Sighting for November 2, 2013
Linda Cooper
National Butterfly Center, Santa Ana NWR, Retama Village, Bentsen Palm RV Resort, Tanglewood, scouting in Starr County- Roma, Falcon Heights, Falcon SP
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 7
- Giant Swallowtail 6
- Ruby-spotted Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 4
- Great Southern White 10
- Giant White 1
- Southern Dogface common
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Large Orange Sulphur abundant
- Lyside Sulphur common
- Mexican Yellow 2
- Tailed Orange 8
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange common
- Dainty Sulphur common
- Great Purple Hairstreak 2
- Marius Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak common
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 4
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 3
- Clytie Ministreak 8
- Western Pygmy-Blue abundant
- Cassius Blue common
- Ceraunus Blue abundant
- Reakirt's Blue 3
- Fatal Metalmark
- Red-bordered Metalmark
- Red-bordered Pixie common
- American Snout abundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Variegated Fritillary
- Mexican Fritillary
- Theona Checkerspot common
- Bordered Patch common
- Crimson Patch
- Tiny Checkerspot 1
- Elada Checkerspot common
- Texan Crescent
- Pale-banded Crescent
- Vesta Crescent common
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- White Peacock abundant
- Mexican Bluewing common
- Common Mestra common
- Tropical Leafwing common
- Hackberry Emperor
- Empress Leilia
- Tawny Emperor abundant
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen abundant
- Soldier
- White-striped Longtail 6
- Zilpa Longtail 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail 4
- Brown Longtail common
- Potrillo Skipper 1
- Mimosa Skipper
- Sickle-winged Skipper common
- White-patched Skipper
- Mournful Duskywing 2
- Funereal Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Common Sootywing 2
- Julia's Skipper
- Fawn-spotted Skipper
- Clouded Skipper abundant
- Southern Skipperling common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Common Mellana
- Eufala Skipper common
- Olive-clouded Skipper 2
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Purple-washed Skipper 1
This covers the week from Oct. 27 thru Nov. 2. Hidalgo and Starr Counties. Weather: 63°-93° and strong winds most of the week. Buck and Linda Cooper