Sighting for December 1, 2018

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Resaca de la Palma State Park
Cameron County, TX

Cold weather at beginning of November reduced plants and butterflies here. Density of butterflies was low but persistence found 27 species.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 5
  • Lyside Sulphur 4
  • Boisduval's Yellow 1
  • Little Yellow 8
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Blue Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 3
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Phaon Crescent 5
  • White Peacock 5
  • Mexican Bluewing 2
  • Common Mestra 2
  • Carolina Satyr 5
  • Queen 15
  • Guava Skipper 1
  • Brown Longtail 2
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 6
  • White Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
  • Laviana White-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 6
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Common Mellana 1
  • Eufala Skipper 1

Common Mellana

Julia Heliconian

Guava Skipper