Sighting for November 9, 2017

Edward Perry IV

Bull Creek WMA
Osceola County, FL

9:00 am to 2:30 pm, started out at 78 degrees and warmed to 81 by the end of my time surveying. Major nectar sources: Summer Farewell, Coastal Plain Honeycomb Head, Pinelands Purple and other Carphephorus spp., and Bidens alba. Today the lep activity was noticeably slower than normal.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Palamedes Swallowtail 8
  • Cloudless Sulphur 3
  • Barred Yellow 2
  • Little Yellow 25
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 12
  • Little Metalmark 5
  • Phaon Crescent 16
  • Pearl Crescent 12
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • White Peacock 14
  • Viceroy 2
  • Carolina Satyr 11
  • Monarch 1
  • Long-tailed Skipper 3
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 12
  • Southern Broken-Dash 10
  • Twin-spot Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper 5

Horace's Duskywing

Fiery Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Phaon Crescent

Cloudless Sulphur

Southern Broken-Dash

Southern Broken-Dash

Fiery Skipper

Ceraunus Blue

Southern Broken-Dash

Little Metalmark

Carolina Satyr

Long-tailed Skipper

Little Metalmark

White M Hairstreak

Fiery Skipper

Whirlabout