can you ID a couple of butterflies for me?

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Nov 03, 2009

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Nov 03, 2009

#2, don't know if this pic is good enough.

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LindaTX8 NE Medina Co., TX(Zone 8a) Nov 04, 2009

The first one appears to be a Long-Tailed Skipper. The second one might be a Gray Hairstreak, but can't be sure.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Nov 04, 2009

Linda, you are absolutely correct on the first one. I have quite a few of these and they seem to hang around an area where I have 3 lantana shrubs.
http://www.floridata.com/tracks/butterfly/long_tailed_skipper.cfm

Also correct on ID#2.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/butterflies/butterfly-gallery/images/Speedwell2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/butterflies/butterfly-gallery/pages/Speedwell2.html&usg=__IADey5bpm6QTR73M2Nk_wrX_ogo=&h=600&w=800&sz=116&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=23HbGqGTz2ZvnM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgray%2Bhairstreak%2Bbutterfly%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

thank you.

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