Rio Grande Valley birds, butterflies, dragonflies through the eyes of an ex-Buckeye

Estero Butterfly Walks 2009 17-30
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Not necessarily a list of all the butterflies seen at Estero-- just a list of those seen on weekly Butterfly Walks...

Species 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 Pipevine Swallowtail 4/10         6/26             9/18 10/2 10/16
2 Black Swallowtail     5/1                        
3 Giant Swallowtail 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17   8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
4 Ornythian Swallowtail               7/17             10/16
5 Checkered White                              
6 Florida White                 7/31            
7 Great Southern White 4/10 4/24     6/19 6/26                 10/16
8 Giant White               7/17             10/16
9 Orange Sulphur                              
10 Southern Dogface       5/8                   10/2 10/16
11 WHITE ANGLED-SULPHUR           6/26                 10/16
12 YELLOW ANGLED-SULPHUR                             10/16
13 Cloudless Sulphur     5/1 5/8   6/26     7/31 8/7   8/21   10/2 10/16
14 Large Orange Sulphur           6/26     7/31       9/18 10/2 10/16
15 Lyside Sulphur 4/10 4/24 5/1   6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
16 Tailed Orange                         9/18 10/2 10/16
17 Little Yellow 4/10         6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14   9/18 10/2 10/16
18 Mimosa Yellow                 7/31 8/7          
19 Sleepy Orange                              
20 Dainty Sulphur         6/19               9/18    
21 Great Purple Hairstreak                              
22 SILVER-BANDED HAIRSTREAK                         9/18    
23 Gray Hairstreak 4/10   5/1   6/19 6/26   7/17   8/7 8/14 8/21      
24 WHITE SCRUB-HAIRSTREAK                               
25 LACEY'S SCRUB-HAIRSTREAK                              
26 Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17             10/16
27 Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak                              
28 BROMELIAD SCRUB-HAIRSTREAK                              
29 Dusky-Blue Groundstreak 4/10       6/19                    
30 Clytie Ministreak 4/10     5/8   6/26 7/10 7/17             10/16
31 Ceraunus Blue     5/1 5/8   6/26   7/17   8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
32 Western Pygmy-Blue           6/26 7/10 7/17   8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
33 CYNA BLUE   4/24 5/1     6/26   7/17     8/14        
34 Reakirt's Blue   4/24 5/1   6/19           8/14        
35 MARINE BLUE           6/26                  
36 CASSIUS BLUE     5/1     6/26                  
37 Fatal Metalmark   4/24 5/1     6/26           8/21 9/18   10/16
38 Rounded Metalmark 4/10 4/24                         10/16
39 Red-Bordered Metalmark         6/19 6/26                 10/16
40 BLUE METALMARK                              
41 American Snout         6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
42 Gulf Fritillary             7/10         8/21   10/2 10/16
43 Mexican Fritillary                             10/16
44 Variegated Fritillary                             10/16
45 MEXICAN SILVERSPOT                              
46 Julia Heliconian                              
47 Zebra Heliconian   4/24                         10/16
48 Bordered Patch             7/10     8/7         10/16
49 Crimson Patch                              
50 Texan Crescent 4/10       6/19                    
51 Pale-Banded Crescent         6/19                   10/16
52 Phaon Crescent       5/8       7/17 7/31     8/21     10/16
53 Vesta Crescent     5/1                        
54 American Lady                             10/16
55 Painted lady                             10/16
56 Red Admiral                           10/3  
57 White Peacock         6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
58 Banded Peacock                              
59 Malachite               7/17             10/16
60 Band-Celled Sister                              
61 Mexican Bluewing 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8     7/10 7/17   8/7 8/14 8/21   10/2 10/16
62 Common Mestra                              
63 BLOMFILD'S BEAUTY                              
64 MANY-BANDED DAGGERWING                           10/2 10/16
65 Tropical Leafwing             7/10   7/31 8/7          
66 Tawny Emperor                              
67 Silver Emperor                              
68 Hermes Satyr 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8       7/17       8/21      
69 Monarch                         9/18   10/16
70 Queen 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21   10/2 10/16
71 Soldier               7/17             10/16
72 GUAVA SKIPPER                       8/21      
73 Long-Tailed Skipper                       8/21     10/16
74 Dorantes Longtail                             10/16
75 Brown Longtail 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21     10/16
76 White-Striped Longtail             7/10             10/3 10/16
77 FALCATE SKIPPER                       8/21      
78 Two-Barred Flasher   4/24                          
79 Brown-Banded Skipper                           10/2  
80 Potrillo Skipper           6/26                  
81 MAZAN'S SCALLOPWING 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8     7/10         8/21   10/2 10/16
82 Sickle-Winged Skipper       5/8                 9/18    
83 White-Patched Skipper                             10/16
84 Horace's Duskywing                              
85 Mournful Duskywing           6/26           8/21      
86 Funereal Duskywing           6/26                 10/16
87 White Checkered-Skipper 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
88 Tropical Checkered-Skipper 4/10 4/24 5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
89 Desert Checkered-Skipper       5/8   6/26                  
90 Laviana White-Skipper     5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21   10/2 10/16
91 Turk's-Cap White-Skipper 4/10         6/26         8/14   9/18    
92 Fawn-Spotted Skipper   4/24       6/26                 10/16
93 Clouded Skipper   4/24 5/1     6/26 7/10 7/17   8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
94 Julia's Skipper           6/26 7/10   7/31         10/2 10/16
95 Common Sootywing             7/10                
96 Southern Skipperling         6/19 6/26   7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14       10/16
97 Fiery Skipper     5/1 5/8 6/19 6/26 7/10 7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
98 Whirlabout     5/1     6/26   7/17 7/31 8/7 8/14 8/21 9/18 10/2 10/16
99 Southern Broken-Dash                   8/7     9/18   10/16
100 Sachem                           10/2 10/16
101 Common Mellana               7/17           10/2 10/16
102 Celia's Roadside-Skipper 4/10     5/8 6/19 6/26           8/21     10/16
103 Eufala Skipper                   8/7   8/21   10/2 10/16
104 Olive Clouded Skipper                              
105 Brazilian Skipper                              
106 Ocola Skipper                           10/2 10/16
  totals 20 19 23 23 20 37 23 26   24   24 24 31 59

Note that these aren't ALL of the Butterfly Walks-- some walks may have been cancelled due to rain, some may have been led by another naturalist and no list kept, etc.