Sighting for February 10, 2017
Butterfly Walk at Estero
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Checkered White 1
- Southern Dogface 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Large Orange Sulphur 3
- Lyside Sulphur 6
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow 4
- Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- White Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak common
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Cassius Blue common
- Fatal Metalmark 3
- Red-bordered Metalmark 2
- American Snout common
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Julia Heliconian 6
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Texan Crescent common
- Chestnut Crescent 3
- Vesta Crescent 6
- Phaon Crescent common
- Red Admiral 2
- White Peacock 4
- Band-celled Sister 1
- Mexican Bluewing 5
- Common Mestra 6
- Tropical Leafwing 5
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen common
- White-striped Longtail 2
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 3
- Potrillo Skipper 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper 3
- White-patched Skipper 1
- Funereal Duskywing 3
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 6
- Laviana White-Skipper 4
- Julia's Skipper 2
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 10
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Sachem 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 2
- Eufala Skipper 5
- Olive-clouded Skipper 1
54 species plus a possible Ruddy Hairstreak. Led by Rick Snider. About 17 people attended. Highlights included male and female Chestnut Crescent (male has more of the chestnut color), Mexican Bluewing, Silver-banded Hairstreak, White Scrub-Hairstreak, Julia and Zebra Heliconian, Tropical Leafwing, Red-bordered Metalmark, Band-celled Sister, Potrillo Skipper, White-patched Skipper, White-striped Longtail, Julia’s Skipper, Olive-clouded Skipper and Celia’s Roadside-Skipper.