Wednesday 20 March 2013

And a few more butterflies...........

There were so many lovely butterflies at the National Butterfly Centre (sorry - just can't spell it the American way....) in McAllen. The centre itself has beautiful walks along shaded paths, butterfly lures along the trails and a wonderful bird feeding area.

We were instructed to shout out if we saw anything rare or exciting - trouble is we didn't know what we were looking at and apparently the Band-Celled Sister was a bit of a catch!


Bordered Patch

 
Band-Celled Sister
 

Gray Hairstreak - Wings open

 
 Texan Crescent
 
 
Common or White Checkered Skipper
(almost inseparable and possibly the same species)
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6 comments:

  1. Lorna G. Berg20 March 2013 at 15:03

    Lovely!!! Luckily we found the Banded Cell Sister again. What was the one we chased away accidentally as we approached to fast. We were also saved because Steve photographed it just before. We will know better next year.

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    1. julie20 March 2013 at 15:16

      That was some fluffy, powdery thing we chased away, I can't remember what it was called. You're right, we'll do better next year!

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  2. Gunnar Berg20 March 2013 at 15:04

    Oooohhhh, you talk so, so ... British. It's very appealing.

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    1. julie20 March 2013 at 15:19

      It must be the Hyacinth Bucket in me : )

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  3. Lorna G. Berg21 March 2013 at 15:09

    What memories. I found my list from Falcon's Butterfly Garden. We were novices, I think.

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  4. Jeannie22 March 2013 at 10:36

    Some beautiful pictures x

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