Loop Road Count Results

Eleven intrepid observers took part in the 17th annual Pincrest (tri-county) survey. This count covers Loop Road and environs, including the Loop Road community of Pinecrest. (Loop Road begins just west of Forty-Mile Bend, runs west then north for 27 miles, and reconnects with Tamiami Trail at gone-but-not-forgotten Monroe Station.) Participants counted 29 species and 532 individual butterflies.

Observers: Miriam Avello, Jaeson Clayborn, Linda Evans, Liz Golden, Amy Grimm, A. Naccarato, Dennis Olle, Kitty Suarez, Scott Sutherland, Mickie Wheeler, and Leigh Williams.

  • Giant Swallowtail – 5
  • Palamedes Swallowtail – 22
  • Cloudless Sulphur – 2
  • Orange-barred Sulphur – 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur – 32
  • Barred Yellow -1
  • Gray Hairstreak – 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak – 2
  • Cassius Blue – 11
  • Little Metalmark – 2
  • Gulf Fritillary -62
  • Julia Heliconian – 3
  • Zebra Heliconian – 32
  • Phaon Crescent – 56
  • Pearl Crescent – 14
  • Common Buckeye -57
  • White Peacock – 178
  • Queen – 2
  • Horace’s Duskywing – 2
  • Clouded Skipper -1
  • Fiery Skipper -1
  • Sachem -1
  • Palatka Skipper -8
  • Berry’s Skipper – 1 – rare sighting for this count
  • Twin-spot Skipper – 7
  • Brazilian Skipper – 3
  • Ocola Skipper – 14

 Unidentified

  • Grass skipper sp. – 1
  • Swallowtail sp. – 1
Becky Smith