I visited Eddie Jones Park in Caddo Parish today hoping to see some unusual
butterflies. There is one small area in the park where flowers grow that
butterflies are really attracted to. These are boneset and Brazilian verbena.
At this time of the year we can usually see great purple hairstreaks and
white-M hairstreaks at this location. There were lots of butterflies attracted
to these flowers, but not the "good" ones. Too bad. But it was a good day and
I counted 28 species in 1.5 hours. I will try again in a week or two. The
complete list is below.
Jeff TrahanShreveport
3 CloudlessSulphur37 LittleYellow1 Sleepy Orange1
Red-bandedHairstreak20 EasternTailed-Blue1 GulfFritillary11
VariegatedFritillary47 Pearl Crescent2 QuestionMark2
PaintedLady14 CommonBuckeye1 Red-spottedAdmiral1 Viceroy1
HackberryEmperor1 TawnyEmperor21 SouthernPearly-Eye1
GemmedSatyr54 Carolina Satyr4 CommonCheckered-Skipper4
TropicalCheckered-Skipper4 CloudedSkipper17 FierySkipper1
NorthernBroken-Dash2 LittleGlassywing1 Sachem7
YehlSkipper5 DunSkipper8 OcolaSkipper
