Sighting for January 5, 2022
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Edinburg Wetlands
Hidalgo County, TX
- Checkered White 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow 5
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Cassius Blue 4
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Julia Heliconian 1
- Zebra Heliconian 8
- Phaon Crescent 3
- White Peacock 8
- Monarch 2
- Queen 19
- White-striped Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 4
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Laviana White-Skipper 2
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Whirlabout 2
- Sachem 1
Turk's-cap White-Skipper
Gulf Fritillary
80 degrees, sunny. 30 species is pretty good for early January. Limited nectar sources but the butterflies kept moving through! A veritable herd of Zebra Heliconians around the Nature Center. Be sure to also check on other side of the street.