Sighting for October 18, 2012
Linda Cooper
National Butterfly Center gardens
Hidalgo County, TX
- Pipevine Swallowtail common
- Black Swallowtail common
- Giant Swallowtail common
- Giant White 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Southern Dogface superabundant
- Yellow Angled-Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Orange-barred Sulphur 1
- Large Orange Sulphur superabundant
- Lyside Sulphur superabundant
- Mexican Yellow 1
- Tailed Orange common
- Little Yellow common
- Mimosa Yellow common
- Sleepy Orange few
- Dainty Sulphur few
- Gray Hairstreak few
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak few
- Western Pygmy-Blue common
- Cassius Blue few
- Marine Blue few
- Ceraunus Blue common
- Fatal Metalmark few
- Red-bordered Pixie 1
- American Snout superabundant
- Gulf Fritillary common
- Julia Heliconian 1
- Variegated Fritillary common
- Mexican Fritillary common
- Bordered Patch few
- Crimson Patch 1
- Elada Checkerspot few
- Texan Crescent 2
- Vesta Crescent few
- Phaon Crescent few
- Question Mark 2
- American Lady few
- Painted Lady few
- Red Admiral few
- Common Buckeye few
- White Peacock few
- Malachite 3
- Mexican Bluewing few
- Common Mestra few
- Guatemalan Cracker 1
- Tropical Leafwing 2
- Empress Leilia 2
- Tawny Emperor superabundant
- Monarch few
- Queen superabundant
- Soldier common
- White-striped Longtail 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Dorantes Longtail 2
- Brown Longtail 2
- Sickle-winged Skipper 1
- Brown-banded Skipper 1
- White-patched Skipper few
- Funereal Duskywing few
- White Checkered-Skipper common
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper common
- Desert Checkered-Skipper few
- Laviana White-Skipper few
- Julia's Skipper few
- Fawn-spotted Skipper common
- Clouded Skipper common
- Southern Skipperling common
- Fiery Skipper common
- Southern Broken-Dash common
- Sachem few
- Common Mellana common
- Eufala Skipper common
- Ocola Skipper common
- Purple-washed Skipper 3
Black-banded Wasp Moth
Orange-barred Sulphur
White-striped Longtail
Guatemalan Cracker
Malachite
Red-bordered Pixie
Yellow Angled-Sulphur
Giant White
This covers butterflies seen by Buck and Linda Cooper October 18-21, 2012 in the gardens.
Black-banded Wasp Moth was unexpected.
Others have seen Red Rim and Four-spotted Sailor.