This weakened Ruby-spotted Swallowtail seemed partial to salts in the wet gravel in front of the vistors center. I later saw a much better looking one but could not get a photo.
Mike Rickard dropped by during the afternoon and this Ornythion Swallowtail flew into an Ebony while we were talking.
After a long absence it was nice to see a Mexican Bluewing at the NBC and this one was ovipositing on its host plant, Vasey's Adelia. An egg is visible by the tip of the abdomen.
A poor shot of a passing Giant White.
It's been awhile since I've seen Turk's-cap White-Skipper at the NBC.
Female Common Mellana.
Here's an interesting female Large Orange Sulphur.
Yesterday I found this Bordered Patch imitating a Crimson Patch.
Here's today's list of 51 species..
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Ornythion Swallowtail 1
- Ruby-spotted Swallowtail 2
- Checkered White 2
- Great Southern White 10
- Giant White 1
- Southern Dogface 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Lyside Sulphur 12
- Little Yellow 5
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 5
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Reakirt's Blue 3
- American Snout 3
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Bordered Patch 20
- Crimson Patch 1
- Elada Crescent 10
- Texan Crescent 6
- Pale-banded Crescent 1
- Phaon Crescent 25
- Pearl Crescent 8
- American Lady 1
- White Peacock 3
- Banded Peacock 1
- Common Mestra 1
- Tropical Leafwing 1
- Tawny Emperor 450
- Silver Emperor 1
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen 50
- Guava Skipper 1
- White-striped Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 3
- Sickle-winged Skipper 3
- White Checkered-Skipper 8
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper10
- Laviana White-Skipper 15
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Common Sootywing 3
- Julia's Skipper 3
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 3
- Clouded Skipper 15
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 3
- Common Mellana 4
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 2
