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With Don Fraser and Alice Mary Herden; we drove Rattlesnake Camp Road -- obviously! -- but never drove north of it. I separated these sightings into several locations, but these photographs were taken 23 days ago, so I had better post them now using a generic circle, rather than risking them getting lost in the matrix.

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!

With Don Fraser. We were supposed to do the Avon Park butterfly count today, but the date was changed a few days ago because of the weather forecast. (It turns out that it was a beautiful day, here and at Avon Park!). We spent much time here, wandering around examining hundreds of Liatris stalks and hundreds of Coastal Plain Honeycombhead flowers in vain attempts at finding Schinia flower moths. But, as always, we found other goodies; there were LOTS of Dun Skippers and Northern Broken-Dashes -- and we found single Dukes' Skippers at three spots (two were within 150 feet, so may represent the same individual seen 75 minutes apart). I did not ecord the weather, but it was sunny and warm. We left here at 1322 and continued north on 3 Bridges Road.

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!

With Valeri Perrone (!); a successful visit to find Val some American Alligators. We stayed close to the Education Center/observation tower area, but walked the boardwalk to the kayak launch. The weather at the start was overcast, light rain, 81 degrees ("feels like" 85), with a light breeze. The rain ended quickly and it was sunny by the time we left, at 1130.

With Don Fraser, who got me my 120th butterfly species in Florida with a Texan Crescent! I reciprocated by finding two giant underwing moths. The weather at the start was 87 degrees ("feels like" 95), horribly humid, and with calm winds. We left at 1235 and headed to SE 147th Place outside the forest.

With Don Fraser; a visit to see what was around -- the trip quickly turned into a contest to see how many yucca moths we could find. We checked every Common Yucca that we found; some were not yet blooming, but we ended up with 17 blooming yuccas out of 17 with yucca moths! It was amazing! By my count, I photographed at least 49 moths! The weather at the start (1030) was overcast with brief, light rain and 75 degrees. By the end (1453), it was sunny, and about 90 degrees.

Photographs taken with my cell phone (Samsung Galaxy A52) have precise locations. Photographs taken with my camera (Panasonic Lumix FZ80) have a generic location. We iNatted five locations -- in addition to the sites around every blooming Common Yucca that we found -- with the most time at any single site spent at the heliport near Bald Eagle Nest Sink near the southern end of South Road. We were north of Rattlesnake Camp Road only for our final ~75 minutes, when we drove Gopher Road adjacent to US-19, north to the Hernando Sportsmen's Club gate.

With Don Fraser; iNatting the Forest before a nocturnal moth survey at Tiger Creek Preserve. We were hoping for some Lake Wales Ridge endemic plants like Nolina, Zizyphus, and Dicerandra, but we found none of those. We left at 1503 and headed north, stopping along the way to iNat.