Sighting for February 10, 2017

Butterfly Walk at Estero

Estero Llano Grande State Park
Hidalgo County, TX

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.

  • 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

Olive-clouded Skipper

Chestnut Crescent

Chestnut Crescent