The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge is a premier area for watching butterflies.
On this Butterfly of the Month page you will get an idea of the different butterflies flying in the Refuge at each particular time of the year. Below the information about this month's featured butterfly, you can click to see the butterflies featured in previous months.
On the "Science, Butterflies" tab above, you can find a Butterfly Primer and a Survey of Butterflies seen along the Nature Drive on the Lower Suwannee NWR.
A Footnote: In case you are not familiar with glasswort and saltwort plants, see the photos below. The plants are abundant along the boardwalk on the Dennis Creek Trail, near Shell Mound.
Glasswort.
Photo from Florida Plant Atlas
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Glasswort. Photo from iNaturalist
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Saltwort. Photo from IFAS
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Saltwort. Photo from floridahikes.com
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December - Little Metalmark
November - Southern Dogface
October - Lace-winged Roadside-skipper
June - Appalachian Brown
May - The Byssus Skipper
April - The Southern Oak Hairstreak
Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges
P. O. Box 532 Cedar Key, FL 32625 friends@friendsofrefuges.org We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. |
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