Gulf Fritillary

Clouded Skipper

Zebra Heliconian

Linda Cooper

Three Lakes WMA, Williams Rd Unit
Osceola County, FL

Quick visit to see if Yucca Giant-Skipper Skipper is laying eggs in known locations yet. 2:15 -4:30 pm, 90°, windy & dry conditions with few nectar sources. With Ed Perry and most photos are his. The light colored egg would be unusual for Yucca Giant-Skipper, and could possibly be a Cofaqui Giant-Skipper. We found four Yucca Giant-Skipper eggs and two of the light ones.

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 12
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Sleepy Duskywing 9
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Whirlabout

Gulf Fritillary

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Pearl Crescent

Sleepy Duskywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Steven Glynn

Sabino Canyon area
Pima County, AZ

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Sara Orangetip 6
  • Southern Dogface 4
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Spring Azure 1
  • American Snout 2
  • Texan Crescent 3
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 4
  • Erichson's White-Skipper 1

Arizona Powdered-Skipper

Texan Crescent

Erichson's White-Skipper

Sara Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

Mark and Holly Salvato

Longleaf Pine Preserve, Deland
Volusia County, FL

  • Zebra Swallowtail 12
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Barred Yellow 4
  • Little Yellow 6
  • Henry's Elfin 14
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1

Henry's Elfin

Northern Cloudywing

John Heyse

Washington Oaks Gardens Park
Flagler County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 11+
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Common Buckeye 1

Palamedes Swallowtail

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Palamedes Swallowtail

Bart Jones

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
Shelby County, TN

Most of the sulphurs were very yellow, with almost all having a small orange area in the central trailing edge of the hindwing, so these were Orange Sulphurs. There were two that were completely yellow (Clouded Sulphurs).

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 42

Orange Sulphur

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Denis C. Quinn

Blackwater State Forest
Okaloosa County, FL

  • Monarch 2

James L. Monroe

Paleo Hammock
St. Lucie County, FL

mid-80’s, sunny, 11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Barred Yellow 7
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock common
  • Monarch 10
  • Queen 6
  • Dorantes Longtail 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 10+
  • Three-spotted Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 2

Linda Romine

William H. Harsha Lake
Clermont County, OH

12:45-2:35, 73-75 degrees, mostly sunny with light to moderate breezes and occasional higher gusts. One Spring Azure nectared on spicebush. Season well-advanced with star and sauce magnolia in full bloom. Also blooming are wildflowers including white trout lily.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Spring Azure 4
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 2

John Heyse

Dunn's Creek Park
Putnam County, FL

  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Barred Yellow 3
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Carolina Satyr 4

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

(19-130). Warm and sunny. Still very dry with no rain in many weeks. FL74.

  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 22
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
  • Ceraunus Blue 6
  • Little Metalmark 5
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Phaon Crescent 45
  • American Lady 1
  • White Peacock 5
  • Mangrove Skipper 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Three-spotted Skipper 7
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 6
  • Sachem 3
  • Monk Skipper 7

American Lady

Dainty Sulphur

Horace's Duskywing

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Southern Skipperling

Three-spotted Skipper

Monk Skipper

Little Metalmark

Mangrove Skipper

Mangrove Skipper

Ceraunus Blue

Alan Schmierer

Filmore Cyn Trail, Dripping Springs Nat Area
Dona Ana County, NM

Clear, breezy, 73 degrees. Most of activity was past the mine in the canyon proper. One Blue seen but not identified.

  • Sara Orangetip 10
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Sara Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

Sara Orangetip

John Heyse

Rice Creek Park
Putnam County, FL

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8

Palamedes Swallowtail

John Heyse

Mike Roess Park
Clay County, FL

The Zebra Swallowtails never landed; they kept flying about.
Also saw 1 unID grass skipper.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 6+
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail

Ronda G Spink

Devils Hammock WMA-Andrews Road-North to South
Levy County, FL

Weather: mostly sunny-partly cloudy, 75°-79°, calm-6mph winds

Survey time: 12:00pm-5:30pm

R. Spink and B. Woodmansee

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 81
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 6
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 8
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 78
  • Cloudless Sulphur 26
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 6
  • Texan Crescent 20
  • Phaon Crescent 43
  • Pearl Crescent 90
  • Red Admiral 13
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Viceroy 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Carolina Satyr 46
  • Little Wood-Satyr 73
  • Monarch 25
  • Queen 61
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 8
  • Whirlabout 2

Dennis Vollmar

Gate B Elinor Klapp-Phipps park
Leon County, FL

1:30 - 3. overcast then rain

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Pearl Crescent common
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Monarch 1
  • Hoary Edge 5
  • Northern Cloudywing 3
  • Zarucco Duskywing 2
  • Clouded Skipper 2

Hoary Edge

Pipevine Swallowtail

Hoary Edge

Zarucco Duskywing

Dennis Vollmar

Leon County south of Tallahassee
Leon County, FL

Overcast all day 9am to 1:30pm

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Zebra Swallowtail common
  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Frosted Elfin 8
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent common
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Carolina Satyr 5
  • Monarch 2
  • Northern Cloudywing common
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Dusky Roadside-Skipper 4

Frosted Elfin

Northern Cloudywing

Juvenal's Duskywing

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Dusky Roadside-Skipper

Dusky Roadside-Skipper

Ron & Lori Smith

Chassahowitzka WMA
Hernando County, FL

(8-52) Short visit for only an hour. FL80

  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Common Buckeye 16
  • Carolina Satyr 9
  • Little Wood-Satyr 13
  • Long-tailed Skipper 2
  • Sleepy Duskywing 6

Sleepy Duskywing

Sleepy Duskywing

Ron & Lori Smith

Citrus WMA
Citrus County, FL

(10-36) Mostly sunny with fetterbush, littleleaf buckbrush and sundial lupine being nectar sources. FL78

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 9
  • Zebra Swallowtail 11
  • Southern Dogface 6
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Confused Cloudywing 1
  • Dusky Roadside-Skipper 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Southern Cloudywing

Dusky Roadside-Skipper

Southern Dogface

Edward Perry IV

Mason Terrace, Melbourne
Brevard County, FL

Yard butterflies. The O.B.S. was a laying female on Senna bicapsularis and Senna alata. There was also one patrolling male. Beautiful weather with high about 80 degrees. Dry as can be. We’ve had about three days of cold weather back in December and it’s been summer since.

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 2
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Monarch 4

Orange-barred Sulphur

Orange-barred Sulphur

Orange-barred Sulphur

Dennis Vollmar

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

70 degrees mostly sunny. Nature trail below Gregory house and trail to stone bridge

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Texan Crescent 8
  • Pearl Crescent common
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 7
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Southern Pearly-eye 3
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Monarch 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Reversed Roadside-Skipper 1

Eastern Pine Elfin

Clouded Skipper

Zebra Swallowtail

Juvenal's Duskywing

Red-spotted Purple

Zabulon Skipper

Texan Crescent

Reversed Roadside-Skipper

Reversed Roadside-Skipper

Alan Schmierer

Filmore Cyn Trail, Dripping Springs Nat Area Dona Ana County, NM
Dona Ana County, NM

72 degrees, partly sunny, windy. 2 Funereal or Mournful duskywings. 5 unidentified Checkered-skippers.

  • Pearly Marble 1
  • Desert Orangetip 3
  • Sara Orangetip 7
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Spring Azure 5
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Pearly Marble

Desert Orangetip

Spring Azure

Desert Orangetip

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

We checked the thistle and other wildflowers on a newly cleared lot on Captain’s Cove Road where we found the Buckeye, Whirlabout and Salt Marsh Skipper before hiking into Tabby Oaks. The high today was 73 after 1/2 inch of rain yesterday.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 18
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Henry's Elfin 5
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Southern Pearly-eye 7
  • Gemmed Satyr 8
  • Carolina Satyr 60
  • Little Wood-Satyr 10
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 1

Henry's Elfin

Palamedes Swallowtail

Carolina Satyr

Southern Pearly-eye

Gemmed Satyr

Common Buckeye

Little Wood-Satyr

Carolina Satyr

Little Metalmark

Cloudless Sulphur

Red-banded Hairstreak

Zabulon Skipper

Clouded Skipper

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Juvenal's Duskywing

Whirlabout

Ron & Lori Smith

Ocala National Forest
Putnam County, FL

(16-86) Warm and sunny. Little in the way of nectar sources except a couple of thistles. Walked the forest edges and hillsides. Pine Elfin photo is cropped and lightened to show field marks. Along for the adventure: J & I Gibbons. FL84

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 25
  • Zebra Swallowtail 10
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 7
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Barred Yellow 5
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Little Metalmark 4
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • Common Buckeye 4
  • Monarch 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Sleepy Duskywing 15
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 2
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Whirlabout 1

Sleepy Duskywing

Eastern Pine Elfin

Northern Cloudywing

Palamedes Swallowtail

Dennis Vollmar

San Falasco State Park
Alachua County, FL

9am to 2pm. Trail to power line cut. Found 1 yucca with 3 Yucca Giant-Skipper eggs

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 3
  • Zebra Swallowtail 6
  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • American Snout 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye common
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 3
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Little Wood-Satyr common
  • Monarch 3
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Yucca Giant-Skipper

American Lady

Goatweed Leafwing

Little Wood-Satyr

Carolina Satyr

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

78 degrees, sunny just before wind and high winds arrived. A timber or canebrake rattlesnake was across our path when we arrived so we took the long way around through the tall cane which is host plant for several species we saw. We haven’t seen a Juniper Hairstreak in this location for a couple of years and this is a very early date for White M Hairstreak which we don’t typically see until May in McIntosh County.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 12
  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Henry's Elfin 19
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Southern Pearly-eye 1
  • Gemmed Satyr 12
  • Carolina Satyr 36
  • Little Wood-Satyr 20
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 3
  • Clouded Skipper 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 6

Cloudless Sulphur

Henry's Elfin

Little Wood-Satyr

Red-banded Hairstreak

White M Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Northern Cloudywing

Clouded Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

Gemmed Satyr

Southern Pearly-eye

Carolina Satyr

Palamedes Swallowtail

john heyse

at home, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

phaon crescent

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1

Phaon Crescent

Alan Schmierer

Filmore cyn, Dripping Springs Nat Mon
Dona Ana County, NM

70 degrees, clear, breezy.

  • Desert Orangetip 2
  • Sara Orangetip 7
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Spring Azure 6
  • American Snout 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Mourning Cloak 3
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 1
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper 2
  • Common Streaky-Skipper 1

Question Mark

Golden-headed Scallopwing

Arizona Powdered-Skipper

Spring Azure

Sleepy Orange

James L. Monroe

Upper Waccasassa Conservation Area - Devil's Hammock
Levy County, FL

lower 80’s 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 18+
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 18+
  • Texan Crescent 10+
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Pearl Crescent 6
  • Viceroy 1
  • Carolina Satyr 6+
  • Little Wood-Satyr 12+
  • Queen 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

John and Nancy Crosby

Sea Way NE, Shellman Bluff, GA
McIntosh County, GA

High today only 68 after 78 yesterday,

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1

Cloudless Sulphur

Karen Canon

Albuquerque NM
Bernalillo County, NM

NW Industrial area of town, which has a surprising amount of wildlife.

  • Cabbage White 1

Alan Schmierer

FYI I had multiple fresh They were east of Las Cruces along Dripping springs Road, east of the main trails to the top of "A" Mt (aka Tortugas Mt) about 100 yards south of the covered picnic area at Monte Vista Hiking Trail Parking Lot.
Dona Ana County, NM

Multiple fresh Apodemia mormo duryi near noon today. 69 degrees, breezy and clear. Just after noon.

  • Mormon Metalmark 5

Mormon Metalmark

Mormon Metalmark

Mormon Metalmark

Mormon Metalmark

Mary Jane Krotzer

Oakmulgee WMA of the Talladega National Forest
Chilton County, AL

Sunny and cool with temperatures in the mid 50s.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 13
  • Zebra Swallowtail 14
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 11
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 17
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
  • Pearl Crescent 9
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 35
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
  • Pepper and Salt Skipper 3
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Zarucco Duskywing

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Red-banded Hairstreak

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Pipevine Swallowtail

Juvenal's Duskywing

MaryAnn Friedman

North West Colorado Springs
El Paso County, CO

First sightings of the season in our neighborhood. 7,000 ft elevation 60 degrees F.

  • Hoary Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 5
  • Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1

Mourning Cloak

Hoary Comma

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA

Both sightings were near 11:15 and no more for the day.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

65 degrees, sunny.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 9
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Henry's Elfin 6
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Southern Pearly-eye 6
  • Gemmed Satyr 5
  • Carolina Satyr 30
  • Little Wood-Satyr 18
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 5

Southern Pearly-eye

Henry's Elfin

Juniper Hairstreak

Little Wood-Satyr

Zabulon Skipper

Ken Wilson

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

Sunny, a high of 67 degrees, light winds. The season here remains close to running 3 to 4 weeks late for most species.

  • Black Swallowtail
  • Becker's White
  • Sara Orangetip
  • Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Great Purple Hairstreak
  • Marine Blue
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • Sonoran Blue
  • Silvery Blue
  • Acmon Blue
  • Wright's Metalmark
  • Mormon Metalmark
  • Variable Checkerspot
  • Painted Lady
  • Arizona Powdered-Skipper
  • Funereal Duskywing
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Orange Skipperling

Arizona Powdered-Skipper

Becker's White

Dainty Sulphur

Mormon Metalmark

Great Purple Hairstreak

Marine Blue

Orange Skipperling

Silvery Blue

Sonoran Blue

Sonoran Blue

Wright's Metalmark

White Checkered-Skipper

Funereal Duskywing

Linda Cooper

DeLuca Preserve
Osceola County, FL

10:15 am - 5:15 pm. 70°-83°, clear to partly cloudy, winds 10-16 mph. Scouting for follow up surveys. Area dry. Nectar: thistle, pickerelweed, several polygala species, huckleberry, buttonweed. CGibson, JLampkin, EPerry, LCooper.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 24
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 21
  • Great Southern White 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow 7
  • Little Metalmark 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 17
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • White Peacock 1
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Georgia Satyr 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 2
  • Fiery Skipper 10
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 55
  • Southern Broken-Dash 9
  • Sachem 3
  • Delaware Skipper 4
  • Palmetto Skipper 3
  • Berry's Skipper 2
  • Monk Skipper 17
  • Eufala Skipper 3

Monk Skipper, Sachem

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Cloudless Sulphur

Eufala Skipper

Zebra Swallowtail

Delaware Skipper

Whirlabout

Palamedes Swallowtail

Variegated Fritillary

Palmetto Skipper

Little Yellow

Horace's Duskywing

Southern Broken-Dash

Tawny-edged Skipper

Berry's Skipper

James L. Monroe

along Ohio River near town of Beaver
Beaver County, PA

First of year for me in PA

  • Cabbage White 1

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

75 degrees sunny with front moving in and intermittent periods of overcast skies. During those periods the mosquitos and Satyrs were abundant!

  • Zebra Swallowtail 6
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 18
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Henry's Elfin 7
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Southern Pearly-eye 6
  • Carolina Satyr abundant
  • Little Wood-Satyr abundant
  • Northern Cloudywing 6
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 12
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Palamedes Swallowtail

Henry's Elfin

Juvenal's Duskywing

Red-banded Hairstreak

Northern Cloudywing

Southern Pearly-eye

Carolina Satyr

Zabulon Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

Northern Cloudywing

Edward Perry IV

Three Lakes WMA, William's Road unit
Osceola County, FL

Surveyed from 8:30a to 9:35a in a known area for YGS. Fifteen unemerged eggs were located on various yuccas, 3 that had emerged, and 2 caterpillars in their leaf-tip tents were located. The photographed caterpillar is most likely entering its second or third day out of the egg. Not long after this it will burrow into the root of the host plant.

  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Sleepy Duskywing 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper *

Northern Cloudywing

Whirlabout

Ceraunus Blue

Carolina Satyr

Yucca Giant-Skipper egg

Yucca Giant-Skipper caterpillar

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Finally, a warm sunny 67 degree day. All the Tortoiseshells and the one Mourning Cloak were worn and tattered. The Sara Orangetips, first of year for me.

  • Sara Orangetip 3
  • Spring Azure 39
  • California Tortoiseshell 7
  • Mourning Cloak 1

California Tortoiseshell

Rick Borchelt

Riverdale Park along Northeast Branch Trail
Prince George's County, MD

FOY. Spring form Summer Azure male (C neglecta, not C ladon). Falcate Orangetip was a female; males had been observed at this location a week ago.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Falcate Orangetip 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jim Wilkinson

Race Road, Elkridge
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1

Cabbage White

John Heyse

at home, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

60F buckeye on “lawn”

  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Dun Skipper 1

Common Buckeye

Clifford Hence

Heinz NWR RT420 entrance of refuge
Delaware County, PA

Only butterfly of the day. But the first of the year.

  • Cabbage White 1

Greg Prelich

Richloam WMA
Sumter County, FL

Good variety today; they especially liked the Bristle Thistle.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 15
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Pearl Crescent 10
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Appalachian Brown 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 12
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 4
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Appalachian Brown

Delaware Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Little Wood-Satyr

Palamedes Swallowtail

Tawny-edged Skipper

Zebra Swallowtail

Twin-spot Skipper

Joanne Langabee

Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, NE
Sarpy County, NE

First butterfly of the year on the first day of spring. It was around 60 degrees with little wind. 2p.m.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Ronda G Spink

San Felasco Hammock Preserve
Alachua County, FL

Weather was partly cloudy, 64°-73°, 8-9mph winds

Survey time: 11:45am-2:50pm

R. Spink and B. Woodmansee

  • Question Mark 2
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Carolina Satyr 10
  • Little Wood-Satyr 6
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Yucca Giant-Skipper 1

Common Buckeye

Juvenal's Duskywing

Question Mark

Little Wood-Satyr

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Question Mark

Long-tailed Skipper

King's Hairstreak caterpillar

King's Hairstreak

Jean Evoy

Peace River Basin north of Arcadia
DeSoto County, FL

Southern Oak Hairstreak, American Lady and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail seen on Sparkleberry

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White common
  • Dainty Sulphur
  • Oak Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye
  • White Peacock
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 1
  • Fiery Skipper

Oak Hairstreak

Tom Fiore

Hook Mt. trails (near and on summit), north of Nyack
Rockland County, NY

Cabbage Whites feisty and had not been seen here until this date in ‘23, to my knowledge - commas were each sitting more than ‘cloaks which regularly patrolled in their respective ‘territories’ and just occasionally caused a comma to fly up and defend a small patch of a sunny slope. The Mourning Cloaks had been first noted [by me] here, as of March 16th, when at least two individuals were seen.

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 6+

Mourning Cloak

Eastern Comma

Denis C. Quinn

1 mile west of US route 1 on Mason-Dixon MD/PA line.
Chester County, PA

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Eastern Comma 1

Cabbage White

Eastern Comma

Rick Borchelt

North Tract of Patuxent Research Refuge
Anne Arundel County, MD

1:30 pm - 4 pm under mostly sunny to slightly overcast skies; warm (temperatures rising from 50F to 63F) with mostly calm winds. Circuit from Visitor Center via Wild Turkey Way to Kingfisher Road to WIldlife Loop and return to VC. Very little nectar in bloom; the anglewings surprised me by avidly nectaring on invasive Pyrus x calleryana. Azure was actually spring form of Summer Azure, C. neglecta.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 13
  • Mourning Cloak 1

Eastern Comma

Eastern Comma

Mourning Cloak

Jeff Gesell

Jacobsburg State Park
Northampton County, PA

Sunny, light breeze, 60 degrees. First of year butterflies for me in PA!

  • Eastern Comma 4
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Mourning Cloak

Eastern Comma

Renee Davis

Bashakill WMA
Sullivan County, NY

First of the season for me.

  • Eastern Comma 2
  • Mourning Cloak 3

Mourning Cloak

Mourning Cloak

Ron & Lori Smith

Torreya State Park
Liberty County, FL

(28-141) A bit foggy until just after 11 and then everything came to life. A great day!

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 6
  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 9
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 11
  • Little Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Texan Crescent 4
  • Pearl Crescent 33
  • Question Mark 4
  • American Lady 3
  • Red Admiral 6
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Viceroy 3
  • Southern Pearly-eye 5
  • Carolina Satyr 19
  • Little Wood-Satyr 3
  • Monarch 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Zarucco Duskywing 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Pepper and Salt Skipper 2
  • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2

American Lady

Texan Crescent

Pepper and Salt Skipper

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

Red-spotted Purple

Greg Prelich

Pasture Reserve
Lake County, FL

Great Southern White laying eggs on Virginia Peppergrass.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 32
  • Zebra Heliconian 3
  • Phaon Crescent 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • Viceroy 1
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Zebra Swallowtail

Zebra Heliconian

Viceroy

Gray Hairstreak

Great Southern White

Great Southern White egg

John Heyse

at home, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

plus 1 unid’d skipper

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 1

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Phaon Crescent

Phaon Crescent

John Heyse

underwood drive, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

ceraunus blue

  • Ceraunus Blue 1

Ceraunus Blue

John and Nancy Crosby

Tabby Oaks, Shellman Bluff, GA 31331
McIntosh County, GA

2 pm temperature was about 75 degrees when we found the Juniper Hairstreak and Henry’s Elfin. Nectar source was thistle, briars and abundant amounts of yapon holly, Ilex vomitoria the host plant for Henry’s Elfin yahwehus subspecies. Both the Zebra Swallowtails and the Juniper Hairstreak were oviposting.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 7
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 6
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 14
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Southern Pearly-eye 7
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Little Wood-Satyr common
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 7
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 1

Little Wood-Satyr

Northern Cloudywing

Zabulon Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Southern Pearly-eye

Juniper Hairstreak

Juniper Hairstreak

Henry's Elfin

Cloudless Sulphur

Palamedes Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail

Laura Wright

East of Jefferson near Caddo WMA
Marion County, TX

Patch of baptisia on roadside

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Frosted Elfin 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak abundant
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Goatweed Leafwing 1
  • Monarch 1

Laura Wright

pipeline west of Marshall
Harrison County, TX

  • Frosted Elfin 6
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak abundant

Tom Fiore, Kristine Wallstrom

Van Cortlandt Park
Bronx County, NY

A brief check of some areas for native wildflowers and other signs of spring; with a rather brief interlude of warmer sun. Less than 1/2-mile total walk here on this visit.

  • Mourning Cloak 3

Ron & Lori Smith

Lower Suwannee WMA
Levy County, FL

(27-198) Always worth a visit. FL93

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Zebra Swallowtail 5
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 16
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 14
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 45
  • Cloudless Sulphur 12
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 15
  • Pearl Crescent 33
  • Red Admiral 4
  • Viceroy 7
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Little Wood-Satyr 6
  • Monarch 4
  • Queen 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 2
  • Whirlabout 14
  • Sachem 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 2
  • Palatka Skipper 3

Palamedes Swallowtail

Palatka Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

Broad-winged Skipper

Juniper Hairstreak

Aaron's Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

Scouting for upcoming butterfly walks. 10 a.m.-4 pm. 71°-84°, winds 10-14. Area very dry with few wildflowers. Nectar: thistle, fleabane, Spanish needles. ACreager, KNieves, LCooper. Last hour with JBoxall, EPoropat.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 4
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Little Metalmark 3
  • Variegated Fritillary 4
  • Phaon Crescent 15
  • Pearl Crescent 30
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 10
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Georgia Satyr 7
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 11
  • Southern Broken-Dash 3
  • Sachem 1
  • Delaware Skipper 3
  • Aaron's Skipper 3
  • Palmetto Skipper 3
  • Palatka Skipper 1
  • Berry's Skipper 3
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Aaron's Skipper

Palatka Skipper

Palmetto Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Little Metalmark

Delaware Skipper

Southern Broken-Dash

Variegated Fritillary

Berry's Skipper

Berry's Skipper

Jim Wilkinson

Columbia Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1

Cabbage White

John Heyse

at home, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

81F
Cloudless Sulphur on mounding mandevilla

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 15
  • Little Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Dun Skipper 2

Cloudless Sulphur

Ronda G Spink

Wright Lake Road/Wright Lake Trail/Wright Lake Campground
Franklin County, FL

Weather was partly, 67°-76°, breezy

Survey time: 9:0am-2:00pm

R. Spink and B. Woodmansee

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 8
  • Zebra Swallowtail 68
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 10
  • Cloudless Sulphur 9
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady t
  • Carolina Satyr 6
  • Little Wood-Satyr 4
  • Queen 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 3
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1

Twin-spot Skipper

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Broad-winged Skipper

Ronda G Spink

Sand Beach Road and Tank Island Road-Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area
Franklin County, FL

Weather was partly cloudy, 78°-80°, breezy

Survey time: 3:30-5:40pm

R. Spink, B. Woodmansee, and M. Woodmansee

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 78
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 70
  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Little Yellow 4
  • Phaon Crescent 8
  • Pearl Crescent 36
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Viceroy 2
  • Carolina Satyr 17
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 14
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 1
  • Palatka Skipper 2
  • Dion Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 39

Ronda G Spink

Shady Forest Ridge Road
Santa Rosa County, FL

Weather was cloudy and 81°

Survey time: 4:30pm-5:00pm

R. Spink, B. Woodmansee, M. Woodmansee

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 3
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2

Ronda G Spink

Kennedy Bridge Road/Blackwater River State Park
Okaloosa County, FL

Weather was cloudy, 81°, breezy

Surveyed from 10:00am-1:15pm

R. Spink, B. Woodmansee, M. Woodmansee

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 5
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Henry's Elfin 2
  • Hessel's Hairstreak 4
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Gemmed Satyr 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1

Henry's Elfin

Hessel's Hairstreak egg

Hessel's Hairstreak egg

Hessel's Hairstreak laying eggs

Hessel's Hairstreak

Southern Broken-Dash

Spring Azure

Swarthy Skipper

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Bart Jones

Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA
Hempstead County, AR

The Frosted Elfins are the subspecies hadros that is found in the Arklatex region.

  • Black Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Southern Dogface
  • Little Yellow
  • Frosted Elfin 17
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Spring Azure
  • American Snout
  • Pearl Crescent
  • American Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Goatweed Leafwing
  • Gemmed Satyr
  • Monarch
  • Juvenal's Duskywing

Falcate Orangetip

Frosted Elfin

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Frosted Elfin

Gemmed Satyr

Gray Hairstreak

Goatweed Leafwing

Monarch

Juvenal's Duskywing

Pearl Crescent

Red-banded Hairstreak

Linda Cooper

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Okeechobee County, FL

Friends of Kissimmee Prairie butterfly walks 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 74°-91°, partly cloudy, winds 9-13 mph. 22 participants. Nectar: thistle, daisy fleabane, spermacoce, Spanish needles.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 3
  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 7
  • Great Southern White 36
  • Little Yellow 9
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Little Metalmark 10
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Phaon Crescent 16
  • Pearl Crescent 21
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 12
  • White Peacock 6
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Georgia Satyr 8
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 15
  • Southern Broken-Dash 4
  • Delaware Skipper 3
  • Palmetto Skipper 2
  • Berry's Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Dusted Skipper 4
  • Twin-spot Skipper 5

White Peacock

Georgia Satyr

Dusted Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Common Buckeye

Palmetto Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Whirlabout

Little Metalmark

Twin-spot Skipper

Swarthy Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Dusted Skipper

Paul Strauss

Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area
Martin County, FL

Nectaring on Shrubby False Buttonweed ((Spermacoce verticillata).

  • Fiery Skipper 2

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Edward Perry IV

Mason Terrace, Melbourne
Brevard County, FL

Yard butters.

  • Polydamas Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 1
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Monk Skipper 1

Zebra Heliconian

Orange-barred Sulphur

Gulf Fritillary

Monarch

Monk Skipper

Clifford Hence

John Heinz NWR Rt 420 entrance
Delaware County, PA

Cabbage White was in very poor shape must have had a rough winter.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 1

Cabbage White

Scott Singer

Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary
Northampton County, PA

  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Mourning Cloak 2

Mourning Cloak

Eastern Comma

Greg Prelich

Richloam WMA
Sumter County, FL

There’s always surprises out there. Today it was the number of Appalachian Browns and finally seeing an Elfin in Florida.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 6
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 15
  • Cloudless Sulphur 7
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Henry's Elfin 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Pearl Crescent 30
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Appalachian Brown 4
  • Carolina Satyr 4
  • Little Wood-Satyr 8
  • Northern Cloudywing 4
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Monk Skipper 1
  • Twin-spot Skipper 2
  • Ocola Skipper 2

Whirlabout

Monk Skipper

Palamedes Swallowtail

Twin-spot Skipper

Henry's Elfin

Little Wood-Satyr

Dainty Sulphur

Appalachian Brown

John Heyse

Underwood Drive, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

84F

  • Checkered White 1

Checkered White

James L. Monroe

Donnelly Wildlife Management Area
Colleton County, SC

cool, low 60’s, partly sunny

  • Palamedes Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Southern Pearly-eye 3
  • Carolina Satyr common
  • Little Wood-Satyr abundant
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Hoary Edge 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 5
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Fiery Skipper

Little Wood-Satyr

David H. Bartholomew

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Season is getting a slow start, with all the rain and more on the way. But today was sunny, mid-60s. Western Brown Elfin and Propertius Duskywing, First-of-Season. Also saw a single Variable Checkerspot caterpillar marching across the road.

  • Sara Orangetip 1
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Spring Azure 7
  • California Tortoiseshell 2
  • Mourning Cloak 3
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Propertius Duskywing 1

Brown Elfin

Propertius Duskywing

Brian Ahern

Fremont Older Open Space Preserve
Santa Clara County, CA

Seven Springs Loop Trail 1145-1530, 4 miles. Finally some sunny weather in California! Temps still in the high 50’s-low 60’s in the afternoon. “Lotus” Bramble Hairstreak was a Lifer for me.

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Bramble Hairstreak 3
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • California Tortoiseshell 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

Bramble Hairstreak

Bramble Hairstreak

Bramble Hairstreak

Acmon Blue

Acmon Blue

California Tortoiseshell

Steven Glynn

Montosa Canyon
Santa Cruz County, AZ

Sunny, breezy, 68 degrees. Still slow and very little nectar in bloom as yet.

  • Two-tailed Swallowtail 2
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Bordered Patch 1
  • Texan Crescent 2
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Golden-headed Scallopwing 1

Golden-headed Scallopwing

Tropical Leafwing

Michael Diederich

19 Chappaqua Mountain Road Butterfly Garden, Chappaqua
Westchester County, NY

1:30 PM. First butterfly for 2023 at this location.

  • Mourning Cloak 1

Ron Smith

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

(20-166). Warm and partly sunny. With J & I Gibbons. FL96

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Great Southern White 11
  • Cloudless Sulphur 8
  • Orange-barred Sulphur 4
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Dainty Sulphur 4
  • Oak Hairstreak 4
  • Cassius Blue 3
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 18
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 4
  • White Peacock 60
  • Monarch 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 21
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 12

Oak Hairstreak

Great Southern White

Steven Glynn

Quitobaquito Springs
Pima County, AZ

  • Checkered White common
  • Southern Dogface 6
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 4
  • Western Pygmy-Blue common
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Painted Lady 4
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Queen 3
  • Mojave Sootywing 4
  • Orange Skipperling 1

Orange Skipperling

Mojave Sootywing

Mojave Sootywing

Mojave Sootywing

Tom Palmer

Lake Jackson Mounds State Park
Leon County, FL

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Pearl Crescent 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Hackberry Emperor 2
  • Carolina Satyr 25
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Monk Skipper 1

Red Admiral

Tropical Checkered-Skipper

Hackberry Emperor

Karen Canon

Albuquerque
Bernalillo County, NM

Suburban foothills.Sunny, temps in 60’s

  • Cabbage White 12

John Lampkin

Flaming Arrow Boy Scout Camp
Polk County, FL

With Clinton Gibson. Xeric Scrub habitat. Six hours. Two female Sleepy Duskywings were observed laying eggs on scrub oak buds. 75 is a conservative estimate.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 2
  • Barred Yellow 6
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Sleepy Duskywing 75
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Palmetto Skipper 2

Sleepy Duskywing

Sleepy Duskywing egg

Jim Wilkinson

Columbia Gateway Business Park
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Eastern Comma 1

John Heyse

Underwood Dr., Palatka
Putnam County, FL

69F

  • Pearl Crescent 1

Pearl Crescent

Jim Wilkinson

Long Reach, Columbia
Howard County, MD

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1

Orange Sulphur

Cabbage White

Linda Romine

William H. Harsha Lake
Clermont County, OH

Clear, 57-60, calm to light south breeze, 2pm-4pm. All sightings in or near the spillway.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Juniper Hairstreak 3
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 10
  • Mourning Cloak 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Laura Wright

Ore City
Upshur County, TX

Partly cloudy, 73 degrees. 1:30pm to 3:30pm. Walked the road down to Lake O’ Pines then walked the trail beside the lake. Approximate distance is 1.2 miles. Saw a Zebra Swallowtail for the first time in Upshur County. Unable to get a picture of it, but I believe there were two individuals seen a total of 5 times. Also saw two luna moths.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 15
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 20
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Goatweed Leafwing 4
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Carolina Satyr 6
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Hoary Edge 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1

John Heyse

Underwood Drive, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

74F Pearl Crescent, the same individual in exactly the same place as yesterday. Phaon Crescent also in that same place.

  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • Pearl Crescent 1

Phaon Crescent

Pearl Crescent

John Lampkin

Withlacoochee Bay Trail
Citrus County, FL

Mike, please add this pic to join the others. Thanks

John Lampkin

Withlacoochee Bay Trail
Citrus County, FL

With Don Fraser, Clint Gibson, Paul Pratt.
Eight hours; temps in the 70-80’s.
One of the Cofaqui Giant Skippers had eclosed with compromised wings, making it easy to pose on a finger. In addition to two adults, we found 41 eggs on yucca.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 3
  • Great Southern White 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Juniper Hairstreak 74
  • White M Hairstreak 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 7
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • Pearl Crescent 5
  • American Lady 5
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 10
  • Little Wood-Satyr 8
  • Queen 7
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 6
  • Whirlabout 5
  • Aaron's Skipper 19
  • Eufala Skipper 1
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 50
  • Obscure Skipper 5
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Cofaqui Giant-Skipper 2

Cofaqui Giant-Skipper

Juniper Hairstreak

Aaron's Skipper

Cofaqui Giant-Skipper

Cofaqui Giant-Skipper egg

John Heyse

at home, Palatka
Putnam County, FL

80F Cloudless Sulphur on Amaryllis.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 1

Cloudless Sulphur