wildlife
butterflies
Butterflies are the most glamourous of all North American insects. Here’s our listing of the butterflies we’ve identified thus far at PJF Farm, along with the month that the critter was observed.
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Snout | • | |||||||||||
| Black Swallowtail | • | |||||||||||
| Carolina Satyr | • | |||||||||||
| Clouded Skipper | • | |||||||||||
| Cloudless Sulphur | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Common Buckeye | • | • | ||||||||||
| Dun Skipper | • | |||||||||||
| Fiery Skipper | • | • | ||||||||||
| Giant Swallowtail | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Goatweed Leafwing | • | |||||||||||
| Grey Hairstreak | • | |||||||||||
| Gulf Fritillary (shown) | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Monarch | • | • | ||||||||||
| Mourning Cloak | • | |||||||||||
| Oceola Skipper | • | |||||||||||
| Pearl Crescent | • | • | ||||||||||
| Phaon Crescent | • | |||||||||||
| Pipevine Swallowtail | • | • | ||||||||||
| Question Mark | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Sleepy Orange | • | |||||||||||
| Southern Broken-Dash | • | |||||||||||
| Spicebush Swallowtail | • | |||||||||||
| Tropical Checkered Skipper | • | |||||||||||
| Variegated Fritillary | • | |||||||||||
| Viceroy | • | |||||||||||
| Zebra Swallowtail | • | • | • |
Special thanks to Bette Kauffman for her list additions and revisions.
damselflies & dragonflies
Wetlands cover just over half of PJF Farm’s acreage, so it’s not surprising that our damselfly & dragonfly population is large and diverse. Listed below are the species that we’ve identified along with the months in which they’ve been seen.
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fragile Forktail | • | • | ||||||||||
| Narrow-winged Damselfly | • | |||||||||||
| Powdered Dancer | • | |||||||||||
| Rambur’s Forktail | • | • | ||||||||||
| Smoky Rubyspot | • | |||||||||||
| Sparkling Jewelwing | • |
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Spotted Skimmer | • | |||||||||||
| Black Saddlebags | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Blue Dasher | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Common Green Darner | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Common Whitetail | • | • | ||||||||||
| Eastern Pondhawk | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Great Blue Skimmer | • | |||||||||||
| Harlequin Darner | • | |||||||||||
| Hyacinth Glider | • | • | ||||||||||
| Prince Baskettail | • | |||||||||||
| Roseate Skimmer (shown) | • | • | ||||||||||
| Royal River Cruiser | • | |||||||||||
| Saddlebag Glider | • | |||||||||||
| Slaty Dasher | • | |||||||||||
| Wandering Glider | • | • |
