Sighting for March 13, 2016
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and National Butterfly Center in Mission
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Southern Dogface 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 2
- Lyside Sulphur 11
- Little Yellow 11
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Cassius Blue 1
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Fatal Metalmark 1
- American Snout 7
- Texan Crescent 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Red Admiral 3
- Mexican Bluewing 1
- Tropical Leafwing 1
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen 5
- Brown Longtail 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper 3
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Double-dotted Skipper 1
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 2
- Ocola Skipper 1
Tropical Leafwing
Lyside Sulphur
Double-dotted Skipper
Sunny and 96! 30 species. Butterflies were overly active. Seems like an explosion in the Lyside Sulphur population. Highlights were Mexican Bluewing, Texan Crescent, Tropical Leafwing, Turk’s-cap White-Skipper (right under my nose and pointed out by Mike Rickard), Ocola Skipper and Double-dotted Skipper.