Lovely stuff Kip! I've spent a good few hours lolling under Hackberry trees in northern Florida in the hope of a seeing a Hackberry Emperor and its best chum Tawny Emperor - and all to no avail... so far. Much kudos to you :) Skipper IDs: As you are no doubt aware there are MANY, MANY skippers in th...

Hi Mark, That further bit of information - that the dragonfly was the only one you saw - points to the species as likely Bar-winged Skimmer Libellula axilena . Both the other candidates tend to hang out in huge flocks. I've been visiting Florida on a regular basis since 2010. Usually one trip per ye...

Great stuff Mark - thoroughly enjoyed this. Your moth is Oleander Moth Syntomeida epilais . Your hawk is Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus . Your dragonfly is... harder! It's either a female or immature male of Great Blue Skimmer, Bar-winged Skimmer or Slaty Skimmer. The colour of the face and over...

Spot on with all those IDs so far Mark 8) Jeffrey Glassberg's 'Butterflies Through Binoculars: Florida' is still the definitive Florida book for IDs (though the site info is starting to feel a bit 'creaky' - it being almost 20 years since it was first published). Just checked and a secondhand copy c...

First Holly Blues of the year in my garden yesterday. Two males - this one keen to keep in tip-top condition for the pending arrival of the female of the species...
still not seen a Small or Green-veined White this year...

Thanks David :) And yes, I do feel guilty about all the travelling - but I guess we're all a little culpable there just as soon as we get in the car to go to the local nature reserve... ...and I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb :) Spent some time tidying up the garden yesterday (Sunday 2n...

Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus).jpg Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) (2).jpg Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) (3).jpg Viceroy Limenitis archippus Viceroy (Limenitis archippus).jpg White Peacock Anartia ja...

Mangrove Buckeye Junonia evarete Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete) (3).jpg Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete).jpg Monarch Danaus plexippus Monarch (Danaus plexippus).jpg Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) (4).jpg Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) (2).jpg Pearl Crescen...

Nymphalidae Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius) (2).jpg Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius).jpg Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia).jpg Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) (2).jpg Gulf Fritillary Araulis vanillae Gulf Fritillary (A...

Well David, I certainly not bored of UK species (I don't think you ever forget your first love :wink: ) but I do get bored of waiting for them to appear again. Which is why most of my foreign species shots are from holidays taken out-of-season. I find nothing raises the spirits more than a bit of su...

Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) (2).jpg Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus).jpg Mallow Scrub-hairstreak Strymon istapa Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon istapa).jpg Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon istapa) (4).jpg Mallow Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon istapa) (2).jpg Mallow...

Lycaenidae Atala Eumaeus atala Atala (Eumaeus atala).jpg Atala (Eumaeus atala) (5).jpg Atala (Eumaeus atala) (3).jpg Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) (2).jpg Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) (9).jpg Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) (4).jpg Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) ...

Dina Yellow Eurema dina Dina Yellow (Eurema dina).jpg Great Southern White Ascia monuste Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) (2).jpg Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) (3).jpg Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) (2).jpg Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agari...

Pieridae Barred Yellow Eurema daira Barred Yellow (Eurema daira) (2).jpg Barred Yellow (Eurema daira).jpg Checkered White Pontia protodice Checkered White (Pontia protodice) (3).jpg Checkered White (Pontia protodice) (2).jpg Checkered White (Pontia protodice) (4).jpg Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis senna...

Salt Marsh Skipper Panoquina panoquin Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin).jpg Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin) (4).jpg Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin) (5).jpg Three-spotted Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus Three-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus) (2).jpg Tropical Checkered-skipper P...

Mangrove Skipper Phocides pigmalion Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion) (2).jpg Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion) (3).jpg Monk Skipper Asbolis capucinus Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus) (2).jpg Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus) (4).jpg Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus) (5).jpg Obscure Skipper Pa...

Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) (4).jpg Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) (2).jpg Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) (3).jpg Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) (10).jpg Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) (6).jpg Fiery Skipper (H...

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Small Tort from my garden - this Wednesday (15th March, 2017) Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae).jpg 2015 Florida species - Hesperiidae Baracoa Skipper Polites baracoa Baracoa Skipper (Polites baracoa) (2).jpg Baracoa Skipper (Polites baracoa) (3).jpg Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius Brazilian S...

Lovely weather here today in Notts. Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell (2), Brimstone (2) and Comma (3) active in my garden. Add these to the pair of Red Admirals I saw last Wednesday and I'm right about on track for the full set of overwintering imagos :) Last batch of 2016 species... White Peacock Anart...