Sighting for November 5, 2017

Ron Smith

Fort De Soto Park
Pinellas County, FL

(19-365) Surprised to find 11 Mallow Scrub-Hairstreaks. All were nectaring on either bidens and/or their host plant at the park, Sleepy Morning. Good number of Monarchs coming through and two Painted Ladys were a bonus.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Barred Yellow 59
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 11
  • Eastern Pygmy-Blue 4
  • Cassius Blue 9
  • Ceraunus Blue 37
  • Gulf Fritillary 81
  • Phaon Crescent 22
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 21
  • White Peacock 26
  • Monarch 55
  • Long-tailed Skipper 4
  • Dorantes Longtail 5
  • White Checkered-Skipper 13
  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Sachem 1
  • Obscure Skipper 1

Painted Lady

Obscure Skipper

Monarch

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Barred Yellow