Friday, April 8, 2016

Banded Patch at NBC, 4/8/16

A couple of days ago Chris Balboni found a Banded Patch at the National Butterfly Center and I was fortunate to refind it today.  It's been quite a few years since one has been seen in the Valley and it was a new one for me.




Nearby was my first Crimson Patch of the year.


A few Theona Checkerspots were in the front gardens.


The Double-dotted Skippers had not been reported for a few weeks but I found a worn one today.


Cyna Blues were in several different snake herb patches.


Here's an uncommon Hackberry Emperor.


I picked out a Mimosa Yellow among the many Little Yellows.


Last bug of the day was this bright White-patched Skipper.


Here's today's list of 57 species.
  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Checkered White 10
  • Southern Dogface 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 4
  • Lyside Sulphur 20
  • Little Yellow 6
  • Mimosa Yellow 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 6
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 8
  • Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Cyna Blue 5
  • Ceraunus Blue 2
  • Reakirt's Blue 12
  • Fatal Metalmark 1
  • Red-bordered Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Theona Checkerspot 2
  • Bordered Patch 8
  • Banded Patch 1
  • Crimson Patch 1
  • Elada Crescent 4
  • Texan Crescent 5
  • Vesta Crescent 4
  • Phaon Crescent 25
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 4
  • White Peacock 1
  • Mexican Bluewing 1
  • Hackberry Emperor 1
  • Tawny Emperor 15
  • Monarch 5
  • Queen 75
  • White-striped Longtail 1
  • Brown Longtail 4
  • Coyote Cloudywing 2
  • Funereal Duskywing 1
  • White Checkered-Skipper 10
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper25
  • Laviana White-Skipper 6
  • Turk's-cap White-Skipper 2
  • Common Sootywing 2
  • Julia's Skipper 5
  • Fawn-spotted Skipper 2
  • Clouded Skipper 15
  • Double-dotted Skipper 1
  • Southern Skipperling 6
  • Fiery Skipper 6
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 10
  • Sachem 1
  • Common Mellana 1
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 25
  • Eufala Skipper 5