Miami Blue Chapter North American Butterfly Association

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Tabled, with the help of Barbara McAdam, for the Miami Blue Chapter of NABA at the 16th Annual Heat Green Space Initiative Day at the Mathieson Hammock Park.

Volunteers from the Heat team, DERM, EEL and others planted over 150 native host and nectar plants, removed some invasives and cleaned up the shore line of debris.

When leaving after the event, I visited the site of the Red Snapper Restaurant, which had been gutted by a hurricane a few years ago, and is now the Mona Beach Restaurant.

Later, I stopped by the Chic-fil-a to check on their Coontie plants. To my surprise, after they had been apparently spraying for weeds, I found a few Atala larva in one area and a bunch of pupa and just eclosed adults, bringing the pupa and larva home, plus 2 of the adults. The young lady taking drive through orders had a first hand education on the Atala. I also had the opportunity to talk with her managers, showing them the larva and adults and stressing the Coontie should not be sprayed. This time, seeing first hand the butterfly that uses the Coontie, it struck a cord with them and they will take it up with their upline.