Sighting for February 26, 2017

Ron Smith

Brooker Creek Preserve
Pinellas County, FL

11:30-2 Hairstreaks found nectaring on Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia). Others species which stopped briefly to nectar at the same source included Zebra & Spicebush Swallowtails and Monarch.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Barred Yellow 4
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 6
  • Monarch 2
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Fiery Skipper 4

Horace's Duskywing

White M Hairstreak

Red-banded Hairstreak