With all the recent rain I thought a trip to Santa Ana NWR was in order. Trails were muddy so I walked the tour road to the cemetery. Things are pretty lush but not a lot was blooming except at the cemetery where I found this Potrillo Skipper. I had seen them there in the past but a check of my records found my last one was 5/31/15. Almost the same date eight years ago.
Nearby was this Texas Powdered Skipper. I found my lifer at Santa ana years ago.
A group of 25 Laviana White-Skippers were sucking at the moist soil.
Along with a Mimosa Yellow.
Checking the piles of animal scat can always be productive. Here's a Sickle-winged Skipper and a Texan Crescent.
Here's today's list of 31 species. Gotta get back over there in a couple of weeks.
- Giant Swallowtail 6
- Great Southern White 1
- Southern Dogface 1
- Large Orange Sulphur 2
- Lyside Sulphur 40
- Little Yellow 3
- Mimosa Yellow 1
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Clytie Ministreak 1
- Reakirt's Blue 2
- Red-bordered Metalmark 1
- American Snout 3
- Gulf Fritillary 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Bordered Patch 2
- Texan Crescent 12
- Vesta Crescent 15
- White Peacock 3
- Common Mestra 25
- Queen 1
- White-striped Longtail 1
- Brown Longtail 2
- Potrillo Skipper 1
- Texas Powdered-Skipper 1
- Sickle-winged Skipper 6
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1
- Laviana White-Skipper 30
- Clouded Skipper 2
- Whirlabout 1
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
