Sighting for December 27, 2018
Karl and Dorothy Legler
National Butterfly Center in Mission
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Lyside Sulphur common
- Mexican Yellow 1
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow common
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 3
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Reakirt's Blue 5
- Fatal Metalmark 1
- Red-bordered Pixie 18
- American Snout common
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Texan Crescent 1
- Vesta Crescent 1
- Phaon Crescent common
- Red Admiral 5
- Tropical Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 1
- Common Mestra 1
- Tropical Leafwing 1
- Tawny Emperor 6
- Queen common
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 3
- Sickle-winged Skipper 2
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Laviana White-Skipper common
- Julia's Skipper 5
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 6
- Clouded Skipper 8
- Southern Skipperling 2
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Whirlabout 2
- Sachem 1
- Eufala Skipper 3
Mexican Yellow
Dusky-blue Groundstreak
Dorantes Longtail
Whirlabout
Tropical Buckeye
Sunny, 78 degrees, somewhat breezy. We found 44 species. Buckeyes of any kind have been scarce. The Whirlabout was female. Our best find was a Mexican Yellow that had settled down for the day, at around 3:30 or so. About 8 inches above ground. Red-bordered Pixies were common!!