Sighting for October 5, 2015
Chris Tenney
National Butterfly Center, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 7
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Southern Dogface 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Lyside Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 6
- Mimosa Yellow 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 2
- Western Pygmy-Blue 5
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Fatal Metalmark 3
- American Snout 9
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Mexican Fritillary 1
- Bordered Patch 7
- Phaon Crescent 6
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 4
- White Peacock 1
- Mexican Bluewing 1
- Empress Leilia 2
- Tawny Emperor 25
- Monarch 6
- Queen 60
- Soldier 2
- White-striped Longtail 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 9
- Brown-banded Skipper 4
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 12
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Laviana White-Skipper 8
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 3
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Whirlabout 5
- Southern Broken-Dash 8
- Sachem 2
- Common Mellana 2
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 14
- Eufala Skipper 7
- Olive-clouded Skipper 1
10 am - 3 pm
clear skies, mid-80s