Sighting for November 23, 2013
Linda Cooper
varied locations in Cameron, Hidalgo and Starr Counties beginning with Resaca de la Palmas SP and upriver as far as Chapeno
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Florida White 1
- Checkered White
- Great Southern White common
- Giant White common
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Southern Dogface common
- Yellow Angled-Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Large Orange Sulphur common
- Lyside Sulphur
- Boisduval's Yellow common
- Tailed Orange
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Dainty Sulphur
- Strophius Hairstreak 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak common
- Silver-banded Hairstreak
- Zebra Cross-streak 1
- Gray Hairstreak common
- Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak common
- Clytie Ministreak common
- Western Pygmy-Blue common
- Cassius Blue common
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Fatal Metalmark common
- Rounded Metalmark
- Red-bordered Metalmark common
- Blue Metalmark common
- Red-bordered Pixie 3
- American Snout superabundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Julia Heliconian 2
- Isabella's Heliconian 1
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Variegated Fritillary
- Mexican Fritillary
- Bordered Patch
- Tiny Checkerspot 1
- Texan Crescent 3
- Pale-banded Crescent
- Vesta Crescent common
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark 3
- Red Admiral common
- Tropical Buckeye 1
- White Peacock common
- Malachite 6
- Band-celled Sister common
- Mexican Bluewing common
- Common Mestra common
- Guatemalan Cracker 1
- Blomfild's Beauty 1
- Tropical Leafwing common
- Goatweed Leafwing 1
- Hackberry Emperor
- Empress Leilia
- Tawny Emperor superabundant
- Carolina Satyr
- Monarch
- Queen abundant
- Soldier common
- White-striped Longtail
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail
- Brown Longtail common
- Falcate Skipper 1
- Mazans Scallopwing common
- Sickle-winged Skipper common
- White-patched Skipper
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper 1
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper
- Julia's Skipper
- Fawn-spotted Skipper common
- Clouded Skipper abundant
- Southern Skipperling
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Common Mellana
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper common
- Olive-clouded Skipper
- Ocola Skipper
- Purple-washed Skipper common
Blomfild's Beauty
Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak
Yellow Angled-Sulphur
Malachite
Strophius Hairstreak
Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak
Guatemalan Cracker
Zebra Cross-streak
Giant White
Isabella's Heliconian
This list covers the week on Nov.17 thru Nov.23. We covered as many areas as possible due to the arrival of a blast of arctic air on the 22nd. Prior to that the weather was warm with several days in the upper 90s and high humidity. That all changed the afternoon of the 22nd with a drop of 40 degrees in a short period of time. Strophius Hairstreak was seen at NBC gardens. Zebra Cross-streak, 4th US record, was seen at Salineno for the 3rd consecutive day but not found afterwards. The week’s list totaled 100 species. Linda and Buck Cooper