Sighting for December 9, 2013
Linda Cooper
Hidalgo, Cameron and Starr Counties in the LRGV
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Ruby-spotted Swallowtail 1
- Florida White 1
- Checkered White
- Great Southern White common
- Giant White common
- Orange Sulphur
- Southern Dogface abundant
- Yellow Angled-Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Orange-barred Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur abundant
- Statira Sulphur 1
- Lyside Sulphur abundant
- Boisduval's Yellow common
- Mexican Yellow
- Tailed Orange common
- Little Yellow abundant
- Mimosa Yellow common
- Sleepy Orange
- Dainty Sulphur abundant
- Strophius Hairstreak 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak common
- Marius Hairstreak 2
- Silver-banded Hairstreak common
- Clench's Greenstreak 1
- Xami Hairstreak 6
- Zebra Cross-streak 3
- Gray Hairstreak common
- Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak abundant
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak common
- Clytie Ministreak common
- Western Pygmy-Blue abundant
- Cassius Blue common
- Marine Blue
- Ceraunus Blue abundant
- Reakirt's Blue
- Fatal Metalmark common
- Rounded Metalmark 3
- Red-bordered Metalmark common
- Blue Metalmark common
- Red-bordered Pixie common
- American Snout superabundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Julia Heliconian 3
- Isabella's Heliconian 1
- Zebra Heliconian
- Variegated Fritillary common
- Mexican Fritillary common
- Theona Checkerspot abundant
- Bordered Patch common
- Crimson Patch common
- Tiny Checkerspot 2
- Elada Checkerspot common
- Texan Crescent
- Pale-banded Crescent common
- Vesta Crescent abundant
- Phaon Crescent abundant
- Pearl Crescent common
- Question Mark
- American Lady
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral common
- Common Buckeye
- Tropical Buckeye
- White Peacock abundant
- Malachite 8
- Band-celled Sister common
- Mexican Bluewing common
- Common Mestra abundant
- Red Rim 1
- Gray Cracker 2
- Guatemalan Cracker 1
- Blomfild's Beauty 2
- Ruddy Daggerwing
- Tropical Leafwing common
- Goatweed Leafwing 2
- Hackberry Emperor
- Empress Leilia common
- Tawny Emperor superabundant
- Gemmed Satyr 1
- Carolina Satyr common
- Monarch
- Queen superabundant
- Soldier common
- Guava Skipper 1
- Hammock Skipper 2
- White-striped Longtail common
- Zilpa Longtail
- Long-tailed Skipper
- Dorantes Longtail
- Brown Longtail abundant
- Coyote Cloudywing common
- Potrillo Skipper 3
- Falcate Skipper 2
- Mimosa Skipper common
- Acacia Skipper 1
- Mazans Scallopwing common
- Texas Powdered-Skipper 3
- Sickle-winged Skipper abundant
- Brown-banded Skipper
- White-patched Skipper common
- Horace's Duskywing
- Mournful Duskywing
- Funereal Duskywing
- White Checkered-Skipper abundant
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper
- Erichson's White-Skipper 7
- Laviana White-Skipper abundant
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper common
- Common Sootywing 4
- Saltbush Sootywing 3
- Julia's Skipper
- Fawn-spotted Skipper common
- Clouded Skipper abundant
- Southern Skipperling common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout common
- Southern Broken-Dash common
- Sachem common
- Common Mellana common
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper common
- Olive-clouded Skipper
- Brazilian Skipper
- Obscure Skipper common
- Ocola Skipper
- Hecebolus Skipper 1
- Purple-washed Skipper common
- Violet-banded Skipper 3
This covers the total species we saw in these three counties from October 19 thru Dec 1, 2013. In Starr County from Roma to Chapeno; Hidalgo County from Bentsen Rio Grande SP, NBC, Santa Ana, Frontera Audubon, Valley Nature Center, Estero Llano Grande SP; Cameron County from Resaca de la Palmas SP, Hwy. 4 and points in between. 138 species and 2 lifers - Zebra Cross-streak (saw all 3) and Hecebolus Skipper (Buck only). Interesting in that some species common in other years we did not see this year. Weather varied from a low of 41° to a high of 92° with one week of continuous cold late in November and several other scattered cold or rainy days. Any place you can see 15 species of hairstreaks is a GREAT place! Linda and Buck Cooper