Sighting for January 6, 2018
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Valley Nature Center in Weslaco.
Hidalgo County, TX
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 1
- Lyside Sulphur 4
- Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Cassius Blue 1
- American Snout 1
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Phaon Crescent 2
- Red Admiral 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 2
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 7
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Silver-banded Hairstreak
We found 15 species (plus a probable Julia’s Skipper). This was the first mild day in 12 days! Had a period of cold, windy, wet, overcast weather. Even done to 30 degrees on 2 nights! This weather probably killed nearly all butterflies but all the ones today were in fresh condition! Apparently a new population of butterflies has appeared!