Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 29, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Mellie...those ventral photos resemble something from the crescent family...perhaps even a checkerspot. Hard to tell unless you get a topside view for comparison.

It's not a Snout...the snout's snout make it easy to identify from any angle :o) We get snouts by the thousands out here. When the Great Snout Migration occurs it often coincides with a mass emergence of Lyside Sulphurs. It sometimes gets so bad you have scrape the butterfly goo off the windshield. It's impossible to brake for all those gazillions of butterflies! Which reminds me of that old joke...what's the last thing that goes through a butterfly's mind when it hits your windshield? (it's hiney!)

On a good note:

I drove out to the ranch today and didn't see much flying around in the back pasture. However, there was a nice variety of butterflies on a Mexican Lime tree that is right behind the house. It had started to bloom and the butterflies were flitting all about. Go figure!

Got to see two lifers for myself - and firsts for the ranch. These butterflies are occasional but I'd not seen them until now.

Band-Celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia)

~ Cat

This message was edited Feb 17, 2008 8:53 PM