Sighting for October 20, 2017

Linda Cooper

National Butterfly Center
Hidalgo County, TX

9:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., 76 - 89 degrees, sunny all day, light breezes. Many nectar plants. This report is what I saw and what others reported today. There are two crackers present and one is Gray - other probably Gray also.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Florida White 1
  • Giant White 10
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Lyside Sulphur common
  • Little Yellow
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Cassius Blue
  • Ceraunus Blue
  • American Snout
  • Gulf Fritillary
  • Julia Heliconian 6
  • Zebra Heliconian
  • Bordered Patch
  • Phaon Crescent
  • Question Mark 1
  • Painted Lady 2
  • Red Admiral
  • Mexican Bluewing
  • Gray Cracker 1
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Carolina Satyr 1
  • Monarch
  • Queen
  • Soldier 2
  • Gold-spotted Aguna 1
  • Dorantes Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper
  • Laviana White-Skipper
  • Julia's Skipper
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper abundant
  • Whirlabout
  • Southern Broken-Dash common
  • Sachem common
  • Common Mellana
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
  • Eufala Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Purple-washed Skipper
  • Violet-banded Skipper 1

Mexican Bluewing

Violet-banded Skipper

Giant White

Celia's Roadside-Skipper