Sighting for February 2, 2013
Dave Hanson
National Butterfly Center, Mission, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
- Checkered White 3
- Southern Dogface 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 1
- Lyside Sulphur 5
- Mexican Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Cassius Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 5
- Reakirt's Blue 5
- Fatal Metalmark 1
- American Snout abundant
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Texan Crescent 4
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Red Admiral abundant
- Common Buckeye 1
- Common Mestra 1
- Monarch 3
- Queen 3
- White-patched Skipper 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 4
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
- Laviana White-Skipper 2
- Common Sootywing 1
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 3
- Clouded Skipper 2
- Southern Skipperling 2
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Whirlabout 1
- Sachem 4
Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak
Good start for February. Had 6 times as many butterfly species in January this year than last because weather was much better.
Lacey’s Scrub-Hairstreak discovered by Jan Dauphin. Photo by Dave Hanson