Rio Grande Valley Butterflies: Santa Ana NWR, 6/25/15

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Santa Ana NWR, 6/25/15

We've had some rain since my last post and the sun was out today so I made a trip over to Santa Ana NWR and saw some interesting stuff. Best was a Rim Rim that zoomed past me and only allowed a glimpse through the camera. It's the first I've seen at Santa Ana since the flood of 2010. But this is the first wet year we've had since then so maybe we'll get more of them.

I saw both a male and a female Silver Emperor and the female oviposited on a Granjeno right in front of me. So it looks like more will be on the way.

Malachites are starting to pop up everywhere.

I saw four Banded Peacocks, some of them patrolling a section of the tour road.

A damp spot held four Cassius Blues.

After not seeing any Clytie Ministreaks for months, I saw several today.

A fresh Common Mestra.

Finally a fresh male Mexican Bluewing after seeing plenty of beat up females lately.