Monday, September 24, 2018

Progreso Lakes, 9/23/18

With the long hot dry summer there has been few butterflies around.  But we've had some rain lately and another shower last night seem to really bring out the butterflies in our Progreso Lakes yard.  Glad to have Double-dotted Skippers back after an absence of a few months.


Guava Skippers have been regular lately though I don't have any guavas.


This White-striped Longtail looked really fresh.


But this Long-tailed Skipper barely had enough markings left to be identifiable.


A fresh Clytie Ministreak is always pretty.


Been a while since I've seen the common Fiery Skipper.


Queens are starting pick up in numbers.



Nothing rare but the 31 species seen is the most we've had since last winter.  I will try to post a little more regularly now that we're getting bugs.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 1
  • Giant Swallowtail 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Large Orange Sulphur 3
  • Little Yellow 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
  • Clytie Ministreak 1
  • Rounded Metalmark 1
  • American Snout 12
  • Phaon Crescent 3
  • White Peacock 2
  • Tawny Emperor 1
  • Carolina Satyr 2
  • Queen 3
  • Guava Skipper 2
  • White-striped Longtail 2
  • Long-tailed Skipper 1
  • Brown Longtail 1
  • Mimosa Skipper 1
  • Sickle-winged Skipper 1
  • Funereal Duskywing 2
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 6
  • Laviana White-Skipper 1
  • Clouded Skipper 8
  • Double-dotted Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash 2
  • Celia's Roadside-Skipper 2
  • Eufala Skipper 1