Junonia found on Sanibel
Reid Bennett, of Nashville, Tennessee, found a junonia on July 17 on the beach off of Middle Gulf Drive and Nerita Street on Sanibel. Her husband, Franklin, reported that she looked down in the surf and saw the junonia rolling in it. Bennett screamed to him and their daughters, Lane, 13, and Lauralee, 11, to come see the find — her first. “Finding the junonia rolling in the surf achieved a life’s goal of hers,” he said. Her parents bought a condo at Blind Pass in 1978. Bennett has been vacationing on the island her entire life and has always dreamed of finding a junonia. She also found some horse conches at the same beach. To report a shell find, contact 239-472-1587 or trepecki@breezenewspapers.com.