Sighting for May 22, 2015
Daniel Jones
Santa Ana NWR
Hidalgo County, TX
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Giant Swallowtail 15
- Checkered White 3
- Great Southern White 20
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Lyside Sulphur 10
- Little Yellow 2
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 12
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 8
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 20
- Reakirt's Blue 3
- Red-bordered Metalmark 6
- American Snout 100
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Zebra Heliconian 7
- Crimson Patch 2
- Texan Crescent 8
- Phaon Crescent 10
- Pearl Crescent 25
- Red Admiral 4
- White Peacock 1
- Banded Peacock 1
- Common Mestra 1
- Ruddy Daggerwing 1
- Tawny Emperor 3
- Carolina Satyr 4
- Queen 3
- White-striped Longtail 2
- Brown Longtail 2
- Two-barred Flasher 2
- Mimosa Skipper 3
- Sickle-winged Skipper 25
- Brown-banded Skipper 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 8
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 20
- Laviana White-Skipper 100
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 15
- Clouded Skipper 40
- Whirlabout 2
- Common Mellana 3
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 20
- Eufala Skipper 5
- Violet-banded Skipper 1
White-striped Longtail
Common Mellana
Two-barred Flasher
Two-barred Flasher
Banded Peacock
Ruddy Daggerwing
Ruddy Daggerwing
Violet-banded Skipper
Hundreds of butterflies nectaring on soapberry, thistle, frog fruit and crucita.