Sighting for March 21, 2016
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Hidalgo County, TX
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Checkered White 1
- Southern Dogface 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 3
- Lyside Sulphur 4
- Little Yellow 7
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Reakirt's Blue 8
- Rounded Metalmark 2
- Red-bordered Metalmark 2
- American Snout 2
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Texan Crescent 1
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Mexican Bluewing 2
- Common Mestra 2
- Carolina Satyr 4
- White-striped Longtail 4
- Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Southern Skipperling 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Common Mellana 2
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4
- Eufala Skipper 3
Texas Powdered-Skipper
Southern Dogface
Zebra Heliconian
Texan Crescent
Sunny and 70 to 78. We covered only a tiny portion of the trails. 37 species. Flowers are reportedly not as extensive as last spring. Highlights were Mexican Bluewing, White-striped Longtail, Common Mestra and the ones shown in photos.