FW: South Texas Excitement - New Texas Record: MIMIC

[Mike Quinn]

Hi Folks, A little excitement in the Lower Rio Grande Valley last Friday, a
male Mimic was seen and photographed at the Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary,
Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX by Charles Bordelon and Ed Knudson. The Palm
Grove staff and volunteers recently put in an outstanding butterfly garden
that's a magnet to both butterflies and butterfly watchers. Walker's
Metalmark was also seen there last week by Bordelon and Knudson. Blue
Metalmark is becoming common at the Sabal's gardens. Other notable RGV
gardens include: Santa Ana and Laguna Atascosa NWRs and the Valley Nature
Center in Weslaco. Mike Quinn



-----Original Message-----
From: jimmypaz at ies.net [mailto:jimmypaz at ies.net]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 9:55 PM
To: Mike Quinn
Subject: Re: Was the Mimic found in the Gardens???


Hello Mike,

The Mimic was seen and photographed.

Charlie [Bordelon] had told me earlier he had seen it in the butterfly
garden. He was excited but also a little disappointed because the Mimic 
made a couple of loops around him and flew away and he could not find
where it went.

At 2:15 p.m. Ernie and I were changing implements on the tractor behind the
Casa de Colores when we heard screams coming from the vicinity of the
visitor center. Of course our adrenalin shot up and we raced toward the
visitor center, Ernie in the truck and me on the tractor!
When we got there we found Charlie and Ed and Cecilia in the parking lot
with the Mimic. Charlie was shaking like a leaf he was so excited. Cecilia
also heard the screams and had come running out to see what was happening.

Ed [Knudson] has photos he took with his digital and will send us some.

Ed and Charlie think the Mimic may have been blown to this area by that
storm that was in the Gulf last week.

Jimmy [Paz, Sabal Manager]

Sabal Palm Audubon Center & Sanctuary
http://www.audubon.org/local/sanctuary/sabal/

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Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) Info links:

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/173.htm

http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plate16/Hmisipp.htm

http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Produits/PAPILLON/papilion/nymphali/texteng/h_mi
sipp.htm

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