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A NABA butterfly count with Don Fraser and Clint & Day Gibson within the count circle in the Pasco County portion of Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve. I didn't record the weather at the start, but it was post-rain, partly cloudy and rather cool, with a light breeze. Our groups saw three butterflies not seen by any other group: Duke's Skipper (of course), Appalachian Brown (not too surprising), and Dainty Sulphur. We also saw lots of moths, including a Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth and a Rufous Geometer Moth. But the highlight of the trip was the Two-toed Amphiuma that I found in mostly still-unflooded cypress swamp not far inside the entrance gate; it was a lifer for each of us!

A NABA butterfly count with Don Fraser and Clint & Day Gibson within the count circle in the Pasco County portion of Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve. I didn't record the weather at the start, but it was post-rain, partly cloudy and rather cool, with a light breeze. Our groups saw three butterflies not seen by any other group: Duke's Skipper (of course), Appalachian Brown (not too surprising), and Dainty Sulphur. We also saw lots of moths, including a Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth and a Rufous Geometer Moth. But the highlight of the trip was the Two-toed Amphiuma that I found in mostly still-unflooded cypress swamp not far inside the entrance gate; it was a lifer for each of us!