Junonia found on Sanibel
Melanie Dittmer, of Sanibel, found a junonia on June 14 at about sunset at the Lighthouse Beach Park on Sanibel. She reported that she was sitting in the shallow water shelling because the visibility was poor. She moved over and accidentally sat on a handful of shells, which she pulled up and found in it two fighting conchs and the junonia. “I don’t think too many people can say they sat on their junonia,” Dittmer added. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she is a veterinarian at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife and has been living on the island the past year as part of the veterinary internship program, which ends this month. “I have been looking for a junonia all year, so this was a pretty incredible way to end my time here,” Dittmer said. To report a shell find, contact 239-472-1587 or trepecki@breezenewspapers.com.