Rosemary, Philip, Jeff and I made the drive up to Winn Parish today, targeting
Kieffer Prairie in hopes of rediscovering Cobweb Skippers in LA. While we had a
very nice day with a lot of good butterflies, we did not see any Cobwebs. We
will continue the search tomorrow in Vernon parish as several pitcher plant bog
locations and Dove Field.
14 Pipevine ST
3 Zebra ST
3 Spicebush ST
6 E. Tiger ST
3 Giant ST
2 So. Dogface
9 Cloudless Suls
2 Sleepy Oranges
3 Juniper HS (first documented parish sighting)
9 Frosted Elfins
12 Red-banded HS
2 Gray HS
11 E. Tailed-Bls
15 Pearl Cres
6 Buckeyes
2 Question Marks (first documented parish sighting)
1 Red-spotted Purple
43 Goatweed Leafwings (a conservative estimate - most I've ever seen in one
day/one place)
30+ Little Wood Satyr
A Carolina Satyr
2 No. CW
1 So. CW (first documented parish sighting)
11 Sleepy DW (first documented parish sightings)
8 Juvenal's DW (first documented parish sightings)
1 Horace's DW
4 Common C-S
5 Clouded Sks
1 Pepper & Salt RS Sk (first documented parish sighting)
On the way home, Philip and I stopped at the Catahoula b/f garden near
Bentley. I addition to Pipevine, Spicebush and E. Tiger ST, we saw a
Silver-spotted Sk and a Hoary Edge, bringing our day's total to 30 species, not
bad for March 21.
Craig Marks
