Sighting for January 24, 2023

Karl and Dorothy Legler

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

About 76 degrees and sunny. Somewhat windy but OK in protected areas. 30 species in 2 hours.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Checkered White 8
  • Orange Sulphur 4
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Lyside Sulphur 6
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Dainty Sulphur 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 5
  • American Snout common
  • Zebra Heliconian 1
  • Bordered Patch 2
  • Texan Crescent 25
  • Phaon Crescent 13
  • Question Mark 2
  • Red Admiral common
  • Common Mestra 2
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen 15
  • Brown Longtail 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 4
  • Fiery Skipper 4
  • Common Mellana 1

Common Mellana

Dusky-blue Groundstreak

Checkered White

Bordered Patch