Sighting for February 22, 2015

Karl and Dorothy Legler

National Butterfly Center, at Mission.
Hidalgo County, TX

Low 80’s and virtually no wind. Great area! Most exciting was one Monarch, the first we have encountered in Texas this year!

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Lyside Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • American Snout 8
  • Gulf Fritillary 1
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Texan Crescent 2
  • Vesta Crescent 4
  • Phaon Crescent 12
  • Red Admiral 2
  • White Peacock 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Queen 6
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper MANY
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper MANY
  • Laviana White-Skipper 3
  • Clouded Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1

Monarch

White Peacock

Southern Skipperling

Black Swallowtail