Santa Ana Butterfly Count, Jan 11, 1999

[Mike Quinn]

Santa Ana NWR Butterfly Count, Jan. 11, 1999.
Carrie Cate, Mike Overton, Mike Quinn
Walked from visitor center to Rio Grande via Jaguarundi Trail
Sunny, 10mph wind, high in the upper 70s

Cloudless Sulphur 2
Large Orange Sulphur 2
Tailed Orange 1
Lyside Sulphur 9
Little Yellow 2
Dainty Sulphur 1

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2 (amount of white on wings resembled S. albata/yojoa)
Silver-banded Hairstreak 1 (best "bird" of the day, reliable lately in
Cattail Lake area)

Fatal Metalmark 1

American Snout 15

Gulf Fritillary 5
American Lady 1 (fresh)
Red Admiral 4
Texan Crescent 21
Pearl Crescent 1
Vesta Crescent 1
Phaon Crescent 4
White Peacock 3

Common Mestra 11 (one with striking black margins on upper forewings)
Mexican Bluewing 1 (have seen 3 in as many days in mid-Valley)

Gemmed Satyr 3
Carolina Satyr 2

Laviana White-Skipper
Common Checkered-Skipper
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
White-patched Skipper 2 (perched with forewings swept back, resembled
Noctuidae)
Fawn-spotted Skipper 1
Clouded Skipper
Sickle-winged Skipper 1
Fiery Skipper 3