Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Butterfly sighting causes stir in Texas , 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Okay...I hooked up with a couple of butterflying friends and we made the trip to Falcon. Got to see the infamous Telea Hairsteak as well as a Ruddy Hairstreak, possible Muted Hairstreak, East-Mexican White Skipper and a rekoa (hairstreak) - species unknown at this time . People are going to look at the photos and try to identify it...as well as the photos of the possible Muted Hairstreak.

Lots of the usual butterflies. The place was literally full of butterflies...sensory overload!!! The garden is a big patch of blue mist bushes, lantana, croton, plumbago and other nectar plants...and it is truly an oasis of nectar for insects. The terrain around there is dry native scrub brush so again...it is an oasis!!! There were thousands of butterflies there...really hard to see everything.

My word...we counted 12 different species of hairstreaks...and there were hundreds and hundreds of Clytie Ministreaks, Gray HS, Lacey's Scrub HS, Lantana Scrub HS, Duskyblue Groundstreaks, Silver-Banded HS and others I cannot remember. Can you imagine trying to look at each one in the hopes that it will be something rare like a Marius, Ruddy or something as such.

Here's the bugger that made Falcon famous.

~ Cat

Telea Hairstreak