Some days it looked like it was snowing butterflies, Amazing sight!! And so many different species, it's a challenge to identify them. A cold front pretty much brought it all to a halt with two mornings with temps at freezing that frosted the flowers.
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| Bordered Patch |
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| Lyside Sulphur |
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| Tailed Orange |
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| Western Pygmy Blue |
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| Gray Hairstreak |
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| Gulf Fritillary |
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| Phaon Crescrent |
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| Tropical Checkered Skipper |
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| Giant Swallowtails - mating |
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| Mexican Bluewing - sought after rarity |
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| Large Orange Sulphur |
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| White Peacock |
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| Brown Longtail |
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| Goatweed Leafwing - note the hitchhiker |
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| Reakirt's Blue |
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| Red-bordered Metalmark |
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| Theona Cherkerspot |
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail |
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| Buckeye |
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| Julia Heliconian |
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| Sickle-wing Skipper |
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| Gulf Fritillary |
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| Giant & Black Swallowtails |
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| Southern Dogface |
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| White Striped Longtail |
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| Sleepy Yellow |
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| Orange Skipperling |
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| The very tiny Ceraunus Blue |
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| Southern Skipperling |
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| Checkered White |
All these butterflies were seen within a mile of our RV site at Bentsen Palm Village. From the flowered bushes right next to us to the National Butterfly Center and Bentsen RGV State Park.
It is amazing to see how creative God is in all the creatures around us. We are so thankful to be a part of it.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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| Queen Butterflies migrating everywhere |
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