Sighting for February 1, 2017

Karl and Dorothy Legler

Estero Llano Grande State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

47 species. 83 degrees. Highlights included Cyna Blue, scads of Texan Crescents, White Scrub-Hairstreak, Clytie Ministreak, Julia Heliconian, Band-celled Sister, White-patched Skipper, Texas Powdered-Skipper, Turk’s-cap White-Skipper and Celia’s Roadside-Skipper.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 2
  • Giant Swallowtail 2
  • Southern Dogface 3
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Lyside Sulphur 10
  • Little Yellow 4
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 4
  • White Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 7
  • Clytie Ministreak 2
  • Cassius Blue 5
  • Cyna Blue 1
  • Reakirt's Blue 1
  • Fatal Metalmark 2
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 3
  • American Snout common
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Julia Heliconian 1
  • Texan Crescent common
  • Vesta Crescent 8
  • Phaon Crescent 10
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • White Peacock 5
  • Band-celled Sister 2
  • Mexican Bluewing 1
  • Common Mestra 9
  • Tropical Leafwing 2
  • Queen common
  • Brown Longtail 3
  • Texas Powdered-Skipper 2
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 1
  • White-patched Skipper 2
  • White Checkered-Skipper 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
  • Laviana White-Skipper common
  • Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 5
  • Clouded Skipper 3
  • Southern Skipperling 3
  • Fiery Skipper 3
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 1
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 1
  • Eufala Skipper common

Band-celled Sister

Texas Powdered-Skipper

Turk's-cap White-Skipper

Cyna Blue

Clytie Ministreak

White Scrub-Hairstreak