Sighting for March 24, 2015
Daniel Jones
Santa Ana NWR
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 12
- Checkered White 2
- Southern Dogface 2
- Lyside Sulphur 8
- Little Yellow 2
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 4
- Fatal Metalmark 1
- Red-bordered Metalmark 1
- Bordered Patch 4
- Vesta Crescent 3
- Phaon Crescent 50
- Pearl Crescent 6
- American Lady 6
- Red Admiral 20
- Mexican Bluewing 1
- Empress Leilia 5
- Carolina Satyr 5
- Guava Skipper 2
- Two-barred Flasher 1
- Funereal Duskywing 8
- White Checkered-Skipper 5
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 30
- Laviana White-Skipper 10
- Common Sootywing 1
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 10
- Whirlabout 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Common Mellana 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 8
Common Mellana
Guava Skipper
Giant Swallowtail
Two-barred Flasher
Most of these were seen along the tour road and particularly on the blooming verbena near the cemetery. The Carolina Satyr is the local South Texas Satyr.