November 2013 Sightings
Dave Hanson
National Butterfly Center, Mission, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 2
- Southern Dogface common
- Cloudless Sulphur 7
- Large Orange Sulphur abundant
- Lyside Sulphur superabundant
- Mexican Yellow 2
- Tailed Orange 3
- Little Yellow abundant
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange 4
- Dainty Sulphur abundant
- Great Purple Hairstreak 2
- Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak common
- Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak abundant
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 5
- Clytie Ministreak 5
- Western Pygmy-Blue common
- Cassius Blue 2
- Marine Blue 2
- Ceraunus Blue superabundant
- Reakirt's Blue 3
- Fatal Metalmark common
- Red-bordered Pixie 3
- American Snout superabundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Zebra Heliconian 3
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Mexican Fritillary common
- Bordered Patch common
- Crimson Patch 12
- Elada Checkerspot 3
- Texan Crescent 5
- Pale-banded Crescent 1
- Vesta Crescent common
- Phaon Crescent abundant
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- White Peacock common
- Mexican Bluewing 3
- Common Mestra common
- Tropical Leafwing common
- Empress Leilia 1
- Tawny Emperor abundant
- Queen abundant
- Soldier 2
- Guava Skipper 3
- Zilpa Longtail 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 5
- Brown Longtail abundant
- Sickle-winged Skipper common
- Brown-banded Skipper 2
- White-patched Skipper common
- Funereal Duskywing 3
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Fawn-spotted Skipper common
- Clouded Skipper common
- Southern Skipperling 3
- Fiery Skipper abundant
- Whirlabout 1
- Southern Broken-Dash 4
- Sachem 1
Vincent Corsello
Appalachian Trail Lands From State Route 94 To The Base Of Wawayanda Mountain,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 12
- Orange Sulphur 7
Andrew Block
448 Underhill Rd., Scarsdale,
Westchester County, NY
- Clouded Sulphur 1
Linda Cooper
National Butterfly Center, Santa Ana NWR, Retama Village, Bentsen Palm RV Resort, Tanglewood, scouting in Starr County- Roma, Falcon Heights, Falcon SP
Hidalgo County, TX
This covers the week from Oct. 27 thru Nov. 2. Hidalgo and Starr Counties. Weather: 63°-93° and strong winds most of the week. Buck and Linda Cooper
- Pipevine Swallowtail 7
- Giant Swallowtail 6
- Ruby-spotted Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 4
- Great Southern White 10
- Giant White 1
- Southern Dogface common
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Large Orange Sulphur abundant
- Lyside Sulphur common
- Mexican Yellow 2
- Tailed Orange 8
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange common
- Dainty Sulphur common
- Great Purple Hairstreak 2
- Marius Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak common
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 4
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 3
- Clytie Ministreak 8
- Western Pygmy-Blue abundant
- Cassius Blue common
- Ceraunus Blue abundant
- Reakirt's Blue 3
- Fatal Metalmark
- Red-bordered Metalmark
- Red-bordered Pixie common
- American Snout abundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Variegated Fritillary
- Mexican Fritillary
- Theona Checkerspot common
- Bordered Patch common
- Crimson Patch
- Tiny Checkerspot 1
- Elada Checkerspot common
- Texan Crescent
- Pale-banded Crescent
- Vesta Crescent common
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- White Peacock abundant
- Mexican Bluewing common
- Common Mestra common
- Tropical Leafwing common
- Hackberry Emperor
- Empress Leilia
- Tawny Emperor abundant
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen abundant
- Soldier
- White-striped Longtail 6
- Zilpa Longtail 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail 4
- Brown Longtail common
- Potrillo Skipper 1
- Mimosa Skipper
- Sickle-winged Skipper common
- White-patched Skipper
- Mournful Duskywing 2
- Funereal Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Common Sootywing 2
- Julia's Skipper
- Fawn-spotted Skipper
- Clouded Skipper abundant
- Southern Skipperling common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Common Mellana
- Eufala Skipper common
- Olive-clouded Skipper 2
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Purple-washed Skipper 1
Nils Helstrom
Griggstown Native Grasslands
Somerset County, NJ
Warm day, ~60 degrees. First Common Checkered-Skipper I’ve seen this year! It was in good shape and very active. Sulphurs and Pearl Crescents were rather worn. It’s important to note that I saw 4-5 butterflies that I assume to be emperors, maybe Tawny Emperors, flying about the fields, but did not count them here as I never got a close look to verify I.D.
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Steven Glynn
Field along Nabb Road, Millville, NJ
Cumberland County, NJ
Surprising find of a fresh colony (?) of Checkered Whites
- Checkered White 13
- Orange Sulphur 23
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Common Buckeye 11
Vincent Corsello
Apartment Complex,Hardyston
Sussex County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Dave Hanson
Green-Gate Grove, Mission
Hidalgo County, TX
The first Zebra Cross-streak, a female, (2nd U.S. record) was found by Linda Francis at her home in Green-Gate Grove in Mission, TX, Hidalgo Co. It stayed for over 3 hours on Croton. The second was subsequently discovered at the National Butterfly Center an hour later. It was a male. Dozens of butterfliers who had stayed on after the Texas Butterfly Festival were able to see and photograph both. Also at another home in Green-Gate Grove this strikingly beautiful Gaudy Sphinx moth was found.
- Zebra Cross-streak 2
James Fleullan
Tom Triplet Park, Pooler, Ga
Chatham County, GA
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Little Yellow 7
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Common Buckeye 2
- Gemmed Satyr 1
James Fleullan
Tybee Island, North and South beach.
Chatham County, GA
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Little Yellow 2
- Cassius Blue 1
- Gulf Fritillary 5
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 5
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Salt Marsh Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
Linda Cooper
Hidalgo Co - National Butterfly Center, Estero Llano Grande SP; Cameron Co - Resaca de la Palma SP, Boca Chica, Sabal Palm; Starr County- Roma, Falcon Heights, Falcon SP
Hidalgo County, TX
Week of Nov. 3 - 9; covered areas in Hidalgo, Cameron and Starr Counties. Some trips part of Texas Butterfly Festival. One cold rainy day but rest of week warm and mostly sunny. 99 species for the week. 2nd & 3rd US records for Zebra Cross-streak. Linda and Buck Cooper
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Checkered White
- Great Southern White
- Southern Dogface abundant
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Large Orange Sulphur abundant
- Statira Sulphur 1
- Lyside Sulphur common
- Boisduval's Yellow
- Mexican Yellow
- Tailed Orange
- Little Yellow abundant
- Mimosa Yellow
- Sleepy Orange common
- Dainty Sulphur abundant
- Great Purple Hairstreak
- Silver-banded Hairstreak
- Xami Hairstreak
- Zebra Cross-streak 2
- Gray Hairstreak
- Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak
- Clytie Ministreak common
- Western Pygmy-Blue common
- Marine Blue
- Ceraunus Blue abundant
- Reakirt's Blue
- Fatal Metalmark
- Rounded Metalmark
- Red-bordered Metalmark
- Blue Metalmark
- Red-bordered Pixie
- American Snout abundant
- Gulf Fritillary
- Zebra Heliconian
- Variegated Fritillary
- Mexican Fritillary
- Theona Checkerspot common
- Bordered Patch
- Crimson Patch
- Elada Checkerspot abundant
- Texan Crescent
- Vesta Crescent common
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- American Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Tropical Buckeye
- White Peacock abundant
- Band-celled Sister
- Mexican Bluewing
- Common Mestra common
- Ruddy Daggerwing
- Tropical Leafwing
- Goatweed Leafwing 1
- Hackberry Emperor
- Empress Leilia
- Tawny Emperor abundant
- Carolina Satyr
- Monarch 2
- Queen abundant
- Soldier common
- Guava Skipper 1
- Hammock Skipper 1
- White-striped Longtail
- Zilpa Longtail
- Long-tailed Skipper
- Dorantes Longtail
- Brown Longtail abundant
- Coyote Cloudywing
- Mimosa Skipper
- Mazans Scallopwing
- Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper abundant
- Brown-banded Skipper 1
- White-patched Skipper common
- White Checkered-Skipper abundant
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper
- Erichson's White-Skipper 5
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Saltbush Sootywing 2
- Fawn-spotted Skipper common
- Clouded Skipper abundant
- Southern Skipperling common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Common Mellana
- Eufala Skipper common
- Olive-clouded Skipper
- Brazilian Skipper 2
- Obscure Skipper abundant
- Ocola Skipper
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Palamedes Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Barred Yellow 14
- Little Yellow 25
- Sleepy Orange 4
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 5
- Cassius Blue 1
- Ceraunus Blue 12
- Gulf Fritillary 13
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Phaon Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- White Peacock 2
- Viceroy 1
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
- Dorantes Longtail 4
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 3
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 4
- Ocola Skipper 6
Dave Hanson and David Bratley
Bentsen Palm Village and Nat. Butterfly Ctr., Mission, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
This pristine Marius Hairstreak (Photo by David Bratley) was seen by many today.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Great Southern White 2
- Southern Dogface 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Large Orange Sulphur common
- Lyside Sulphur 5
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak 7
- Marius Hairstreak 1
- Clench's Greenstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 5
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 4
- Clytie Ministreak abundant
- Western Pygmy-Blue 2
- Cassius Blue 3
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Fatal Metalmark 3
- Red-bordered Metalmark 6
- American Snout common
- Bordered Patch 4
- Elada Checkerspot 1
- Vesta Crescent 8
- Phaon Crescent 11
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 12
- Common Mestra common
- Tropical Leafwing 5
- Goatweed Leafwing 1
- Empress Leilia 2
- Tawny Emperor common
- Monarch 1
- Queen common
- Soldier 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Brown Longtail abundant
- Sickle-winged Skipper abundant
- White-patched Skipper 3
- White Checkered-Skipper 4
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 5
- Clouded Skipper common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Southern Broken-Dash 4
- Sachem 2
- Common Mellana 2
- Eufala Skipper common
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Purple-washed Skipper 4
Barbara Peck
Anderson
Shasta County, CA
Unseasonably dry weather. The butterfly came to a flowering Tithonia yesterday and today. The butterfly was still in good shape, only moderately worn.
- Painted Lady 1
Steven Glynn
Wheeler NWR
Madison County, AL
- Checkered White 2
- Cabbage White 3
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
Vincent Corsello
Appalachian Trail Lands From State Route 94 To The Base Of Wawayanda Mountain,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Comma 1
Vincent Corsello
Apartment Complex,Hardyston
Sussex County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
James Fleullan
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive)
Jasper County, SC
- Little Yellow 1
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Zebra Heliconian 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 5
- Ocola Skipper 1
Linda Cooper
National Butterfly Center gardens, Hidalgo Pumphouse - Hidalgo County; Resaca de la Palma SP, Road 4 - Starr County
Hidalgo County, TX
This covers the week of 10-16 November. Weather varied from 91° high to 53° low with strong winds several days. Linda and Buck Cooper
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Great Southern White
- Orange Sulphur
- Southern Dogface
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Large Orange Sulphur
- Lyside Sulphur
- Boisduval's Yellow
- Mexican Yellow
- Tailed Orange
- Little Yellow
- Great Purple Hairstreak
- Marius Hairstreak
- Silver-banded Hairstreak
- Clench's Greenstreak
- Xami Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak
- Clytie Ministreak
- Western Pygmy-Blue
- Cassius Blue
- Marine Blue
- Ceraunus Blue
- Fatal Metalmark
- Rounded Metalmark
- Red-bordered Metalmark
- Blue Metalmark
- Red-bordered Pixie
- American Snout
- Gulf Fritillary
- Zebra Heliconian
- Variegated Fritillary
- Mexican Fritillary
- Theona Checkerspot
- Bordered Patch
- Crimson Patch
- Elada Checkerspot
- Texan Crescent
- Pale-banded Crescent
- Vesta Crescent
- Phaon Crescent
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Tropical Buckeye
- White Peacock
- Band-celled Sister
- Mexican Bluewing
- Common Mestra
- Red Rim
- Ruddy Daggerwing
- Tropical Leafwing
- Goatweed Leafwing
- Empress Leilia
- Tawny Emperor
- Gemmed Satyr
- Carolina Satyr
- Monarch
- Queen
- Soldier
- White-striped Longtail
- Zilpa Longtail
- Long-tailed Skipper
- Dorantes Longtail
- Brown Longtail
- Mimosa Skipper
- Mazans Scallopwing
- Sickle-winged Skipper
- White-patched Skipper
- Mournful Duskywing
- White Checkered-Skipper
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper
- Laviana White-Skipper
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper
- Saltbush Sootywing
- Julia's Skipper
- Fawn-spotted Skipper
- Clouded Skipper
- Southern Skipperling
- Fiery Skipper
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Common Mellana
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper
- Eufala Skipper
- Olive-clouded Skipper
- Brazilian Skipper
- Obscure Skipper
- Purple-washed Skipper
Inga Kemp
Backyard Hardwick
Warren County, NJ
Very fresh Eastern Comma, Winter form, which landed on the deck in the late morning. The temperature was 54 degrees with full sunshine. Nice temperature warm up is expected this weekend, expected into the 60’s.
- Eastern Comma 1
Barbara Peck
Anderson
Shasta County, CA
We are having unseasonably dry weather. I have a flower Tithonia that still hasn’t frozen attracting bees and skippers today.
- Fiery Skipper 2
Vincent Corsello
Appalachian Trail Lands From State Route 94 To The Base Of Wawayanda Mountain,Vernon
Sussex County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 1
Jim Flynn
Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden - Hilo
Hawaii County, HI
Seen in the garden at the parking lot. Is it new to the Big Island.
- Lesser Grass-Blue
Lisa Michelle Reid
Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Cibolo, TX
Guadalupe County, TX
It was butterfly heaven at Warbler Woods yesterday! Thousands of Dainty Sulphurs, lots of American Snouts were present. We also had a Desert Checkered-Skipper (see photo).
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Southern Dogface 10
- Little Yellow 15
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Dainty Sulphur 1000
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Western Pygmy-Blue 3
- Ceraunus Blue 8
- Fatal Metalmark 2
- American Snout 100
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Vesta Crescent 3
- Phaon Crescent 2
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Common Mestra 9
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Queen 4
- Soldier 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 10
- Desert Checkered-Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
Linda Cooper
varied locations in Cameron, Hidalgo and Starr Counties beginning with Resaca de la Palmas SP and upriver as far as Chapeno
Hidalgo County, TX
This list covers the week on Nov.17 thru Nov.23. We covered as many areas as possible due to the arrival of a blast of arctic air on the 22nd. Prior to that the weather was warm with several days in the upper 90s and high humidity. That all changed the afternoon of the 22nd with a drop of 40 degrees in a short period of time. Strophius Hairstreak was seen at NBC gardens. Zebra Cross-streak, 4th US record, was seen at Salineno for the 3rd consecutive day but not found afterwards. The week’s list totaled 100 species. Linda and Buck Cooper
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Giant Swallowtail
- Florida White 1
- Checkered White
- Great Southern White common
- Giant White common
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Southern Dogface common
- Yellow Angled-Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur common
- Large Orange Sulphur common
- Lyside Sulphur
- Boisduval's Yellow common
- Tailed Orange
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Dainty Sulphur
- Strophius Hairstreak 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak common
- Silver-banded Hairstreak
- Zebra Cross-streak 1
- Gray Hairstreak common
- Yojoa Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak common
- Clytie Ministreak common
- Western Pygmy-Blue common
- Cassius Blue common
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Fatal Metalmark common
- Rounded Metalmark
- Red-bordered Metalmark common
- Blue Metalmark common
- Red-bordered Pixie 3
- American Snout superabundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Julia Heliconian 2
- Isabella's Heliconian 1
- Zebra Heliconian 2
- Variegated Fritillary
- Mexican Fritillary
- Bordered Patch
- Tiny Checkerspot 1
- Texan Crescent 3
- Pale-banded Crescent
- Vesta Crescent common
- Phaon Crescent common
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark 3
- Red Admiral common
- Tropical Buckeye 1
- White Peacock common
- Malachite 6
- Band-celled Sister common
- Mexican Bluewing common
- Common Mestra common
- Guatemalan Cracker 1
- Blomfild's Beauty 1
- Tropical Leafwing common
- Goatweed Leafwing 1
- Hackberry Emperor
- Empress Leilia
- Tawny Emperor superabundant
- Carolina Satyr
- Monarch
- Queen abundant
- Soldier common
- White-striped Longtail
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail
- Brown Longtail common
- Falcate Skipper 1
- Mazans Scallopwing common
- Sickle-winged Skipper common
- White-patched Skipper
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper 1
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper
- Julia's Skipper
- Fawn-spotted Skipper common
- Clouded Skipper abundant
- Southern Skipperling
- Fiery Skipper common
- Whirlabout
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Sachem
- Common Mellana
- Nysa Roadside-Skipper 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 1
- Eufala Skipper common
- Olive-clouded Skipper
- Ocola Skipper
- Purple-washed Skipper common
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Monarch 6
- Long-tailed Skipper 3
John Heyse
Pt. Richmond-Chevron Research
Contra Costa County, CA
- Painted Lady 2
Barbara Peck
Sacramento River Bend BLM land, trail along Payne's Creek
Tehama County, CA
Very luciously warm day. Unseasonably dry fall. One of the buckeye’s was fairly fresh, the other quite worn. We found a couple of Hop Trees that had leafed out and were flowering in the same area.
- Common Buckeye 2
A list of butterflies seen here by myself and others on this hot and humid day. Numbers were in the tens of thousands. Butterfly festival starts this weekend. c’mon down. Aberrant Gray Hairstreak was a thriller.