Well the species score in our yard today at Progreso Lakes, Texas was Birds 27 Butterflies 37. Nothing exciting but the butterflies kicked the birds asses. This oddly marked Double-dotted Skipper got my attention today. I tried to turn it into some new Mexican Species but it's not. Not only are the dots variable, so is the white at the base of the atenna clubs.
Boisduval's Yellows showed nicely.
White Peacocks have popped out.
Had Mimosa and Little Yellows side by side but my camera could not get focused on them both in the same shot..
First Turk's-Cap White-Skipper I've seen in a while. Females are pretty uncommon in my experience.
Here today's list of 37 species.
- Giant Swallowtail 4
- Great Southern White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Large Orange Sulphur 2
- Lyside Sulphur 2
- Boisduval's Yellow 3
- Little Yellow 5
- Mimosa Yellow 2
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
- Dusky-blue Groundstreak 1
- Ceraunus Blue 5
- American Snout 1
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Bordered Patch 1
- Texan Crescent 12
- Vesta Crescent 4
- Phaon Crescent 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- White Peacock 5
- Queen 4
- Brown Longtail 5
- Sickle-winged Skipper 1
- Mournful Duskywing 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 15
- Laviana White-Skipper 4
- Turk's-cap White-Skipper 1
- Clouded Skipper 5
- Double-dotted Skipper 5
- Southern Skipperling 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 8
- Southern Broken-Dash 6
- Sachem 1
- Common Mellana 3
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4
- Eufala Skipper 3
