Sighting for January 23, 2017

Tom Nix

Edinburg Scenic Wetlands World Birding Center
Hidalgo County, TX

Highlights in a couple of hours of effort between 11 am and 1 pm were a lifer Mexican Silverspot laying eggs, and both American and Painted Ladies

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Checkered White 6
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Southern Dogface common
  • Large Orange Sulphur common
  • Lyside Sulphur 4
  • Little Yellow common
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 5
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 2
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Fatal Metalmark 1
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout abundant
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Mexican Silverspot 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Texan Crescent abundant
  • Pale-banded Crescent 1
  • Vesta Crescent common
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • American Lady 2
  • Painted Lady 1
  • White Peacock abundant
  • Queen abundant
  • Soldier 1
  • Brown Longtail common
  • White Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper 6
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper common
  • Fiery Skipper 7
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Sachem 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Mexican Silverspot

Mexican Silverspot

American Lady

Painted Lady

Brown Longtail