Sighting for December 26, 2017

Karl and Dorothy Legler and Douglas Buege

National Butterfly Center and wall at Retama Village
Hidalgo County, TX

Miserable weather for butterflying: heavy overcast, 50’s and low 60’s. Persistance got 16 species.

  • Little Yellow 4
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Texan Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Red Admiral 3
  • White Peacock 1
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 16
  • Brown Longtail 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 12
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Brazilian Skipper 2

Brazilian Skipper

Dusky-blue Groundstreak

Southern Skipperling

Texan Crescent

Tawny Emperor