Sighting for October 27, 2013
Dave Hanson
Hwy 4 "Smiley Ball" location toward Boca Chica, Brownsville
Cameron County, TX
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 2
- Great Southern White 12
- Southern Dogface 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur common
- Little Yellow common
- Dainty Sulphur 7
- Xami Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak 4
- Western Pygmy-Blue abundant
- Ceraunus Blue 6
- Fatal Metalmark 2
- Blue Metalmark 1
- American Snout common
- Variegated Fritillary 9
- Theona Checkerspot 1
- Bordered Patch common
- Vesta Crescent abundant
- Common Mestra 2
- Queen common
- Sickle-winged Skipper 7
- White-patched Skipper 5
- White Checkered-Skipper 14
- Laviana White-Skipper 5
- Saltbush Sootywing 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Common Mellana 2
- Eufala Skipper common
- Obscure Skipper superabundant
- Ocola Skipper 1
Saltbush Sootywing
Blue Metalmark
Backtrack 75 yds from the smiley ball and park within. The flowers that support dozens of species are in full bloom. The Xami Hairstreak was seen at Loma Alta a few miles from the main location.