November 2021 Sightings

November butterflying!

very quick stop, breezy, 62 degrees

No Monarchs seen, there were two here yesterday along with a 2nd sachem

Finally a partly cloudy day with decent temps after days of rain, clouds, and wind. Upper 50’s and breezy…beautiful fall day! All Pieridae except for two Common Buckeyes…

Yard butterflies.

On and around landfill.

(12-92) Sunny and temps reaching 80.

Mint fresh Red Admiral today. I called this small butterfly, a Sleepy Orange. It was very pale, and a real runt. Seen while Jeanine Apgar was visiting my gardens. I believe the pictured skipper is an Ocola with worn markings. Cloudless chrysalis here plus at least 6 Monarch caterpillars, over a dozen Black Swallowtail caterpillars and a few American Lady caterpillars. Still a good number of flowers for nectar.

Only 65 degrees with a NE wind. Heavily overcast but the sun popped out for 5-10 minutes and that’s when they popped out to nectar! Probably not representive of how many metalmarks were there as we were about done with our walk when the sun popped out.

Partly sunny 54 degrees

65 degrees, breezy, sunny. We were delighted to find a Little Metalmark as it’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve seen one here!

Sunny and high of 53 degrees

Sunny, mid-50s.

Quite cool now 26/54 degrees under very windy and changeable skies, but mostly sunny periods.

Sunny but cool early morning about 50 with winds 10 MPH. Warmer by mid-day when I was working in the garden taking down some canna stalks. Continuing Black Swallowtail, Monarch and American Lady caterpillars. Continuing Cloudless Sulphur chrysalis.

53 degrees and after 1 pm, sunny path in the meadow. Red-spotted Purple mint fresh.

Late warm-up after a cool overnight. 68 degrees by noon time start.

Cold overnights 25/54 degrees today with breezy sunny sky.

Sun came out at 11:00am, a beautiful day emerged, & so did some butterflies. 3 hours spent looking around with S.Wallenstein

Sunny 32 - 63 degrees. The 2 Cabbage Whites were both female.

As I was conducting a prescribed burn in oak woodland on our ranch, I observed 6 Goatweed Leafwings emerge (or attempt to emerge) from the leaf litter as the flames came within a foot or two where each one had been hiding (scattered about on one third of an acre). My guess is that my burn, conducted to improve pollinator habitat, did kill a few Goatweed Leafwings.

Sunny, dry, temps in high 60’s to low 70’s.

Sunny 39 - 69 degrees

Partly cloudy, 83 degrees,wind ESE 6-12 mph.

Some nice sun today, winds ~7MPH, temps mid 60’s. 4 Monarchs seen, 2 of which have deformed wings. Count done mid morning. Late afternoon Orange Sulphur seen. Black Swallowtail, and Monarch caterpillars continue. Cloudless Sulphur chrysalis continues.

It was 65 degrees and sunny today. We had 5” of rain over the past two days with constant rain.

Perfect fall afternoon…sunny, light breeze at times, 65 degrees. Surprising finds after 6 straight nights of frost! The “alba” form female Sulphur is a toss up, but I’m leaning towards a Clouded Sulphur over an Orange Sulphur based on the location it was seen…typically I see more Clouded Sulphurs in that area of the trail, however the two species are notoriously difficult to distinguish in that color form…

Sunny 45-76 degrees with light winds

sunny, about 70 degrees. Two survivors after two nights of hard frost over the weekend, butterfly bush blooms were all intact.

10am to 3:30pm

(18-556) Sunny with temps reaching 82. Fairly strong N-NE winds the past three days produced a county-high count of migrating Monarchs, which were taking advantage of blooming saltbush & goldenrod.

sunny breezy 66 degrees. Still a fair amount of goldenrod in bloom. The American Copper is a new ‘late’ date for me, and was a fresh individual very close to where I saw a worn one on Oct. 25th.

Sunny, breezy, 64 degrees. This is the latest date that we’ve seen Zabulon Skippers. Our previous late date was 10/20.

Strangely enough we saw no Monarchs, Pierids, or any other species during our 45 minute visit.

Sightings for multiple visits from Nov 5-10.

Buster Island Loop; unusual number of Ocola Skippers

Beautiful 70 degree day, asters beckoning, but butterflies in short supply. Except for Mylitta Crescents which sometimes stopped to nectar. One little orange skipper was likely a Woodland Skipper, but unable to confirm.

Temperature high of 70 degrees. Today was sunny 45-62 degrees.

While on vacation in Florida, discovered a colony of Atala Butterflies at an old nursery in Rockledge. The nursery is called Rockledge Gardens and has been in existence since the 1960’s. It is located in Brevard County in Florida. The host plant, Coontie, is planted in a large bed in the parking lot. The entire lifecycle was there! In addition to over three dozen adults, there were also eggs—some with first instar caterpillars just emerging. I also found one chrysalis. This is the first year that the nursery has seen the butterflies. The Atala Butterfly is fairly rare, being thought extinct at one point. It is making a comeback! Thank You Rockledge Gardens.

Sunny and 65 degrees. Nectaring on tropical plants at residence, Wild Mustard in the fields & Pecan Orchard. I am sure they were more skippers but we were busy gathering Pecans with only a cell phone.

Hazy sunshine, temps in 50s

Highlight: Two Southern Dogface which are fairly rare for inland southwest Georgia.

1500-1600, 70F, Sunny, Field next to swamp. Georgia Coastal Plain.

70 degrees, sunny.

Partly sunny to sunny, with some light winds. High of 70 degrees.

Previous early date in this area for Dorantes Longtail was 22 November. Also located another Southern Dogface (maybe one of the two found on 15 Nov 2021 https://sightings.naba.org/sightings/20709) These are good records for me in inland southwest Georgia.

1230-1515, 73-78F, Wind SE 5-10MPH, Cloud Cover 0-2% very clear, Fields and wooded areas near swamps. Georgia Coastal Plain in SW Georgia.

Sunny and 66 degrees. A new late date for Zabulon Skippers for us. Two are still persisting.

Light winds, sunny and mid 60’s. Still have >12 Black Swallowtail caterpillars in various stages of development. I also have a Cloudless Sulphur chrysalis.

Partly sunny and 80 degrees.The Mazans Scallopwing and Cloudless Sulphur were females.

Recent sightings for the past week.

We have had a week or so of weather in the high 60’s and low 70’s. Mid-day today a Pipevine Swallowtail showed up, the first butterfly I have seen in several weeks.

Sighting for the week.

Photographed in my backyard
2 seen on 11/29/2021 at 2:25pm

The Nature Center is Closed. 78 degrees, sunny.
15 species.