Sighting for January 23, 2017

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Bentsen State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

41 species. Temp=83. Highlights (besides photos) were Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak, Red-bordered Metalmark, and Fawn-spotted Skipper.

  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Great Southern White 7
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 2
  • Lyside Sulphur 7
  • Mexican Yellow 4
  • Tailed Orange 1
  • Little Yellow 12
  • Mimosa Yellow 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 2
  • Fatal Metalmark 12
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 7
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Mexican Fritillary 2
  • Texan Crescent 3
  • Vesta Crescent 2
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • White Peacock 9
  • Common Mestra 1
  • Queen 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Orange Skipperling 1
  • Fiery Skipper 6
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Mimosa Yellow

Tailed Orange

Fatal Metalmark

Mexican Fritillary

Mexican Yellow