Finally got a few different butterflies today in our Progreso Lakes yard so I thought I would write a post. We've had north wind for the past several days because of Tropical Storm Beta but now it's shifting back around to the south east and so we get butterflies. This Mexican Bluewing was ovipositing on our Vassey's Adelia.
Ovipositing was the theme today. I've suspected we often have Boisduval's Yellow because of our Senna pendula. This one was laying eggs.
This banged up Tropical Leafwing was ovipositing on Low Croton.
We get few Mazan's Scallopwing so this one was a treat. She was also bopping around on some small plant and may have been laying eggs.
This Brown-banded Skipper is on a Coyotillo but not far from the Barbados Cherry host plant.
A lot of the butterflies have been really beat up lately like this Tailed Orange.
Been a while since we've had a Brazilian Skipper.
This Guava Skipper is about done for.
Quens were out in big numbers today. At least fifty of them.
Here's today's list of 36 species.
- Pipevine Swallowtail 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 8
- Large Orange Sulphur 8
- Lyside Sulphur 3
- Boisduval's Yellow 1
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow 1
- Cassius Blue 3
- American Snout 5
- Gulf Fritillary 4
- Bordered Patch 5
- Pearl Crescent 1
- White Peacock 10
- Mexican Bluewing 1
- Tropical Leafwing 2
- Queen 50
- Soldier 8
- Guava Skipper 1
- Brown Longtail 3
- Mazans Scallopwing 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper 3
- Brown-banded Skipper 1
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 5
- Laviana White-Skipper 10
- Julia's Skipper 1
- Fawn-spotted Skipper 20
- Clouded Skipper 20
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Whirlabout 2
- Southern Broken-Dash 1
- Common Mellana 2
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 10
- Eufala Skipper 1
- Brazilian Skipper 1
