Sighting for February 11, 2017
Rich Kostecke
Lake Fayette-Multi-use Trail from Park Prairie Park to Oak Thicket Park
Fayette County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail 7
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Southern Dogface 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 1
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 8
- American Snout 3
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Phaon Crescent 5
- Pearl Crescent 15
- American Lady 1
- Red Admiral 23
- Common Buckeye 11
- Common Mestra 2
- Goatweed Leafwing 8
- White-striped Longtail 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 6
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
White-striped Longtail
Gray Hairstreak
Dusky-blue Groundstreak
Common Buckeye
Cloudless Sulphur
Common Mestra
Warm (80-85), sunny, and breezy. A few clumps of dewberry (Rubus trivialis) were the only flowering plants. Many butterflies were nectaring on the dewberry. Common Checkered-skippers more accurately classified as Common/White Checkered-skippers