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Post by bugboys3 on Feb 11, 2011 11:13:53 GMT -8
My family and I will be in Naples, Florida for a few days at the end of February. My 3 kids all collect insects for their 4H projects. I am looking for any suggestions as to where we can collect in that area.
We are mostly looking for butterflies but we will collect all other orders of insects as well.
Any info would be great.
Thanks,
Chris
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Post by entoman on Feb 14, 2011 19:31:55 GMT -8
Greetings, Chris. Though I can't be of much service with directing you towards good locations for insect collecting as I live on the other coast of Florida; I can give an idea of some of the butterflies you may find there in the area.
Polydamas (Gold Rim) swallowtail
Zebra swallowtail
American (Black) swallowtail
Giant swallowtail
Queen swallowtail
Easter tiger swallowtail
Spicebush swallowtail
Palamedes (Laurel) swallowtail
Florida (Tropical) white
Checkered white
European Cabbage butterfly
Great Southern white
Orange sulfur
Eastern dogface
Large orange sulfur
Cloudless sulfur
Orange barred sulfur
Migrant (Statira) sulfur
Guayacan (Lyside) sulfur
Barred sulfur
Little sulfur
Bush sulfur
Rambling (Sleepy) orange
Dainty sulfur
Atala (Coontie) hairstreak
Red banded hairstreak
Southern oak hairstreak
White m hairstreak
Gray hairstreak
Blue and gray (Matrialis) hairstreak
Bartram's (Antillean) hairstreak
Dotted (Columella) hairstreak
Southern (Ceraunus) blue
Little metalmark
Snout butterfly
Gulf Fritillary
Orange (Julia) long wing
Zebra long wing
Variegated fritillary
Black (Cuban) crescent
Mat plant (Phaon) crescent
Pearl crescent
American painted lady
Red admiral
Buckey
Black mangrove (Caribbean) buckeye
White peacock
Malachite
Viceroy...
List will be continued later when I have more time.
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Post by bugboys3 on Feb 14, 2011 19:50:49 GMT -8
Thanks for sharing entoman. We are all very excited to be leaving the snow in Wisconsin for some green and warmer temps.
I know the national parks are off limits to collecting but what about the state parks and/or forests in Florida?
Chris
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Post by modestomoths on Feb 14, 2011 20:17:14 GMT -8
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Post by prillbug2 on Feb 14, 2011 21:51:25 GMT -8
You can collect along roadsides with good results, sometimes. But don't do it in the keys, because of Papilio aristodemis.
Jeff Prill.
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Post by nusferatus369 on Feb 15, 2011 3:41:23 GMT -8
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Post by admin on Feb 15, 2011 21:19:39 GMT -8
You can collect along roadsides with good results, sometimes. But don't do it in the keys, because of Papilio aristodemis. Jeff Prill. Dittos on that. When I lived in Miami my best collecting was on the roadside and in vacant lots in suburbia. You will be surprised by the richness of wildlife in these habitats in Florida. And lizards everywhere! |
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Post by bugboys3 on Feb 20, 2011 11:44:26 GMT -8
Thanks for all of your responses. I will let you know if we have any success. The weather looks like it is going to be perfect when we get there, 76-82 F.
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Post by bugboys3 on Mar 2, 2011 13:44:57 GMT -8
A little disappointing in our collecting. Due mostly to the fact that it is the dry season down there. Only able to collect:
2 Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary)
3 Phoebis sennae (Cloudless Sulphur)
4 different grasshopper species, yet to be identified
3 Cockroaches
We did see a few other species either in areas we were not allowed to collect in or ones we just couldn't net:
Limenitis archippus (Viceroy)
Danaus gilippus (Queen)
Junonia genoveva (Mangrove Buckeye)
Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)
Papilio palamedes (Palamedes Swallowtail)
Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
Papilio cresphontes (Giant Swallowtail)
Phocides pigmalion (Mangrove Skipper)
Urbanus proteus (Longtailed Skipper)
I can't complain too much, the weather was beautiful each day.
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Post by entoman on Mar 2, 2011 14:22:31 GMT -8
If you post some pictures of the grasshoppers I can probably assist in their identification.
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