Sighting for May 8, 2015

Daniel Jones

National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX

11:20 to 15:00. Larger numbers are estimates. The Carolina Satyr here is also known as South Texas Satyr.

  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Checkered White 15
  • Great Southern White 8
  • Giant White 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 5
  • Lyside Sulphur 60
  • Little Yellow 8
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 15
  • Gray Hairstreak 8
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 20
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 8
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Reakirt's Blue 25
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Rounded Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 10
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Bordered Patch 20
  • Elada Checkerspot 2
  • Texan Crescent 10
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent 100
  • Pearl Crescent 8
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Empress Leilia 1
  • Tawny Emperor 6
  • Carolina Satyr 3
  • Queen 8
  • Zilpa Longtail 1
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 25
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Laviana White-Skipper 6
  • Common Sootywing 3
  • Julia's Skipper 3
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 6
  • Clouded Skipper 8
  • Southern Skipperling 8
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Whirlabout 1
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Eufala Skipper 8

Fawn-spotted Skipper

Carolina Satyr

Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak

Zilpa Longtail

Julia Heliconian

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Eastern Tailed-Blue