Sighting for February 26, 2017
Ron Smith
Brooker Creek Preserve
Pinellas County, FL
- 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
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.