A real surprise was at least four Violet-banded Skippers, My first for Cameron County.
Butterfly watchers go to Resaca hoping for Blue Metalmarks and they were out in force today. A Walker's Metalmark was also seen but I missed it.
Another specialty for the park is Boisduval's Yellow. I only saw one but it was very cooperative.
Two Orange-barred Sulphurs were nice.
Mexican Bluewings were common on the Ebony Trail but I failed to find the other park specialty, Band-celled Sister.
Silver-banded Hairstreak is always a treat.
A faded female Julia Heliconian was also on the Ebony Trail.
And one last area specialty, Mimosa Skipper.
- Giant Swallowtail 3
- Southern Dogface 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 25
- Orange-barred Sulphur 2
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Lyside Sulphur 10
- Boisduval's Yellow 1
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow 1
- Silver-banded Hairstreak 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 3
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Rounded Metalmark 5
- Blue Metalmark 15
- Walker's Metalmark 1
- American Snout 3
- Gulf Fritillary 1
- Julia Heliconian 1
- Bordered Patch 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- White Peacock 3
- Mexican Bluewing 12
- Tawny Emperor 5
- Carolina Satyr 1
- Queen 5
- Dorantes Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 4
- Mimosa Skipper 4
- Mazans Scallopwing 3
- Sickle-winged Skipper 20
- Brown-banded Skipper 1
- Funereal Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4
- Laviana White-Skipper 3
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 20
- Whirlabout 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 10
- Sachem 3
- Common Mellana 2
- Eufala Skipper 4
- Obscure Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 6
- Purple-washed Skipper 1
- Evans' Skipper 1
- Violet-banded Skipper 4
