Sighting for May 13, 2022

Laurel Rhodes/Sherry Wilson

Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool
Bandera County, TX

Annual Spring survey. Overcast, 71F at start, 92F at finish. Photos Becky Neill and Dusty Rhodes. Severe drought conditions prevail currently. Blooming Antelope Horn Milkweed and Thistle were primary nectar sources.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 12
  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Sleepy Orange 20
  • Oak Hairstreak 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 15
  • Reakirt's Blue 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 9
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Red-spotted Admiral 1
  • Red Satyr 2
  • Monarch 1
  • Northern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Meridian Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 8
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Dun Skipper 6
  • Bronze Roadside-Skipper 2
  • Nysa Roadside-Skipper 4
  • Dotted Roadside-Skipper 2
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 2

Oak Hairstreak

Nysa Roadside-Skipper

Dotted Roadside-Skipper

Bronze Roadside-Skipper