Sighting for October 23, 2016
Rich Kostecke
Cibolo Bluffs Preserve
Comal County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Southern Dogface 7
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow 5
- Sleepy Orange 36
- Dainty Sulphur 5
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- American Snout 4
- Gulf Fritillary 7
- Julia Heliconian 1
- Variegated Fritillary 9
- Bordered Patch 6
- Texan Crescent 1
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 7
- Common Mestra 60
- Tropical Leafwing 4
- Gemmed Satyr 6
- Monarch 18
- Queen 8
- Funereal Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 4
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Julia's Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 3
- Sachem 13
- Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper 8
- Ocola Skipper 1
Common Checkered-Skipper
Sachem
Gulf Fritillary
Julia Heliconian
Tropical Leafwing
Turk's-cap White-Skipper
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Sachem
Phaon Crescent
Queen
Julia's Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Tailed Orange
Led field trip to The Nature Conservancy’s Cibolo Bluffs Preserve. Spent from 0830-1345 on the preserve, covering about 4.5 miles. Greatest activity was at stands of Cowpen Daisy. Common Checkered-skippers listed are more accurately classified as Common/White Checkered-skippers.