After a few days of editing photos I need to get out and sweat so I ran over to the National Butterfly Center. I was welcomed by this oddly marked Coyote (Skinner's) Cloudywing. New for the June Big Board. #77!
Only three species of hairstreaks today. Here's a Dusky-blue Groundstreak.
Not a lot else going on in the front garden except for this Brazilian Skipper, my first for the year and #78 on the Big Board which is pretty good for June.
Again there were lots of Mexican Crescents around and no Vestas. Something's going on.
In the back garden there were plenty of Mexican Bluewings. Good to have them back in numbers.
Elada Checkerspots are back in their usual location around the restrooms.
And finally the Curve-winged Metamark show continues. I saw seven today.
Today's list of 44 species.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Giant Swallowtail 4
- Checkered White 3
- Great Southern White 20
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Large Orange Sulphur 15
- Lyside Sulphur 25
- Little Yellow 8
- Dainty Sulphur 3
- Western Pygmy-Blue 1
- Cassius Blue 6
- Ceraunus Blue 2
- Red-bordered Metalmark 1
- Red-bordered Pixie 2
- Curve-winged Metalmark 7
- American Snout 2
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Zebra Heliconian 1
- Bordered Patch 6
- Elada Checkerspot 10
- Texan Crescent 6
- Pale-banded Crescent 100
- Phaon Crescent 5
- White Peacock 4
- Mexican Bluewing 10
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Queen 6
- Soldier 4
- White-striped Longtail 2
- Brown Longtail 6
- Coyote Cloudywing 1
- White Checkered-Skipper 5
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 12
- Laviana White-Skipper 3
- Julia's Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 6
- Double-dotted Skipper 4
- Southern Skipperling 5
- Whirlabout 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 8
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4
- Eufala Skipper 5
- Brazilian Skipper 1
- Mexican Crescent 10
