Date: 03/28/2014

Number: 1

Estero Llano Grande State Park Butterfly Walk, Friday March 28, 2014

Today was hot, sunny, and calm, perfect for butterflies and we tallied 40 species.

The best find was a Pale-rayed Skipper out in the salt flat area where the Western Pygmy Blues are regular. We do have a large planting of the grass host plant, Sporobolus wrightii, Big Sacaton.

Also of interest were 8 Monarchs. They were not streaming through heading north, but flying throughout the park in the areas we visited. One laid several eggs on Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica.

Courtesy of TX-BUTTERFLY

Weslaco, TX

Latitude: 26.2 Longitude: -98

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