Lately they've had some really good butterflies at the National Butterfly Center near Mission and I was very temped to go over there today. But if they can get good butterflies over there, shouldn't I be able to find some here? We also have a Selasphorus Hummingbird I wanted to photograph so staying here seemed to be a good choice. Well the hummer didn't cooperate and there wasn't much butterfly wise till I found this skipper. My first impression was it was a well marked Brown Longtail lacking its tails. But I was going to shoot it anyway and what a surprise when through the camera I discovered it was a Potrillo Skipper. I saw her several more times during the day and she seemed to be trying to oviposit on Ruellia. These have been hard to find in recent years. This Potrillo Skipper was Progreso Lakes yard butterfly #127.
