Sighting for January 12, 2019
Karl and Dorothy Legler
National Butterfly Center in Mission
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Southern Dogface 5
- Large Orange Sulphur 3
- Lyside Sulphur common
- Mexican Yellow 1
- Little Yellow common
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Dainty Sulphur 4
- Gray Hairstreak 7
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 7
- Cassius Blue 1
- Reakirt's Blue 5
- Fatal Metalmark 1
- Red-bordered Pixie 21
- American Snout common
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Isabella's Heliconian 1
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Bordered Patch 1
- Vesta Crescent 1
- Phaon Crescent 9
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral common
- Common Mestra 1
- Tropical Leafwing 2
- Carolina Satyr 2
- Monarch 2
- Queen common
- Brown Longtail 5
- Sickle-winged Skipper 1
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 2
- Clouded Skipper 7
- Southern Skipperling 6
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
Tropical Leafwing
Mexican Yellow
Isabella's Heliconian
Isabella's Heliconian
Isabella's Heliconian
Reakirt's Blue
Sunny. 78-82 degrees. Afternoon. Saw 41 species. Not bad for mid-winter. (Others saw additional species!) Highlight was the rare Rio Grande Valley specialty, the Isabella Heliconian. The Mexican Yellow was in the darker winter-season coloration. Great fun! Glad we visited the National Butterfly Center today!