Big Cypress National Preserve, Fl ~ Loop Road ~ Everglades with a beauty all their own!

Mangrove Skipper

Zebra Longwing

Florida butterflies

Here are just some of the many butterflies we saw while on our trip.  In addition I saw a new life butterfly Hackberry Butterfly, a single Monarch, Long-tailed Skipper,Southern Dogface and others I couldn't ID.

Zebra Longwing Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Common Buckeye Butterfly

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Viceroy Butterfly

Ceraunus Blue

Great Southern White

Florida ~ Hillsbourgh River State Park

Driving to our first stop we passed by Sandhill Cranes,Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbills feeding along the roadside. We also passed by Kingfishers hanging out on the wires. First stop was the Hillsbourgh River State Park where we saw dozens of Zebra Longwing Butterflies, Carolina Satyrs, Gulf Fritillaries, Barred Yellows, Dorantes Longtail Skipper and Long-tailed Skippers. All of the butterflies were new life butterflies except the Long-tailed Skippers.  We hiked 2 trails.  On the first trail over the rapids we saw American Alligators of several sizes but few birds.  The second trail had some birds plus lots of butterflies but nothing we had hoped to see.

Carolina Satyr

Gulf Fritillary

Barred Yellow

Dorantes Longtail Skipper

Long-tailed Skipper (missing it's tail)