Sighting for February 19, 2016

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Edinburg Wetlands
Hidalgo County, TX

85 and sunny. 32 species. Lots of crucitas. Best butterflying so far this year. Highlights were Mournful Duskywing, Giant Swallowtail, Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak, Bordered Patch, and Ocola Skipper.

  • Giant Swallowtail 3
  • Southern Dogface 1
  • Large Orange Sulphur 1
  • Lyside Sulphur 1
  • Little Yellow 5
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 5
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Dusky-blue Groundstreak 5
  • Cassius Blue 1
  • Fatal Metalmark 3
  • American Snout 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 2
  • Bordered Patch 1
  • Vesta Crescent 1
  • Phaon Crescent common
  • Red Admiral 1
  • White Peacock 10
  • Queen common
  • Brown Longtail 4
  • Mournful Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 2
  • Southern Skipperling 4
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Sachem common
  • Eufala Skipper 3
  • Ocola Skipper 1

Fatal Metalmark

White Peacock

Mournful Duskywing

Mournful Duskywing