I was sitting on the back porch this morning and thinking about going to the NABA Butterfly Center in Mission. A lot of good stuff was seen there yesterday. And then a Dingy Purplewing landed on the hummingbird feeder so I just stayed in the yard.
A little later something orange buzzed by the Ficus elastica. I've read that Ficus species are the host plant for Ruddy Daggerwings. We've had several in that tree.
First Tailed Orange of the year. This is the summer form.
A Sleepy Orange was ovipositing on the Senna pendula.
While a Mexican Fritillary did the same on the Turnera. They are supposed to have some pretty cool caterpillars.
Boisduval's Yellows are present daily along with Double-dotted Skippers.
It's always nice to get a Question Mark.
Here's today's list.
- Giant Swallowtail 4
- Great Southern White 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 10
- Large Orange Sulphur 5
- Lyside Sulphur 1
- Boisduval's Yellow 2
- Tailed Orange 1
- Little Yellow 5
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Clytie Ministreak 1
- American Snout 6
- Gulf Fritillary 6
- Mexican Fritillary 1
- Bordered Patch 3
- Vesta Crescent 2
- Phaon Crescent 2
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- White Peacock 5
- Dingy Purplewing 1
- Ruddy Daggerwing 1
- Tawny Emperor 2
- Queen 5
- Brown Longtail 6
- Sickle-winged Skipper 2
- Mournful Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 8
- Laviana White-Skipper 3
- Clouded Skipper 8
- Double-dotted Skipper 5
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Whirlabout 3
- Southern Broken-Dash 3
- Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3
- Eufala Skipper 1
