Sighting for March 19, 2014
Laurel Rhodes
Felts Audubon Preserve, Palmetto FL
Manatee County, FL
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Palamedes Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 7
- Barred Yellow 16
- Dainty Sulphur 4
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Zebra Heliconian 7
- Phaon Crescent 6
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 3
- Carolina Satyr 2
- Monarch 2
- Queen 6
- Southern Skipperling 7
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 4
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 1
- Dun Skipper 1
Sachem
Temp. 68-75F. Field time: 3 1/2 hrs. Karen Finch (photo) and Laurel Rhodes. Bidens and Tropical Sage were key nectar sources.