Sighting for January 19, 2022

Karl and Dorothy Legler

National Butterfly Center in Missiion
Hidalgo County, TX

Sunny and 80 degrees. 32 species. (Unfortunately the forecast for tomorrow is a low of 30!) The Red-bordered Metalmark is female.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Checkered White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Lyside Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow common
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 3
  • Fatal Metalmark 2
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • Gulf Fritillary 3
  • Zebra Heliconian 4
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • Red Admiral 11
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 12
  • Common Mestra 2
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Queen 21
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Southern Skipperling 3
  • Fiery Skipper 2

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Red-bordered Metalmark

Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak