Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 30, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Mellie...congrats on the cats and eggs. You're starting the butterfly season early!!!

Becky...am still waiting and watching to see whether those are tussock cats :o)

Went out to the ranch today....everything is soooooo dry! On a good note the citrus trees started blooming. Lots of butterfly activity on two trees so I spent a few hours waiting and watching for something different.

Saw about two dozen Pipevine Swallowtails, gobs of Gray Hairstreaks, Snouts, Fatal Metalmarks, Funereal Duskywings, miscellaneus skippers, Sulphurs a couple of Duskyblue Groundstreaks, Rearkirt's Blues and Nysa Roadside Skippers. Also saw one lone Giant Swallowtail, one Sickle-winged Skipper, one Turk's Cap Skipper and this Cloudywing.

Am not sure if it is a Coyote Cloudywing or Jalapus Cloudywing. The wings were very iridescent - not like the usual run of Coyote Cloudywings I've seen. Am waiting on an ID from a couple of local leps.

~ Cat