Sighting for November 1, 2015
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Estero Llana Grande State Park, Frontera Audubon, Valley Nature Center in Weslaco, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 5
- Giant White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Large Orange Sulphur 6
- Lyside Sulphur 3
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow 3
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Silver-banded Hairstreak 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Cassius Blue 2
- Ceraunus Blue 3
- Rounded Metalmark 6
- Red-bordered Metalmark 2
- American Snout 8
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Bordered Patch 6
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 5
- Mexican Bluewing 2
- Tawny Emperor 3
- Monarch 3
- Queen 16
- Soldier 3
- Guava Skipper 1
- Brown Longtail 5
- Two-barred Flasher 1
- Falcate Skipper 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper 8
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 4
- Clouded Skipper common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout 3
- Sachem common
- Common Mellana 1
- Eufala Skipper 3
- Brazilian Skipper 3
- Ocola Skipper 1
These are the results of the Texas Butterfly Festival field trip to Weslaco.
Highlights included Giant White, Silver-banded and Lantana Hairstreaks, Red-bordered Metalmark, White Peacock, Mexican Bluewing, Soldier, Guava Skipper, Two-barred Flasher, Falcate Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Common Mellana, and Brazilian Skipper. (Also a probable female Orange-barred Sulphur flew around at Valley but never landed (as is their won’t).