Well, I haven't posted in a while. So as fall butterfly season approaches I guess I had better get with it. We've had northerly to northeasterly winds for the past couple of weeks, starting with Hurricane Ian so I've been hoping we might get something different in our yard. Today it finally happened. This female Horace's Duskywing is the 146th species to be seen in our yard. Though I've seen very few of these through the years, the instant I saw it with the tawny color and bold markings, I was pretty sure it was a Horace's. It also has a remnant of the brown edging on the hind wings.
Crucita, Betony and Wire Weed are all blooming so there were plenty of butterflies today. Hoping winds shift to the south to bring in the Mexican stuff. Here's today's list of 34 species.
Giant Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Large Orange Sulphur 4
- Lyside Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Rounded Metalmark 3
- American Snout 3
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Bordered Patch 2
- Vesta Crescent 1
- White Peacock 2
- Tawny Emperor 2
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen 10
- White-striped Longtail 2
- Brown Longtail 3
- Mimosa Skipper 2
- Sickle-winged Skipper 10
- White-patched Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 6
- Laviana White-Skipper 12
- Julia's Skipper 3
- Clouded Skipper 100
- Double-dotted Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 5
- Southern Broken-Dash 5
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 5
- Eufala Skipper 5
