Sighting for December 19, 2018

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Falcon State Park
Starr County, TX

About 75 degrees, sunny and no wind. Afternoon. 19 species. Few flowers except for small ones in mowed areas. The only skippers seen were Checkered-Skippers.

  • Black Swallowtail 2
  • Southern Dogface common
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur common
  • Little Yellow common
  • Sleepy Orange 6
  • Dainty Sulphur common
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 5
  • Ceraunus Blue common
  • American Snout 4
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 5
  • Vesta Crescent 5
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Tropical Leafwing 1
  • Queen common
  • White Checkered-Skipper 6
  • Desert Checkered-Skipper 3

American Snout

Variegated Fritillary

Tropical Leafwing