[Ctleps-l] Butterflies at Lighthouse Point this morning (8-24-12)

Lemmon lemmon at snet.net
Fri Aug 24 20:35:34 EDT 2012


The following butterflies were recorded at LHPP this morning from around 9:10  
to 11:30 or so, mostly in the garden.

Observed by Gary Lemmon, Bill Banks, Carol Lemmon, Danny Brass


Pipevine Swallowtail          1
Black Swallowtail                2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  1 very ragged individual
Cabbage White                   12
Clouded Sulphur                  1
Orange Sulphur       1
Eastern Tailed-Blue             1
Painted Lady     >75   Too numerous to get an accurate count
Common Buckeye                6
Monarch                               >50  Too numerous to keep counting
Silver-spotted Skipper         3
Least Skipper                       1
Fiery Skipper                        6
Sachem                                 1
Mulberry Wing                       1
Zabulon Skipper                   1
Broad-winged Skipper         2

17 species

Interesting Moths

Hummingbird Clearwing    1
AilanthusWebworm            3


Dragonflies

Twelve-spotted Skimmer    1
Black Saddlebags --   several, these come through Lighthouse Park in big numbers 
in Sept. as they migrate south.
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