Sighting for March 25, 2016
ESTERO BUTTERFLY WALK
Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco
Hidalgo County, TX
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 4
- Checkered White 1
- Great Southern White 3
- Falcate Orangetip 1
- Southern Dogface 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Cassius Blue common
- Ceraunus Blue 1
- Rounded Metalmark 2
- Red-bordered Metalmark 1
- American Snout 4
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Julia Heliconian 1
- Vesta Crescent 1
- Phaon Crescent common
- Red Admiral 1
- White Peacock 1
- Band-celled Sister 1
- Mexican Bluewing 1
- Tropical Leafwing 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen 3
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 1
- Mazans Scallopwing 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper 1
- Funereal Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper 3
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Julia's Skipper 1
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 2
- Clouded Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
Rounded Metalmark
Tropical Leafwing
Great Southern White
Sunny. Walk led by Rick Snyder. 17 people. 46 species. Spectacular results! Highlights were male Falcate Orangetip, Julia Helliconian, Celia’s Roadside-Skipper, Turk’s-cap White-Skipper, Rounded Metalmark, Longtail Skipper, and mating Great Southern Whites. (A Band-celled Sister was seen earlier in the day.) (Photos by Karl Legler.) ( Next Friday Mike Rickard begins leading a morning butterfly walk at Estero.)