National Butterfly Center, 9/10/13

Things are greening up at the National Butterfly Center south of Mission and it's looking like it may be a great fall for butterflies.  Though there was nothing fantastic around, there was plenty of interesting things to see.  At the top of the list was this bizarre White Peacock.  What a pretty butterfly!

I finally got photos of Yellow Angled-Sulphur though not great ones.

There were at least a dozen Crimson Patches not counting larvae and pupae.

This Pale-banded Crescent had me excited for a bit, but I got over it.

Southern Broken-dash on runway A, ready for take off.

Here's a Whirlabout.

Intermittent sun, clouds and rain had some of the Tropical Leafwings spreading their ... uhm... leafwings.

This White-striped Longtail really has a long tail.

God save the Queen!  Woops, too late.

A little research on Bug Guide turned up the identity for this weird bug.  It's a fly, Lepidophora vetusta.