Evan's Skipper at NBC, 10/28/14

It was a great day to look for butterflies at the National Butterfly Center south of Mission.  Best in show goes to this sharp Evan's Skipper.  It looks like a whole different bug in flight.

Most popular butterfly goes to this stunning Two-barred Flasher that spent the day by the bathroom. Hmmm....I've done that before.

Judging by wear on the wings, the two Glazed Pellicias seem to be the same ones that have been present the past two weeks.

Olive-clouded Skipper is not reported very often.  I saw one last week in Roma.

It's been quite a while since I've seen a White-patched Skipper.

For some reason we are getting Hackberry Emperors at the NBC this fall.  Usually you have to leave the Valley to see them.

• Pipevine Swallowtail 3
• Clouded Sulphur 2
• Large Orange Sulphur 3
• Lyside Sulphur 5
• Tailed Orange 2
• Little Yellow 15
• Sleepy Orange 1
• Dainty Sulphur 1
• Gray Hairstreak 10
• Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 8
• Western Pygmy-Blue 25
• Cassius Blue 1
• Ceraunus Blue 10
• Fatal Metalmark 5
• Rounded Metalmark 1
• Red-bordered Pixie 1
• American Snout 10
• Gulf Fritillary 8
• Zebra Heliconian 2
• Variegated Fritillary 3
• Vesta Crescent 5
• Phaon Crescent 30
• Pearl Crescent 10
• American Lady 1
• Painted Lady 5
• Red Admiral 1
• White Peacock 10
• Tropical Leafwing 1
• Hackberry Emperor 1
• Empress Leilia 2
• Tawny Emperor 70
• Monarch 5
• Queen 800
• Soldier 3
• Guava Skipper 6
• Brown Longtail 6
• Two-barred Flasher 1
• Glazed Pellicia 2
• Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
• Sickle-winged Skipper 3
• White-patched Skipper 1
• Funereal Duskywing 1
• White Checkered-Skipper 20
• Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
• Laviana White-Skipper 6
• Julia's Skipper 3
• Fawn-spotted Skipper 8
• Southern Skipperling 6
• Fiery Skipper 50
• Whirlabout 5
• Southern Broken-Dash 5
• Sachem 8
• Common Mellana 2
• Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
• Eufala Skipper 15
• Olive-clouded Skipper 1
• Evans' Skipper 1