Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co., Texas

[Roger Kuhlman]

So the site is walled off by the border fence. Maybe the habitat there will now be protected from trampling and other negative human impacts. Sounds like a good thing for me. 
 
Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan

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> Prior Texas record collected in 2001 at the Sabal Palm Grove, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas. This site is now walled off by the border fence...
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> Bordelon, C. & E. Knudson. 2002. The Mimic, Hypolimnas misippus (L.), in Texas. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 44(1): 25, 30.
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> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Grkovich, Alex> wrote:
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> Rich via Mike and others,
> Not sure about TX records. I have heard about various Florida accounts and myself, saw a male mimic sitting on the sand at the water line near Miami Beach in the summer, either in 1976 or 1981, my memory fails me and didn't collect it for lack of a net!
> Unmistakable indeed, especially when, like in other species, the light hits the UV patch areas just right and they glow purple. This vision is indelibly burned into my brain. Have heard these can ride the air currents from Africa. TX is even farther west
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> All the best, Richard
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> Richard Worth
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> FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin
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> Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM
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> Subject: Re: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co.
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> I have posted a pic of the Mimic on my Flickr account
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kostecke/4615563222/. Not necessarily the most artistic shot, but good enough for ID purposes. Certainly looks like a male Mimic to me. Congrats to David Cimprich for recognizing that it was something really different and
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> Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
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> Subject: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co.
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> I received a call from a colleague, David Cimprich, to report that he observed and photographed what appears to be a male Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood (Coryell Co.) this afternoon. I don't have access to the pictures yet, but should
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> It looks like TX has at least one other record of this species from the Lower Rio Grande Valley (Cameron Co.), or are there others?
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> I assume this individual would be a vagrant from the Caribbean? Or, is this a species that gets captive-bred and released much?
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