Sighting for January 30, 2017

Karl and Dorothy Legler

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

47 species. 3 hours. 79 degrees. Highlights were Mexican Bluewing, Mexican Fritillary, Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak, Julia Heliconian, Band-celled Sister and White-striped Longtail.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 4
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 2
  • Southern Dogface 3
  • Large Orange Sulphur 5
  • Lyside Sulphur 2
  • Little Yellow common
  • Sleepy Orange 4
  • Dainty Sulphur 4
  • Gray Hairstreak 7
  • Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 6
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Ceraunus Blue 3
  • Reakirt's Blue 4
  • Fatal Metalmark common
  • American Snout 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 4
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Zebra Heliconian 5
  • Mexican Fritillary 4
  • Texan Crescent 9
  • Vesta Crescent 6
  • Phaon Crescent 2
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 8
  • Common Buckeye 8
  • White Peacock 7
  • Band-celled Sister 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 1
  • Common Mestra 12
  • Tawny Emperor 2
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Queen common
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 5
  • White Checkered-Skipper common
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 7
  • Southern Skipperling 5
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Sachem 3
  • Eufala Skipper 5

White-striped Longtail

Mexican Fritillary

Zebra Heliconian

Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak