Sighting for December 17, 2016
Karl and Dorothy Legler
National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 1
- Southern Dogface 4
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Large Orange Sulphur common
- Lyside Sulphur common
- Mexican Yellow 1
- Tailed Orange 3
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow 1
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 5
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 2
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Reakirt's Blue 2
- Red-bordered Pixie 3
- American Snout common
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Julia Heliconian 5
- Zebra Heliconian 7
- Mexican Fritillary 1
- Bordered Patch 1
- Crimson Patch 2
- Texan Crescent 2
- Pale-banded Crescent 6
- Phaon Crescent common
- Question Mark 1
- Red Admiral 7
- Common Buckeye 3
- White Peacock common
- Malachite 1
- Mexican Bluewing 2
- Common Mestra common
- Blomfild's Beauty 1
- Tropical Leafwing 8
- Empress Leilia 1
- Tawny Emperor 2
- Pavon Emperor 1
- Monarch 1
- Queen common
- Soldier 1
- Brown Longtail 3
- White-patched Skipper 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 4
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Laviana White-Skipper 4
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Sachem 2
- Common Mellana 2
- Eufala Skipper 7
- Ocola Skipper 1
Pale-banded Crescent
Fawn-spotted Skipper
Blomfild's Beauty
Pavon Emperor
55 species. About 3 hours. Approaching 90 degrees. South wind. Great variety but we couldn’t spend as much time as we wanted to. Highlights were male Pavon Emperor, Blomfild’s Beauty, Mexican Fritillary, Malachite, Mexican Blue-wing, Red-bordered Pixies, Pale-banded Crescents, Dusky-blue Groundstreak, Julia and Zebra Helliconians, Tropical Leafwings, Crimson Patch and Mexican Yellow. Unfortunately this was the last day before a big dose of cold weather.