Sighting for September 13, 2012
Bill Berthet
Ralph E. Simmons Memorial WMA
Nassau County, FL
- Pipevine Swallowtail 7
- Zebra Swallowtail 9
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Palamedes Swallowtail 25
- Cloudless Sulphur 40
- Barred Yellow 4
- Little Yellow 62
- Sleepy Orange 10
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 32
- Gulf Fritillary 78
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 12
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Gemmed Satyr 1
- Carolina Satyr 61
- Queen 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 16
- Southern Cloudywing 15
- Northern Cloudywing 2
- Confused Cloudywing 2
- Horace's Duskywing 29
- Zarucco Duskywing 7
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Swarthy Skipper 26
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 19
- Whirlabout 60+
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
- Little Glassywing 3
- Sachem 2
- Delaware Skipper 2
- Palmetto Skipper 4
- Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 5
- Dusky Roadside-Skipper 7
- Twin-spot Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 12
- Cofaqui Giant-Skipper 1
Painted Lady
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper
Dusky Roadside-Skipper
Survey 9-10-2012 4 hours 9-13-2012 2 1/2 hours Mid 70’s - Mid 80’s Sunny to Sprinkles Winds 5-10 MPH
Main Nectar source Genus: including Carphephorus, Liatris, Diodia, Dalea, Eryngium, and Solidago.
Cofaqui Giant-Skipper Female (Megathymus cofaqui) was a fly by