As usual, it was a hot and mostly sunny day in The Hundred Acre Woods at SI Group. An occasional breeze felt great. Diane Curlee organized our walk and Arthur Sweatman from SI Group was our leader. We had some new folks on our walk. Some of them were Master Naturalists. Attendees were: Diane Curlee, Hilda Flamholtz, Chris Talkington, Kelly Pulaski, Ellen Dounne, Susan Creed, Sally and Dick Work, Pam Floyd, Yvonne Clemmings, Carl Ganser, and Dave and Marty Kastner.
Palamedes Swallowtail 10
Black Swallowtail 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10 (2 dark females)
Sleepy Orange 19
Cloudless Sulphur 21
Great Purple Hairstreak 4
Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Gray Hairstreak 10
Gulf Fritillary 17
Variegated Fritillary 15
Red Admiral 3
Common Buckeye 14 (+ 2 caterpillars)
Red-spotted Purple 8
Viceroy 2 (1 ovipositing on Willow)
Goatweed Leafwing 8 (+ 20 caterpillars)
Pearly-eye species 3
Carolina/Intricate Satyr 38 (2 mated pairs)
Satyr species 1
Horace’s Duskywing 1
White Checkered-Skipper 4
Least Skipper 2
Southern Skipperling 2
Fiery Skipper 7
Whirlabout 8
Sachem 1
Dun Skipper 7
Zabulon Skipper 2
Clouded Skipper 2
Ocola Skipper 1
28 species
222 butterflies
Marty Kastner