We were told yesterday that the Maria La Gorda Hotel at Guanahacabibes had now reopened. It later transpired that the Government had ordered it to close in order to save usage of power. There had been no consideration of the bookings that they already had, not just from ourselves but also the International Diving Event that had been arranged there for the following week for which there were many bookings from folk around the world.
Before we left we found this moth high on the wall outside our room. I'm pretty sure it's a Velvetbean Moth Anticarsia gemmatalis though its rather worn. It is a tropical pest of soybean crops that migrates north in the spring as far as Wisconsin (the Great Lakes) just before you reach Canada.
Anticarsia gemmatalis 5 Aug 2022 Soroa © Tim Norriss
We left Soroa about 9am and made just one stop on the way by driving a short way up a track on the north side of the road. There was lots of Tournefortia in flower and consequently lots of butterflies.
There were lots of other species here too including Cuban Sicklewing Eantis papinianus and Yosiel also watched a Gray Cracker Hamadryas februa cross the road which is perhaps the most westerly sighting in Cuba to date.
We arrived at Maria la Gorda Hotel, Guanahacabibes, dumped our cases in our rooms and set out to explore. There were quite a few Iphicleola Sister Adelpha iphicleola, Cuban Snout Libytheana motya and both species of Eunica in the trees and birds included Yellow-headed Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Red-legged Honey-creeper and Killdeer.
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