Sighting for November 11, 2013
Dave Hanson and David Bratley
Bentsen Palm Village and Nat. Butterfly Ctr., Mission, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 2
- Southern Dogface 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Large Orange Sulphur common
- Lyside Sulphur 5
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak 7
- Marius Hairstreak 1
- Clench's Greenstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 5
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 4
- Clytie Ministreak abundant
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Cassius Blue 3
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Fatal Metalmark 3
- Red-bordered Metalmark 6
- American Snout common
- Bordered Patch 4
- Elada Checkerspot 1
- Vesta Crescent 8
- Phaon Crescent 11
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 12
- Common Mestra common
- Tropical Leafwing 5
- Goatweed Leafwing 1
- Empress Leilia 2
- Tawny Emperor common
- Monarch 1
- Queen common
- Soldier 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Brown Longtail abundant
- Sickle-winged Skipper abundant
- White-patched Skipper 3
- White Checkered-Skipper 4
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 5
- Clouded Skipper common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Southern Broken-Dash 4
- Sachem 2
- Common Mellana 2
- Eufala Skipper common
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Purple-washed Skipper 4
Marius Hairstreak
This pristine Marius Hairstreak (Photo by David Bratley) was seen by many today.