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4 Jul Chlosyne lacinia crocale - Bordered Patch @ Kerrville [Tom Collins ] 4 Jul Re: need id please on this moth [Maury Heiman ] 4 Jul need id please on this moth [Theresa Bayoud ] 2 Jul Dingy Purplewing at Utopia [Mitch ] 2 Jul webpage memorial for George Austin [Nick Grishin ] 1 Jul Eunica, Eunica, Boom. [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 1 Jul Silver Emperor - Falcon Hts [Berry Nall ] 1 Jul Fw: Rejected posting to TX-BUTTERFLY@LISTSERV.UH.EDU [Mike Rickard ] 1 Jul Bentsen SP Butterfly Walk, 1 July 2009 [Mike Rickard ] 30 Jun Cassius Blue Life Cycle Study has been posted ["David T. Dauphin" ] 30 Jun Re: Photos posted of Bentsen Telea and Spragueia [Joshua Rose ] 30 Jun Re: Polydamas Swallowtails at Rockport, TX [Berry Nall ] 30 Jun Bentsen 6/30/09: Tropical Greenstreak, Red-lined Scrub Hairstreak, White-Scrub Hairstreak [Javier de Leon ] 30 Jun Photos posted of Bentsen Telea and Spragueia [Joshua Rose ] 29 Jun Fwd: Q gigas - Giant Cicada singing in San Marcos - June 28 [Mike Quinn ] 29 Jun Fort Hood 4th of July Butterfly Count 6/27/09 - results ["Rich Kostecke." ] 29 Jun Bentsen Saturday Telea etc. [Joshua Rose ] 28 Jun Dingy Purplewing - Eunica monima in Mission, Hidalgo Co., today ["David T. Dauphin" ] 28 Jun Hamadryas pair in Mission [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 27 Jun Clench's Greenstreak - Falcon Heights [Berry Nall ] 26 Jun Bing, Microsoft's new search engine has nice "bird's eye" feature [Mike Quinn ] 26 Jun Fwd: caterpillar collector in the Valley needed [Mike Quinn ] 25 Jun White-M Hairstreak in Austin [Dan Hardy ] 24 Jun Clytie Ministreak at Utopia [Mitch ] 23 Jun Fwd: Butterflies of Southern Amazonia - 2nd edition available [Mike Quinn ] 23 Jun Schaeffer described Cameron Co. beetles [Mike Quinn ] 22 Jun Re: Choke Canyon - June 21st - CLENCH'S GREENSTREAK 1 (probable) [Mike Quinn ] 22 Jun Recent BugGuide posts [Joshua Rose ] 21 Jun Life bug thanks to Mike Rickard--Bentsen SP [Anne Toal ] 21 Jun Choke Canyon - Sunday, June 21st [Willie Sekula ] 21 Jun Black Witch - Falcon Hts [Berry Nall ] 21 Jun Re: The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help [Chuck Sexton ] 21 Jun Re: The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help [larvalbug ] 21 Jun Thanks Toals, and Ginny, For The Purplewing [Mike Rickard ] 21 Jun The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help [Chuck Sexton ] 20 Jun Pix, info on a couple of undescribed weevils from the Palm Grove... [Mike Quinn ] 20 Jun Band-celled Sisters, Blue Metalmark at Resaca de la Palma SP-WBC in Brownsville, TX ["David T. Dauphin" ] 20 Jun Noctua pronuba in Texas [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 20 Jun Dingy Purplewing at Bentsen SP today [Anne Toal ] 19 Jun Driving through Texas-collecting locals? [Chris Grinter ] 19 Jun Hidalgo Co. Butterflies, 19 June 2009 [Mike Rickard ] 19 Jun Palm Grove Stilt-legged Fly...flies again?? [Mike Quinn ] 18 Jun Bentsen butterfly Walk, 17 June 2009 [Mike Rickard ] 17 Jun Plumbago scandens follow up [Wayne Bartholomew ] 16 Jun Boerne NABA Count [Tom Collins ] 16 Jun Re: Frontera Audubon - White Plumbago [Brush Freeman ] 16 Jun Frontera Audubon - White Plumbago [wayne Bartholomew ] 15 Jun Boisduval's Yellow in Mission, 15 June 2009 [Mike Rickard ] 15 Jun Austin Butterfly Forum Meeting, Monday June 22 [ABF Announce ] 14 Jun Choke Canyon - June 14th [Willie Sekula ] 14 Jun Re: Cook's Slough, Button Bush in Bloom on Rivers Nueces and Cook's Slough [Joshua Rose ] 14 Jun Re: Uvalde County Yard, Metalmark does not have a name [Bill and Pam Dempwolf ] 14 Jun Uvalde County Yard, Metalmark does not have a name ["[Bob Rasa]" ] 14 Jun Today's odes [Theresa Bayoud ] 14 Jun Cook's Slough, Button Bush in Bloom on Rivers Nueces and Cook's Slough ["[Bob Rasa]" ] 14 Jun Cool blue clerid emerged from Santa Ana cedar elm limb [Mike Quinn ] 14 Jun Phengodes irruption in Bastrop Co. [] 14 Jun Goliad butterfly survey [Ro Wauer ] 14 Jun Bentsen Ruby-eye and Ruddy (but no Telea) 6-13-09 [Joshua Rose ] 13 Jun Leptotes cassius in North TX [James McDermott ] 13 Jun Not your generic new species........ [Mike Quinn ] 13 Jun Phengodes irruption in Bastrop Co. [Brush Freeman ] 12 Jun Bentsen Hairstreaks 2 [Mike Rickard ] 12 Jun Friday Flyin' in Uvalde County ["[Bob Rasa]" ] 12 Jun Re: New Acontia sp. [Mike Quinn ] 11 Jun Re: New Acontia sp. [James McDermott ] 11 Jun New Acontia sp. [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 11 Jun Kerrville NABA Results [Tom Collins ] 11 Jun Bentsen Hairstreaks!! [Mike Rickard ] 11 Jun Powell & Opler, Moths of Western North America [Joshua Rose ] 11 Jun Uvalde Yard Metalmark ["[Bob Rasa]" ] 11 Jun Butterfly County at Anahuac NWR [David Sarkozi ] 10 Jun Re: what is this? [Bob Barber ] 10 Jun Re: How to make those LONG wrap around (URL) links to your photos or news items much shorter [Kim Davis ] 10 Jun How to make those LONG wrap around (URL) links to your photos or news items much shorter [Brush Freeman ] 10 Jun what is this? [Theresa Bayoud ] Subject: Chlosyne lacinia crocale - Bordered Patch @ Kerrville From: Tom Collins <towhee AT HCTC.NET> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:02:48 -0500 Yesterday I photographed a very dark Bordered Patch along side some very typical Bordered Patch's at Riverside Nature Center in Kerrville, Texas while conducting our weekly fauna census. I posted the picture to the folks who help from time to time with the census. Terry Doyle e-mailed me pointing out that the very dark Bordered Patch was most likely a Chlosyne lacinia crocale (W. H. Edwards, 1874). I have a picture of the bug posted in the link below. Tom Collins Center Point, TX http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uW_3K-gbghBpUNRDw30_sg?feat=directlink ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: need id please on this moth From: Maury Heiman <MauryHeiman AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:27:18 EDT Hi Theresa, Melipotis indomita Hodges # 8600. In big numbers around the lights now. Maury Heiman Medina County In a message dated 7/4/2009 11:24:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time, blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM writes: Thanks! http://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/WhatMothIsThis#5354640558759692402 Theresa Bayoud Austin, Texas **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: need id please on this moth From: Theresa Bayoud <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 09:24:03 -0700 Thanks! http://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/WhatMothIsThis#5354640558759692402 Theresa Bayoud Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Dingy Purplewing at Utopia From: Mitch <mitch AT UTOPIANATURE.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:44:21 -0500 Hi all, Yesterday I saw (only - no pho.) a Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima here at Utopia. There is prior Uvalde Co. record, but a first for me locally. At least the heat is good for something. Mitch Heindel Utopia, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: webpage memorial for George Austin From: Nick Grishin <grishin AT CHOP.SWMED.EDU> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:37:12 -0500 Friends: As you may know, George Austin passed away on June 30th. George's contributions to the science of Lepidopterology are enormous. He was most keen on bringing the diversity of butterflies to our attention, both at the species and subspecies levels. We lost one of the giants. To celebrate his life and contributions to science, we are putting together a webpage memorial, which is yet incomplete and is not intended to replace a formal obituary: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/GTA.htm n ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Eunica, Eunica, Boom. From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:32:10 -0700 Took E. tatila in the yard yesterday, and E. monima today in Mission.  The vintage bait has paid off.  So has my hard work.     Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Silver Emperor - Falcon Hts From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:56:06 -0500 Hi, When I checked my duranta at 9:00 this a.m., I was surprised to find a pristine male Silver Emepror (Doxocopa laure) stretching its wings. He posed for some nice photos before a clumsy Coyote Cloudywing scared him away. Pix are on my recent page, http://leps.thenalls.net/content.php?ref=recent.htm Activity is picking up out this way. Mexican Bluewing, Brown-banded Skipper, and Giant White are among species that have appeared recently. Gray Ministreaks continue to make sporadic appearances. I had 68 species for June, more than twice what I recorded in 2008 (although I may have been out more this year). Also had the following sphinx moths in June Obscure SPhinx Rustic Sphinx (raised from caterpillar found in May) Vine Sphinx (raised from caterpillar found in May) Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fw: Rejected posting to TX-BUTTERFLY@LISTSERV.UH.EDU From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:27:50 -0700 I have no idea why the below message was rejected, since this has not been previously sent to the list. Will try forwarding it with this comment. Mike Rickard ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: the University of Houston LISTSERV Server (14.5) To: Mike A Rickard Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 4:20:44 PM Subject: Rejected posting to TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Note: Forwarded message is attached. Your message is being returned to you unprocessed because it appears to have already been distributed to the TX-BUTTERFLY list. That is, a message with identical text (but possibly with different mail headers) has been posted to the list recently, either by you or by someone else. If you have reason to resend this message to the list (for instance because you have been notified of a hardware failure with loss of data), please alter the text of the message in some way and resend it to the list. Note that altering the "Subject:" line or adding blank lines at the top or bottom of the message is not sufficient; you should instead add a sentence or two at the top explaining why you are resending the message, so that the other subscribers understand why they are getting two copies of the same message. -----Inline Message Follows----- Ranger Carol Navarro led today's Bentsen SP butterfly walk, joined by Ginny and myself, Kathy Detweiler, Martin Reid, and Jan and David Dauphin. The presence of a number of experienced butterfliers contributed to a species count in the 60's. Below are the species Ginny and I recorded, including a few we found by remaining an hour after the walk had ended. I think Martin and the Dauphins probably saw additional species. HIgh Points: a fresh Rosita Patch; the 12 species of hairstreaks - several thanks to Martin and David; a Guava Skipper; several Tailed Oranges. Many species were found in numbers, and there were quite a few species making their first appearance in several months, indicating that despite heat and drought it might be a good summer and fall for butterflies. The complete list follows. Mike Rickard Volunteer Naturalist Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes Great Southern White - Ascia monuste Giant White - Ganyra josephina Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae Large Orange Sulphur - Phoebis agarithe Lyside Sulphur - Kricogonia lyside Tailed Orange - Pyrisitia proterpia Little Yellow - Pyrisitia lisa Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus Marius Hairstreak - Rekoa marius Telea Hairstreak - Chlorostrymon telea Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Tropical Greenstreak - Cyanophrys herodotus Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus White Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon albata Mallow Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon istapa Lantana Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon bazochii Dusky-blue Groundstreak - Calycopis isobeon Clytie Ministreak - Ministrymon clytie Gray Ministreak - Ministrymon azia Western Pigmy Blue - Brephidium exilis Cassius Blue - Leptotes cassius Ceraunus Blue - Hemiargus ceraunus Reakirt's Blue - Echinargus isola Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino American Snout - Libytheana carinenta Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae Variegated Fritilliary - Euptoetia claudia Theona Checkerspot - Chlosyne theona Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia Rosita Patch - Chlosyne rosita Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis Vesta Crescent - Phyciodes graphica Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae Tropical Leafwing - Anaea aidea Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton Queen - Danaus gilippus Guava Skipper - Phocides polybius Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus Brown Longtail - Urbanus procne Coyote Cloudywing - Achalarus toxeus Sickle-winged Skipper - Eantis tamenund Brown-banded Skipper - Timochares ruptifasciatus White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina Mournful Duskywing - Erynnis tristis White Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus albescens Tropical Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus oileus Laviana White-skipper Heliopetes laviana Turk's Cap White-skipper - Heliopetes macaira Common Sootywing - Pholisora catullus Clouded Skipper - Lerema accius Southern Skipperling - Copaeodes minima Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus Whirlabout - Polites vibex Southern Broken-dash - Wallengrenia otho Common Mellana - Quasimellana eulogius Celia's Roadside Skipper - Amblyscirtes celia Eufala Skipper - Lerodea eufala ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Ranger Carol Navarro led today's Bentsen SP butterfly walk, joined by Ginny and myself, Kathy Detweiler, Martin Reid, and Jan and David Dauphin. The presence of a number of experienced butterfliers contributed to a species count in the 60's. Below are the species Ginny and I recorded, including a few we found by remaining an hour after the walk had ended. I think Martin and the Dauphins probably saw additional species. HIgh Points: a fresh Rosita Patch; the 12 species of hairstreaks - several thanks to Martin and David; a Guava Skipper; several Tailed Oranges. Many species were found in numbers, and there were quite a few species making their first appearance in several months, indicating that despite heat and drought it might be a good summer and fall for butterflies. The complete list follows. Mike Rickard Volunteer Naturalist Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes Great Southern White - Ascia monuste Giant White - Ganyra josephina Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae Large Orange Sulphur - Phoebis agarithe Lyside Sulphur - Kricogonia lyside Tailed Orange - Pyrisitia proterpia Little Yellow - Pyrisitia lisa Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus Marius Hairstreak - Rekoa marius Telea Hairstreak - Chlorostrymon telea Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Tropical Greenstreak - Cyanophrys herodotus Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus White Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon albata Mallow Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon istapa Lantana Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon bazochii Dusky-blue Groundstreak - Calycopis isobeon Clytie Ministreak - Ministrymon clytie Gray Ministreak - Ministrymon azia Western Pigmy Blue - Brephidium exilis Cassius Blue - Leptotes cassius Ceraunus Blue - Hemiargus ceraunus Reakirt's Blue - Echinargus isola Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino American Snout - Libytheana carinenta Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae Variegated Fritilliary - Euptoetia claudia Theona Checkerspot - Chlosyne theona Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia Rosita Patch - Chlosyne rosita Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis Vesta Crescent - Phyciodes graphica Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae Tropical Leafwing - Anaea aidea Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton Queen - Danaus gilippus Guava Skipper - Phocides polybius Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus Brown Longtail - Urbanus procne Coyote Cloudywing - Achalarus toxeus Sickle-winged Skipper - Eantis tamenund Brown-banded Skipper - Timochares ruptifasciatus White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina Mournful Duskywing - Erynnis tristis White Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus albescens Tropical Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus oileus Laviana White-skipper Heliopetes laviana Turk's Cap White-skipper - Heliopetes macaira Common Sootywing - Pholisora catullus Clouded Skipper - Lerema accius Southern Skipperling - Copaeodes minima Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus Whirlabout - Polites vibex Southern Broken-dash - Wallengrenia otho Common Mellana - Quasimellana eulogius Celia's Roadside Skipper - Amblyscirtes celia Eufala Skipper - Lerodea eufala ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen SP Butterfly Walk, 1 July 2009 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:20:43 -0700 Ranger Carol Navarro led today's Bentsen SP butterfly walk, joined by Ginny and myself, Kathy Detweiler, Martin Reid, and Jan and David Dauphin. The presence of a number of experienced butterfliers contributed to a species count in the 60's. Below are the species Ginny and I recorded, including a few we found by remaining an hour after the walk had ended. I think Martin and the Dauphins probably saw additional species. HIgh Points: a fresh Rosita Patch; the 12 species of hairstreaks - several thanks to Martin and David; a Guava Skipper; several Tailed Oranges. Many species were found in numbers, and there were quite a few species making their first appearance in several months, indicating that despite heat and drought it might be a good summer and fall for butterflies. The complete list follows. Mike Rickard Volunteer Naturalist Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes Great Southern White - Ascia monuste Giant White - Ganyra josephina Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae Large Orange Sulphur - Phoebis agarithe Lyside Sulphur - Kricogonia lyside Tailed Orange - Pyrisitia proterpia Little Yellow - Pyrisitia lisa Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus Marius Hairstreak - Rekoa marius Telea Hairstreak - Chlorostrymon telea Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Tropical Greenstreak - Cyanophrys herodotus Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus White Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon albata Mallow Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon istapa Lantana Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon bazochii Dusky-blue Groundstreak - Calycopis isobeon Clytie Ministreak - Ministrymon clytie Gray Ministreak - Ministrymon azia Western Pigmy Blue - Brephidium exilis Cassius Blue - Leptotes cassius Ceraunus Blue - Hemiargus ceraunus Reakirt's Blue - Echinargus isola Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino American Snout - Libytheana carinenta Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae Variegated Fritilliary - Euptoetia claudia Theona Checkerspot - Chlosyne theona Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia Rosita Patch - Chlosyne rosita Texan Crescent - Anthanassa texana Pale-banded Crescent - Anthanassa tulcis Vesta Crescent - Phyciodes graphica Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae Tropical Leafwing - Anaea aidea Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton Queen - Danaus gilippus Guava Skipper - Phocides polybius Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus Brown Longtail - Urbanus procne Coyote Cloudywing - Achalarus toxeus Sickle-winged Skipper - Eantis tamenund Brown-banded Skipper - Timochares ruptifasciatus White-patched Skipper - Chiomara georgina Mournful Duskywing - Erynnis tristis White Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus albescens Tropical Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus oileus Laviana White-skipper Heliopetes laviana Turk's Cap White-skipper - Heliopetes macaira Common Sootywing - Pholisora catullus Clouded Skipper - Lerema accius Southern Skipperling - Copaeodes minima Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus Whirlabout - Polites vibex Southern Broken-dash - Wallengrenia otho Common Mellana - Quasimellana eulogius Celia's Roadside Skipper - Amblyscirtes celia Eufala Skipper - Lerodea eufala ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Cassius Blue Life Cycle Study has been posted From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:28:40 -0500 On 6/12, I began a Life Cycle Study of a Cassius Blue - Leptotes cassius cassidula, after I watched the female ovipositing. The butterfly emerged, today. Photos of the Life Cycle of the Cassius Blue may be viewed at http://www.thedauphins.net/cassius_blue_leptotes_cassius_cassidula_life_cycle_studyid80.html . Jan Dauphin Mission, TX To view my photos or for Valley wildlife info., go to http://www.thedauphins.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Photos posted of Bentsen Telea and Spragueia From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:19:53 -0500 Hey all - ECK has ID'd my Spragueia as S. jaguaralis, and Bob is going with that over his original suggestion. Cheers, JSR On Jun 30, 2009, at 1:05 AM, Joshua Rose wrote: > Hi again, > > Posted my (admittedly mediocre) photos from Bentsen yesterday of the > Telea Hairstreak on BugGuide: > http://bugguide.net/node/view/296427 > > Also posted a much better photo of a tiny but colorful moth, some > sort of Spraguia. Bob Patterson has replied that it might be S. obatra > http://bugguide.net/node/view/296419 > It does seem to visually match the pinned specimens of that species > posted on Moth Photographer's Group and Moths of Southeastern > Arizona websites. I will wait for Bob to consult further (with ECK > at least) before moving the photo's ID to below the genus level. Any > further feedback from here would be welcome. The species has > apparently been collected in Austin at Brackenridge Field Station, > but is not listed in ECK & CB's book of LRGV macro-moths, so might > be a new county/LRGV record if confirmable from a photo... > > Cheers, > > Josh Rose > McAllen ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Polydamas Swallowtails at Rockport, TX From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:08:48 -0500 Yesterday I visited Green Acres and the Polydamas Swallowtails that Ro Wauer reported were still there - both adults and cats. However, I realized we observed them on two different pipevines. One, a small species growing on the chain link fence, is the one I originally observed. Ro saw them on a larger, high-climbing vine (much larger leaves and flowers). While I was there, Polydamas cats were eating that vine's flowers, and a Pipevine Swallowtail was ovipositing on leaves higher up. Ro, based on flower pictures from Dave's Garden I suspect the big vine is A. gigantea - but that is just a guess. Berry Nall ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen 6/30/09: Tropical Greenstreak, Red-lined Scrub Hairstreak, White-Scrub Hairstreak From: Javier de Leon <grampuhjoe AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:14:02 -0500 Had a great at Bentsen this morning chasing the butterflies being reported lately, namely the Telea Hairstreak and Clench's Greenstreak. Missed out on the Telea, but was able to get a Tropical Greenstreak, Red-lined Scrub Hairstreak and many butterflies we haven't been seeing in the Edinburg area. Many thanks to Martin Reid for his help in getting the Tropical Greenstreak and the Red-lined Scrub. Although the Greenstreaks were being seen nectaring on Sabal Palms above our heads, the Tropical was nectaring and resting on a Turk's Cap in the area between the restroom building and Bensten Palm Dr. (north of the tram stop). I photographed a greenstreak in the morning and went back in the afternoon after Martin told me about Tropical Greenstreaks having green frons. I was able to refind the butterfly and photograph the frons, but it took off before Martin could get on it. It should be easy to refind since it stayed on the same plant pretty much between 10 am and 1 pm. On the same Turk's Cap was what I thought was a worn Gray Mini-streak, but instead it turned out to be a Red-lined Scrub Hairstreak. Also had a fresh Saucy Beauty nectaring on a Texas Ebony on the curvy sidewalk leading into the park. After I left, I got a call from Martin that a Telea showed up as well as a White-Scrub Hairstreak - both on Sabal flowers. Here are a few pictures from today: http://tinyurl.com/m54pg6 And a list: Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes Adult 2 Great Southern White Ascia monuste Adult 2 Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae Adult 4 Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe Adult 8 Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside Adult 12 Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia Adult 1 Little Yellow Eurema lisa Adult 1 Clench's Greenstreak Cyanophrys miserabilis Adult 1 Tropical Greenstreak Cyanophrys herodotus Adult 1 Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Adult 4 Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon bebrycia Adult 1 Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon istapa Adult 6 Dusky-blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon Adult 1 Clytie Ministreak Ministrymon clytie Adult 4 Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius Adult 2 Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus Adult 2 Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola Adult 4 Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemesis Adult 1 Red-bordered Metalmark Caria ino Adult 6 American Snout Libytheana carinenta Adult 50 Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae Adult 4 Mexican Fritillary Euptoieta hegesia Adult 1 Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia Adult 2 White Peacock Anartia jatrophae Adult 2 Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton Adult 3 Queen Danaus gilippus Adult 12 Brown Longtail Urbanus procne Adult 10 Sickle-winged Skipper Achlyodes thraso Adult 1 White Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus albescens Adult 5 Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus oileus Adult 12 Laviana White-Skipper Heliopetes laviana Adult 5 Turk's-cap White-Skipper Heliopetes macaira Adult 1 Clouded Skipper Lerema accius Adult 25 Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minimus Adult 1 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus Adult 4 Southern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia otho Adult 3 Celia's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes celia Adult 30 Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala Adult 2 Javier de Leon Edinburg, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Photos posted of Bentsen Telea and Spragueia From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:05:10 -0500 Hi again, Posted my (admittedly mediocre) photos from Bentsen yesterday of the Telea Hairstreak on BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/296427 Also posted a much better photo of a tiny but colorful moth, some sort of Spraguia. Bob Patterson has replied that it might be S. obatra http://bugguide.net/node/view/296419 It does seem to visually match the pinned specimens of that species posted on Moth Photographer's Group and Moths of Southeastern Arizona websites. I will wait for Bob to consult further (with ECK at least) before moving the photo's ID to below the genus level. Any further feedback from here would be welcome. The species has apparently been collected in Austin at Brackenridge Field Station, but is not listed in ECK & CB's book of LRGV macro-moths, so might be a new county/LRGV record if confirmable from a photo... Cheers, Josh Rose McAllen ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fwd: Q gigas - Giant Cicada singing in San Marcos - June 28 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:57:27 -0500 First record for Central Texas that I've received this year... Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Huffman Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:56 AM Subject: Q gigas Mike: First Q. gigas of season for me yesterday evening, and singing now midmorning (6/29/09). David Huffman, 901 Highland Terrace, San Marcos. ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fort Hood 4th of July Butterfly Count 6/27/09 - results From: "Rich Kostecke." <rkost73 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:47:29 -0700 On 27 June 2009, David Cimprich, Gil Eckrich, Sabrina Nicholson and myself conducted the 5th annual Fort Hood 4th of July Butterfly Count. The count circle covers the eastern half of Fort Hood in Bell and Coryell counties and is more or less centered on the Cowhouse Creek arm of Belton Lake. Particular sites that we worked within this area included Airfield and Engineer lakes, the Cowhouse Creek willows, Taylor Branch, Bear Creek and Springs, Owl Creek and the Owl Creek Mountains, and part of the main cantoment. It was a hot (temperatures ranged from 82 to 100 F), generally windless day characterized by vast expanses of sun-scorched, dried up, butterflyless habitat punctuated by the occasional butterfly hotspot in mesic areas (canyons, along creeks, along the Belton Lake shore). Really the only nectar plant in bloom was button bush. A fair number of butterflies were found at mudding spots as well. A total of 39 species were recorded, the 3rd highest tally on record for the count (46 species recorded in 2007 and 41 species recorded in 2006; less than 33 species recorded in 2005 and 2008), and, if I did my math right, 389 individuals. Not bad considering the climate and habitat conditions. We actually had some really great counts for specific species, though other species were unusually low. We were on the downside of the flights for several species, but it has also been an odd year with several common, expected species that never really seemed to get going very much at all. Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) 14 - new high count Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) 30 - new high count by a significant margin Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (P. glaucus) 2 Spicebush Swallowtail (P. troilus) 3 Southern Dogface (Colias cesonia) 1 Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) 6 Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana) 3 Little Yellow (E. lisa) 38 Sleepy Orange (E. nicippe) 18 - new high count Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) 2 'Olive' Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus gryneus) 41 - new high count by a significant margin Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) 10 Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) 14 Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola) 3 American Snout (Libytheana carinenta [=bachmanii]) 4 Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) 13 - new high count Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) 2 Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) 1 Silvery Checkerspot (C. nycteis) 1 Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) 2 Pearl Crescent (P. tharos) 1 Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) 2 American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) 2 Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) 26 Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) 10 California Sister (Adelpha bredowii) 1 Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) 1 Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius) 1 Common Wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) 1 Monarch (Danaus plexippus) 15 - new high count Queen (D. gilippus) 81 - new high count by a very significant margin Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) 1 Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades) 19 Common/White Checkered-skipper (Pyrgus sp.) 7 Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia) 1 Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacus) 5 Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) 2 Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) 1 Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris [=ruricola]) 4 Don't forget, the Salado/Stillhouse Hollow butterfly count is scheduled for 11 July. Please contact me if interested in participating. Richard Kostecke, Ph.D. The Nature Conservancy P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190 Phone:  254-288-2088  Fax: 254-288-5039 E-mail: rkost73 AT yahoo.com or rkostecke AT tnc.org   ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen Saturday Telea etc. From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:11:57 -0500 Howdy folks, I was sprung loose from wife and kids for a few hours yesterday and dropped by my former workplace again. The Fiddlewoods are done blooming, and the palm where the Telea was originally spotted is also out of flowers, but several of the other Texas Sabal Palms in the HQ garden had flowers left, and I checked every single one. On about the twelfth tree I finally found a Telea Hairstreak (Chlorostrymon telea)! Managed a few adequate photos, will try to get them posted in the near future. I also spotted at least two of the larger Cyanophrys sp.; am guessing that these were the Clench's (C. miserabilis) previously reported by Mike Rickard. Like the Telea they were nectaring on palm inflorescences. Refreshing that I saw multiples of most species, and large numbers of several; nice contrast to April and May when we were often seeing just one each of most species. Could only find one Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia) though, and that one fairly worn; it was on Whitebrush, along with 3+ Lantana Scrub-Hairstreaks (Strymon bazochii). Finished my visit of a couple of hours with 8 hairstreak species plus a couple of blues. Also one Mexican Blue-wing (Myscelia ethusa), a brief flyover. While I was in the neighborhood, dropped by NABA-IBP, hoping to scare up an Erato. Alas, not a heliconian of any species to be found, not even a Zebra or Julia. Picked up a few butterfly species I had missed at Bentsen, but nothing more fun than Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais), of where there was a bevy. In fact, after the highlights at the World Birding Center were mainly butterflies, peak excitement at the Butterfly Park was a bird, a Barn Owl that I flushed from a perch just above the forest trail. Forest trail was also blissfully short on the mosquitoes that had been so excessive there back in the winter and spring. One moderately good dragonfly at NABA too, a Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina), perched beside the irrigation canal. Cheers, Josh Rose McAllen ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Dingy Purplewing - Eunica monima in Mission, Hidalgo Co., today From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:46:01 -0500 We had a Dingy Purplewing - Eunica monima, feeding on Texas Lantana-Lantana horrida in our yard in Mission, Hidalgo Co., today (temp. was 101F). A photo may be viewed at http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_newest_photos.html . Just a reminder, the Bentsen SP-WBC/NABA-NBC Butterfly Count is on 7/18; the Santa Ana NWR Butterfly Count is on 7/19. Despite the heat, the butterfly numbers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley have really picked up in the past 3 weeks. If you think you can make it down here, let us or Gil Quintanilla ( gilquintanilla AT sbcglobal.net ) know, and we will send you times/directions on when and where to meet. Jan Dauphin Mission, TX To view my photos or for Valley wildlife info., go to http://www.thedauphins.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Hamadryas pair in Mission From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:18:39 -0700 Yesterday I had a pair of H. februa out in the front yard coming to bait.  Mike got photos of a fairly cooperative male.  This brings my yard list to 146 species.  Other additions of interest have been: Cyanophrys miserabilis VI Corticea corticea V Leptotes cassius IV   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey Mission, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Clench's Greenstreak - Falcon Heights From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:57:33 -0500 Hi, Yesterday at noon I checked my Coral Vine. A hairstreak looked gray against the sky but I decided to take a picture to be sure. To my surprise, it turned out to be a Clench's Greenstreak, *C. miserabilis.* (Not expecting one here, I asked Mike Rickard to make time on Wednesday and he showed me one at Bentson SP, with a White Scrub-Hairstreak as a bonus. Sorry to drag you out in the heat, Mike - not.) Photo may be seen on my recent page, http://leps.thenalls.net/content.php?ref=recent.htm Falcon State Park update: I was by the park yesterday. The garden misses Fran's loving touch but is in decent shape. However, at the moment a better place to look for butterflies is probably lakeside. The water is receding, and the area it formerly occuppied is now filled with acres(!) of blooming frogfruit, heliotrope, and other assorted wildflowers. I did not have time to do more than take a quick glance, but there were a lot of butterflies on the wing. Best, Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bing, Microsoft's new search engine has nice "bird's eye" feature From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:28:37 -0500 FYI, Bing, Microsoft's new search engine has a mapping feature that includes a "bird's eye" view which is rather nice. Here's a view from over the resaca at the sabal palm grove: http://is.gd/1eJYI Mike Quinn, Austin -- ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fwd: caterpillar collector in the Valley needed From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:27:23 -0500 FYI, Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wagner, David Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM I need a caterpillar collector in the Valley--if you can think of someone let me know. I especially need beating samples from Amaranthus and Croton. Cheers ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: White-M Hairstreak in Austin From: Dan Hardy <dhh787 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:48:17 -0700 There were two White-M Hairstreaks in the Barton Creek Greenbelt on June 25. They were sitting on the ground in the path. They appeared to be male and female judging by the size disparity. I read somewhere that hairstreaks mate after dark? Do I remember that correctly? http://picasaweb.google.com/dhh787/June232009MiscBartonCreekGreenbeltAt360AustinTexasWhiteMHairstreakDanHardy?feat=directlink Every now and then we've had some good years for White-M Hairstreaks in Austin. I hope this is one. We need something to cheer us. Dan Hardy ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Clytie Ministreak at Utopia From: Mitch <mitch AT UTOPIANATURE.COM> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:02:53 -0500 Hi all, Seen but not photographed an hour ago at the Utopia Library Butterfly Garden, one Ministrymon clytie Clytie Ministreak. My first real good look locally though. Looks like orange-red rock candy on the VHW. I guess I need to work on my approach.... I saw it and thinking WOW as I reached for the camera and never saw it again. Looked for a half hour..... surely it was under a leaf there somewhere. Perhaps I should try earlier than 3 p.m. when it's hotter than a habanero out there. Mitch Mitch Heindel Utopia, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fwd: Butterflies of Southern Amazonia - 2nd edition available From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:38:34 -0500 FYI. Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kim Garwood Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:15 PM Subject: Butterflies of Southern Amazonia 2nd edition available The 2nd edition of Butterflies of Southern Amazonia is now at the printers and will be in stock and available within the next few days, by the end of June. The cost will be US$98, plus shipping and handling of $7.50 for US domestic shipments and $16 for international shipments by USPS priority mail. So the total for domestic orders will be $105.50, for international orders $114. Copies can be ordered through our website, www.neotropicalbutterflies.com, under Books for Sale. Through paypal you can pay with a credit card or using other currencies. Or you can mail a check on a US account to Kim Garwood, 721 N. Bentsen Palm Dr. #40, Mission TX 78572. Our first edition sold out quickly, so we recommend buying this one soon if you're interested. There are almost 100 additional color plates for a total of 344 with many new and upgraded photos added. The number of species included has increased by almost 300, for a total of just under 1,350. Thanks for your interest in neotropical butterflies, Kim www.neotropicalbutterflies.com ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Schaeffer described Cameron Co. beetles From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:22:50 -0500 I believe Charles Schaeffer described more species of insects from South Texas than any other entomologist. Here's a collection of the beetles he described. Cameron County Beetles Described by Charles Frederick August Schaeffer http://www.texasento.net/Schaeffer.html Schaeffer only made two trips to Brownsville. Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Choke Canyon - June 21st - CLENCH'S GREENSTREAK 1 (probable) From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:35:01 -0500 Willie, That is quite the record!! Here's the county records for all the *Cyanophrys spp. per the* BAMONA site: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/search?searchbox=GREENSTREAK Only a few spp. out west are recorded north of the Rio Grande Valley... Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Willie Sekula Date: Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM Subject: Choke Canyon - Sunday, June 21st To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu I butterflied at the South Shore and Calliham Units of Choke Canyon State Park today. Primary nectar sources were Frog Fruit and Marsh Fleabane. There still a bit of Lantana in bloom and some Cowpen Daisy. It was an excellent day with one really exceptional butterfly. CLENCH'S GREENSTREAK 1 (probable) - observed and photographed nectaring on Frog Fruit at the South Shore Unit) CLYTIE MINISTREAK 10 (photographed) GRAY MINISTREAK 3 (photographed) Willie Sekula Falls City ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Recent BugGuide posts From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:36:04 -0500 Hey all, One of the perks of unemployment, besides more time to play with my kids and getting to sleep in more often, is getting caught up a bit on posting my massive backlog of Bentsen insect photos to BugGuide. Most of what I have posted thus far dates from last September and October. I'll spare this listserv the beetles, mantids, flies, ant lions, odonates, hoppers, and the rest; check out http://bugguide.net/bgimage/user/2399 if you want to surf through everything. Meanwhile, here's a rundown of the leps I have uploaded recently: Feltia sp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/291938 I posted this as F. repleta, but Bob Patterson suggested that it was more likely F. subterranea. Would welcome opinions, will reclassify my photos if others (CB?) agree with Bob. Bait moth party: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291386 8 or 9 moth species on one tree stump, only two of which I have managed to ID so far - Gonodonta sinaldus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291383 Condica cupentia: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291390 As usual, additional details to fill out any of the info page are welcome, for mine or any of the other species on the Guide. I still haven't unpacked all of my books since bringing them home from the office, though made a point of digging out CB and ECK's LRGV moth books for obvious reasons... Alcathoe autumnalis: http://bugguide.net/node/view/292035 Posted about this one on 11-7-08 Vitacea admiranda: http://bugguide.net/node/view/162974 Never posted about this one, as I did not know what it was until ECK and CB dropped by my office and ID'd it from my photos a day or three later. Rothschildia forbesi: http://bugguide.net/node/view/290581 Mary Beth Stowe posted about this critter on 9-27-08, and I mentioned it the following day. In the same post I mentioned the next species, Hypercome oslari: http://bugguide.net/node/view/292047 Gonocausta sabinalis: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291210 Never posted about this tiny but colorful crambid, and only just recently figured out what it was, thanks to ECK & CB's LRGV micro-moth guide. Ocleclostera seraphica: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291500 Never posted about this either; thought it was a noctuid until Bob Patterson set me straight! Anomis impasta: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291285 Not sure if this is true A. impasta or "Anomis near impasta" as ECK originally identified it for me, but since true A. impasta is not yet on the Guide, this makes a good place-holder until the situation clears up.... Holomelina aurantiaca: http://bugguide.net/node/view/291435 Common enough species, but a nicer-than-usual photo, at least by my standards. And a token butterfly amid all of the moths, Cyna Blue: http://bugguide.net/node/view/288064 This individual is one about which I posted on this list on 12-29-08. Until I get some more leps posted.... Have fun, Josh Rose McAllen TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Life bug thanks to Mike Rickard--Bentsen SP From: Anne Toal <bwp AT GTOAL.COM> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:48:17 -0500 Mike Rickard advised me that if I wanted to see the Clench's Greenstreaks, I should get to Bentsen before 11:00. So I took him at his word and we got there about 9:45 this morning. Mike and Ginny were there and Mike kindly pointed out some Clench's on the Sabal Palm north of the men's room. They were strongly backlit by the morning sun and the photos are going to take a bit of adjustment before they go online. But Graham got some good shots with the long lens and they are very clearly Clench's Greenstreaks up in the palm blooms, as green as leprechauns. The palm blooms are attracting a real variety of hairstreaks, metalmarks, and bees. One of the photos I'm going to post has an unidentified hairstreak that I'll be asking for ID help with. The Clench's was a life bug for me--thanks a lot, Mike! Mike also helped me find a Gray Ministreak, which I have never gotten such a good closeup of before. There were red-bordered metalmarks all over the fiddlewood, whitebrush, and sabal palm. Anne Toal Edinburg ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Choke Canyon - Sunday, June 21st From: Willie Sekula <wsekula AT COPPER.NET> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:07:25 -0500 I butterflied at the South Shore and Calliham Units of Choke Canyon State Park today. Primary nectar sources were Frog Fruit and Marsh Fleabane. There still a bit of Lantana in bloom and some Cowpen Daisy. It was an excellent day with one really exceptional butterfly. Pipevine Swallowtail 7 Black Swallowtail 1 Tropical White 2 Southern Dogface 7 Sleepy Orange 14 Dainty Sulphur 11 Little Yellow 10 Large Orange Sulphur 70 Lyside Sulphur 1000+ Western Pygmy-Blue 2 Cerranus Blue 75 Reakirt's Blue 60 Gray Hairstreak 45 CLENCH'S GREENSTREAK 1 (probable) - observed and photographed nectaring on Frog Fruit at the South Shore Unit) CLYTIE MINISTREAK 10 (photographed) GRAY MINISTREAK 3 (photographed) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 7 Rounded/Fatal Metalmark 1 Red-bordered Metalmark 24 Gulf Fritillary 8 Variegated Fritillary 110 Vesta Crescent 3 Phaon Crescent 11 Bordered Patch 5 Theona Checkerspot 6 Question Mark 1 Common Buckeye 9 Tropical Buckeye 1 Goatweed Leafwing 1 Tawny Emperor 3 American Snout 1,000's Queen 22 Sickle-winged Skipper 4 Funereal Duskywing 1 Common/White Checkered-Skipper 9 Tropical Checkered-Skipper 1 Desert Checkered-Skipper 7 Laviana White-Skipper 1 Turk's Cap White-Skipper 1 Common Streak-Skipper 3 Common Sootywing 2 Fiery Skipper 21 Sachem 1 Whirlabout 3 Southern Skipperling 3 Southern Broken-Dash 1 Nysa Roadside-Skipper 2 Eufala Skipper 9 Willie Sekula Falls City ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Black Witch - Falcon Hts From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:42:31 -0500 Hi, Recently had our first Black Witches of the year - a worn male a week or so back, and a fresh male Saturday. Other recent leps that might be of interest are several Texas Powdered-Skippers and Common Streaky-Skippers. Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:36:52 -0500 With the help of cb and others, we have subsequently idenified the mystery crypto-cat as the Lasiocampid moth, Artace cribraria, the Dot- lined White. Our critter looks very much like the pic on the bottom of p. 224 in Wagner's "Caterpillars of Eastern North America". I'm hoping to have a link to two of our pics later this evening. Further info on this critter can be found at: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4294/bgimage http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Artace +cribraria&guide=Caterpillars and a .pdf document for the Louisiana occurrence of this critter at: http://tinyurl.com/na6k7o Chuck Sexton Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help From: larvalbug <larvalbug AT ATT.NET> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:24:39 -0500 Sounds like Lasiocampidae. It is probably a Tolype sp. Valerie Bugh ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Sexton To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:57 AM Subject: The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help A neighbor of mine here in NW Austin just showed us a moth caterpillar on an oak branch that I would have to rank as one of the best camoflaged large cats I have ever witnessed. I have pics but don't have a flikr account or anywhere else to post at the moment. I can forward a couple of jpegs to anyone. Description: 1-3/4" long, ~0.5" wide, flattened cylindrical, accentuated by *gray fringed hairs surrounding all legs* which smooth the cat's contour to the branch. Cat is widest at thorax and thorax is slightly humped. Overall mottled gray with irregular small pale gray spots and dots. No regular geometric pattern, bars, stripes, etc. It has two small hidden pseudo-eyespots which are displayed when the cat is disturbed; these are small and narrow, black-centered with dull narrow yellowish margins and only about 1.5mm x 4mm in size--nothing like the bold eyespots of some other moth and butterfly cats. Found on a live oak (Q. fusiformis) branch. The cat was resting on the mottled gray bark of a 1" live oak limb and was nearly invisible unless he moved. The smooth contour created by the flat fringe of hairs on the legs is remarkable. I'm still looking through books and web images. Some of the Underwings (Catocala sp.) have very cryptic cats but I can't find any that show this gray fringe and Catocala cats don't seem to have a humped thorax like our critter. Suggestions would be appreciated. Chuck Sexton Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Thanks Toals, and Ginny, For The Purplewing From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:53:22 -0700 We headed out to Bentsen this morning in search of the Dingy Purplewing reported by the Toals yesterday. We hadn't been in the garden 30 seconds before Ginny found it. I, nose to the ground looking at skippers, had of course walked right past it. It was well back into the lantana thicket bordering the sidewalk but we did get several clear photos from a distance. It then flew and we didn't find it again. This was a life bug for Ginny and the first I'd seen in 40 years. We also saw a Fawn-spotted Skipper and a Mexican Fritillary, the latter being first for the year in Bentsen, officially at least. Mike Rickard ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: The most cryptic caterpillar - need ID help From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:57:29 -0500 A neighbor of mine here in NW Austin just showed us a moth caterpillar on an oak branch that I would have to rank as one of the best camoflaged large cats I have ever witnessed. I have pics but don't have a flikr account or anywhere else to post at the moment. I can forward a couple of jpegs to anyone. Description: 1-3/4" long, ~0.5" wide, flattened cylindrical, accentuated by *gray fringed hairs surrounding all legs* which smooth the cat's contour to the branch. Cat is widest at thorax and thorax is slightly humped. Overall mottled gray with irregular small pale gray spots and dots. No regular geometric pattern, bars, stripes, etc. It has two small hidden pseudo-eyespots which are displayed when the cat is disturbed; these are small and narrow, black-centered with dull narrow yellowish margins and only about 1.5mm x 4mm in size--nothing like the bold eyespots of some other moth and butterfly cats. Found on a live oak (Q. fusiformis) branch. The cat was resting on the mottled gray bark of a 1" live oak limb and was nearly invisible unless he moved. The smooth contour created by the flat fringe of hairs on the legs is remarkable. I'm still looking through books and web images. Some of the Underwings (Catocala sp.) have very cryptic cats but I can't find any that show this gray fringe and Catocala cats don't seem to have a humped thorax like our critter. Suggestions would be appreciated. Chuck Sexton Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Pix, info on a couple of undescribed weevils from the Palm Grove... From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:39:53 -0500 Here are two undescribed weevil spp. from the Sabal Palm Grove of Brownsville, the later of which has been know of since 1904... Notolomus sp. TAC 1 http://bugguide.net/node/view/290942 Notolomus sp. TAC 2 http://bugguide.net/node/view/290945 Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Band-celled Sisters, Blue Metalmark at Resaca de la Palma SP-WBC in Brownsville, TX From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:38:28 -0500 Hot and dry for the last three weeks, yet we have averaged between 30-40 species of butterflies/day in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Today's highlights were 8-10 Band-celled Sisters, a female Blue Metalmark and an Orange-barred Sulphur at Resaca de la Palma SP-WBC in Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX to help bring the species numbers up considerably. David Dauphin Mission, TX For Valley wildlife info. go to: http://www.thedauphins.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Noctua pronuba in Texas From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:34:23 -0700 Finally, there is a record for N. pronuba in TX after years of seeing who would find it first...  Kons and Borth took a fresh specimen in Ward Co. at coordinates 31.54020 X 103.06697; SR 20, 15mi. S of Monahans rest area 8-VI-09.  N. pronuba is an introduced cutworm moth from Eurasia, and steadily spreading it's way across the country.  (See MPG for photos of this species.)  Quite beautiful, with many similar species in the Old World, but is considered a pest in Europe.  It remains to be seen whether that will be the case in the US.  The specimen has been donated to the TLS collection. On another note, Dale Clark recorded only the second known specimen of Catocala atocala from TX in Dallas.  The previous record was prior to 1950, (also from Dallas) and was in the BMNH under C. agrippina for decades.  Brou described this species as new in 1985.  It is a very pretty species, as well.  You can also view this species on MPG. Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Dingy Purplewing at Bentsen SP today From: Anne Toal <bwp AT GTOAL.COM> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:41:16 -0500 Graham spotted a Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima) at Bensten SP today sitting on the Lantana just off the sidewalk two plants from the Fiddlewood at the bus turnaround. You can see photos of it here . The heat was pretty much intolerable today so our visits to NABA and Bentsen were brief. I was disappointed not to see any of Mike Rickard's unusual hairstreaks and greenstreaks at Bensten, but at NABA I did shoot a Common Mestra which kind of made up for it. The new groundskeeper at NABA is doing some great things with the gardens, improving the watering by installing drip irrigation piping in some of the places that before were dry. One area by the ball-shaped fountain was attracting a Fritillary and a Laviana White-Skipper to puddle on the wet ground. We spotted an Gulf Fritillary caterpillaron the Blue Passionflower near the sign across from the gift shop at NABA. Today's shots are posted in my Flickr space at http://www.flickr.com/photos/annetoal/ One other NABA note: the mosquitoes were out in numbers. Anne Toal Edinburg ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Driving through Texas-collecting locals? From: Chris Grinter <cgrinter AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:30:15 -0700 Hi Everyone- I'm planning on driving through southern Texas around June 30-July 2nd. My plotted course will have me leaving from Los Angeles and coming through Cloudcroft (High Rolls area), New Mexico to McAllen. My plan is somewhat fluid, but I am leaving California on the 28th and need to be in McAllen by the 3rd or 4th. I've heard great things about the Davis Mts. and would much appreciate some further direction. I'll swing at butterflies in the daytime, but my goal is moths and a good spot to set a tent and put up a light at night. If someone happens to be planning a trip in the vicinity I would love to tag along! These locals I've picked are somewhat arbitrary and based on tips from other moth-ers, so I am not fixed on where I need to stop as long as it's roughly along the way to McAllen. (I'd also appreciate any further advice for NM) Thanks in advance for any help, much appreciated! Chris Grinter Solvang, CA ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Hidalgo Co. Butterflies, 19 June 2009 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:47:01 -0700 Visited Frontera Audubon this morning and found less than 30 species, with the only notable being a Pale-banded Crescent (Phyciodes tulcis), the first I've seen this quarter. Stopped briefly at Bentsen SP in the mid-afternoon heat and found no green hairstreaks, although Gray Hairstreaks (Strymon melinus) were very common. However, I did photograph a Two-barred Flasher sitting on the wall outside the men's restroom, and saw a Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete) on whitebrush flowers. Both are indicators of possible things to come. Mike Rickard Mission, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Palm Grove Stilt-legged Fly...flies again?? From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:03:18 -0500 While taking a short break from searching for beetles at the Sabal Palm Audubon Center, I noticed a stilt-legged fly walking on the forest floor. I got a few shots of the rather impressive critter: "Palm Grove Stilt-legged Fly" http://bugguide.net/node/view/289918 It was ID'ed by Morgan Jackson, a Master's student at the University of Guelph, Ontario, who is studying the systematics of this fly genus. He reports that it's only known in the U.S. from the type locality, Cameron County, and that this is apparently only the second record... (I haven't been able to conform this, but it may not be recorded from Mexico). Steyskal, G.C. 1986. A new species of Taeniaptera from the United states (Diptera: Micropezidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 88(1): 174-178. Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen butterfly Walk, 17 June 2009 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:37:57 -0700 Ginny and I joined Jose Uribe for yesterday morning's butterfly walk at Bentsen SP. We were joined by a small group of school kids who were enthusiastic about anything creepy-crawly. As for the butterflies, hairstreaks once again dominated, with Jose getting his first looks at Telea Hairstreaks and Clench's Greenstreaks. These were mostly high on sabal palm blossoms but one or two did visit a fiddlewood to give us closer looks. The total number of species was over 40, not bad given the recent heat and windy conditions. Mike Rickard Volunteer Naturalist Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae Large Orange Sulphur - Phoebis agarithe Lyside Sulphur - Kricogonia lyside Little Yellow - Pyrisitia lisa Telea Hairstreak - Chlorostrymon telea Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus Mallow Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon istapa Lantana Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon bazochii Ruddy Hairstreak - Electrostrymon hugon Dusky-blue Groundstreak - Calycopis isobeon Clytie Ministreak - Ministrymon clytie Gray Ministreak - Ministrymon azia Cassius Blue - Leptotes cassius Ceraunus Blue - Hemiargus ceraunus Reakirt's Blue - Echinargus isola Fatal Metalmark - Calephelis nemesis Rounded Metalmark - Calephelis perditalis Red-bordered Metalmark - Caria ino American Snout - Libytheana carinenta Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae Theona Checkerspot - Chlosyne theona Bordered Patch - Chlosyne lacinia Phaon Crescent - Phyciodes phaon Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae Tawny Emperor - Asterocampa clyton Queen - Danaus gilippus Brown Longtail - Urbanus procne White Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus albescens Tropical Checkered-skipper - Pyrgus oileus Laviana White-skipper Heliopetes laviana Turk's Cap White-skipper - Heliopetes macaira Clouded Skipper - Lerema accius Southern Skipperling - Copaeodes minima Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus Whirlabout - Polites vibex Southern Broken-dash - Wallengrenia otho Common Mellana - Quasimellana eulogius Celia's Roadside Skipper - Amblyscirtes celia Eufala Skipper - Lerodea eufala ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Plumbago scandens follow up From: Wayne Bartholomew <fronteraaudubon AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:37:08 -0700 As a result, of multiple queries regarding the cause of mortality and, my own curiosity, i have researched this matter out a bit more.   The seeds are "burred" (my non-technical term) and infamous for adhering to any passing object - easily attaching to feathers and even the wings of butterflies. In the case of the Brown Creeper Martin feels, that feather separation resulted in the loss of insulating ability and the bird froze to death during the evening (December). In other cases, a bird's inability to fly once it is covered in seeds (and apparently it doesn't take very many) makes them more vulnerable to predation - Brush Freeman related a personal experience in that regard. Stress in general, inability to forge and / or drink, possibly seed ingestion (attempting to preen or remove the seeds) may have caused some species to choke or suffocate.   In some parts of the country, the Plumbago scandens is known as the "Doctor" plant because it contains compounds with antimicrobial, and anti-carcinogenic properties. However, the compounds (naphthoquinones) are toxic and some sources warn of skin irritation upon contact with plant secretions (say a cut root). Whether this is a contributing, factor in avian mortality is unclear at this point. Thus far, i have seen no information warning against the use of this plant - and - it is a plant widely promoted for its use in native gardens and its ability to attract butterflies. This seems like a somewhat obscure topic but worthy of further study..   thanks for all of your comments   Wayne Bartholomew Executive Director Frontera Audubon Society Weslaco, Texas   (956) 968-3275 ofc. (956) 975-8514 cell (956) 968-1388 fax ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Boerne NABA Count From: Tom Collins <towhee AT HCTC.NET> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:37:36 -0500 Greetings, The Boerne NABA Butterfly count is coming up Sat., June 20. If you are interested in participating this year please let me know so that we can determine our groups. You can contact me at: mzdowns AT hctc.net Cathy Downs ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Frontera Audubon - White Plumbago From: Brush Freeman <brushf AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:00:52 -0500 Wayne: Is Blue any better? I once found a White-throated Sparrow covered with this stuff....Or should I say a normally fat and lazy cat found it Brush Freeman . > [Original Message] > From: Wayne Bartholomew > To: > Date: 6/16/2009 4:37:34 PM > Subject: Frontera Audubon - White Plumbago > > In December 2005 Selena King posted on the demise of a Brown Creeper here in the Thicket. Cliff Stewart reported the creeper, he, and Martin Hagne observed that it was covered with seeds from the native Leadwort - Plumbago scandens. This easily maintained plant is an excellent butterfly and insect nectar source and the host for Marine and Cassius Blue butterflies. >  This year we observed an Empidonax sp. as well as four Black-bellied Whistling Ducks covered with these seeds. None survived. In fact, only the flycatcher was alive at the time of discovery but perished shortly thereafter. All six individuals were found within the Thicket where the Leadwort or White Plumbago, enjoys partial shade. However, it also does well in full sun. I am recommending a policy here to confine this plant to open, maintained butterfly gardens or landscape features (a polite term for under maintained gardens). Hopefully this will reduce the incidents described above - with some additional care such as pruning the plant back before it goes to seed we should all but eliminate the avian mortality thus far observed here at FAS. Comments and suggestions welcome!! > > > Wayne Bartholomew > Executive Director > Frontera Audubon Society > Weslaco, Texas >   > (956) 968-3275 ofc. > (956) 975-8514 cell > (956) 968-1388 fax > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Frontera Audubon - White Plumbago From: wayne Bartholomew <fronteraaudubon AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:37:34 -0700 In December 2005 Selena King posted on the demise of a Brown Creeper here in the Thicket. Cliff Stewart reported the creeper, he, and Martin Hagne observed that it was covered with seeds from the native Leadwort - Plumbago scandens. This easily maintained plant is an excellent butterfly and insect nectar source and the host for Marine and Cassius Blue butterflies.  This year we observed an Empidonax sp. as well as four Black-bellied Whistling Ducks covered with these seeds. None survived. In fact, only the flycatcher was alive at the time of discovery but perished shortly thereafter. All six individuals were found within the Thicket where the Leadwort or White Plumbago, enjoys partial shade. However, it also does well in full sun. I am recommending a policy here to confine this plant to open, maintained butterfly gardens or landscape features (a polite term for under maintained gardens). Hopefully this will reduce the incidents described above - with some additional care such as pruning the plant back before it goes to seed we should all but eliminate the avian mortality thus far observed here at FAS. Comments and suggestions welcome!! Wayne Bartholomew Executive Director Frontera Audubon Society Weslaco, Texas   (956) 968-3275 ofc. (956) 975-8514 cell (956) 968-1388 fax ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Boisduval's Yellow in Mission, 15 June 2009 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:16:40 -0700 This afternoon there was a female Boisduval's Yellow nectaring in a private garden on the south side of town. Just a head's-up to interested parties to keep an eye out for this species. Looks like butterfly activity is definitely picking up. Mike Rickard Mission, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Austin Butterfly Forum Meeting, Monday June 22 From: ABF Announce <abfannounce AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:44:08 -0500 *Club Meeting: Monday, June 22, 2009. * ** *Austin Butterfly Forum monthly meeting at Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 2220 Barton Springs Rd. 7:00 p.m.* ** *Tips for Identifying Butterflies* by Dan Hardy. Do you want to learn how to identify those pesky small brown skippers and look-alike sulphurs? Dan will show side-by-side photos comparisons of the common and uncommon butterflies of Austin. This is the traditional warm-up program for the upcoming butterfly count, this year on June 27 (see below). Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. ** *Upcoming events:* ** *Sat June 27 - Annual 4th of July Butterfly Count*. Meet in the Zilker Botanical Garden parking lot at 8:00 am. If it is pouring rain we will postpone till the next day. For more information (and if there is to be a rain delay) contact Dan Hardy, dhh787 AT yahoo.com. Everyone is welcome, including all skill levels. We count butterfly adults and caterpillars within a 15 mile diameter circle centered at Mount Bonnell. In addition to the Botanical Garden, we visit many of the best butterfly spots around town, including the Barton Creek Greenbelt and St. Edward's Park in NW Austin. We usually work as a single group, although if we have enough participants, we may be able to cover multiple areas in parallel. This is the butterfly equivalent of the Christmas Bird counts. The results are submitted to NABA (North American Butterfly Association). In 2007 we had a record number of species (63) and observers (25) for Austin. See http://www.austinbutterflies.org/counts for reports from prior years. Be prepared for walking through brush and wet areas. Wear long pants, hat, sunscreen, and insect repellent. Bring water, snacks, close focusing binoculars, and (optional) butterfly nets. The count typically lasts until late afternoon, although you may leave at any time. We have lunch at Triumph Cafe on 3808 Spicewood Springs. *Mon July 27 - Club Meeting: **Beetles*. *Mike Quinn*, Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. *Mon Aug 24 - Club Meeting: **Moths*. *Val Bugh*, Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. *Mon Sep 28 - Club Meeting: **Darwin, Wallace, and Butterflies*. *Dan Hardy*, Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. For details on these events and upcoming meetings and field trips, see http://www.austinbutterflies.org/Calendar Peg Wallace ABF Publicity ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Choke Canyon - June 14th From: Willie Sekula <wsekula AT COPPER.NET> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:37:47 -0500 A visit to the Choke Canyon area today was quite productive. I butterflied on some private property near Three Rivers and the South Shore & Calliham Units of Choke Canyon State Park. Primary nectar sources were Marsh Fleabane, Frog Fruit & Lantana. Pipevine Swallowtail 5 Black Swallowtail 3 Checkered White 1 Southern Dogface 4 Sleepy Orange 6 Dainty Sulphur 9 Little Yellow 8 Large Orange Sulphur 90+ Lyside Sulphur 1000+ Gray Hairstreak 25 CLYTIE MINISTREAK 3 (photographed) GRAY MINISTREAK 1 (photographed) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 3 Marine Blue 2 Western Pygmy-Blue 1 Cerranus Blue 50+ Reakirt's Blue 200+ Rounded Metalmark 1 Red-bordered Metalmark 45+ Gulf Fritillary 6 Variegated Fritillary 200+ Vesta Crescent 3 Phaon Crescent 5 TINY CHECKERSPOT 2 Bordered Patch 12 Theona Checkerspot 14 Question Mark 2 Common Buckeye 24 Tawny Emperor 1 American Snout 1,000's Queen 45 Texas Powdered-Skipper 1 Sickle-winged Skipper 7 Common/White Checkered-Skipper 7 Tropical Checkered-Skipper 2 Desert Checkered-Skipper 4 Laviana White-Skipper 1 Turk's Cap White-Skipper 1 Common Streak-Skipper 6 Common Sootywing 1 Fiery Skipper 11 Sachem 4 Whirlabout 4 Southern Skipperling 1 Celia's Roadside-Skipper 3 Nysa Roadside-Skipper 2 Eufala Skipper 16 Willie Sekula Falls City ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Cook's Slough, Button Bush in Bloom on Rivers Nueces and Cook's Slough From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:54:08 -0500 Hi Bob - Buttonbush is scientifically known as Cephalanthus occidentalis. Down here in the LRGV we have a close relative, Mexican Buttonbush. C. salicifolia. Tony Gallucci took me around his favorite ranch in Real County last weekend. The vast majority of the butterflies we observed were nectaring on Buttonbush. Most memorable was Juniper Hairstreak (if only because it's a species I never get to see in the LRGV), but there were several other species as well. The HOSTS database shows a number of species that have been documented using Cephalanthus as a larval host, including a number of species of Saturniids, at least one of the Catocala underwings, and the white- belted hummingbird moth Aellopos titan. Cheers, Josh Rose McAllen On Jun 14, 2009, at 3:41 PM, [Bob Rasa] wrote: > http://www.pbase.com/image/113771540 > > Lots of Large Orange Sulphurs; Lysides; and Queens today on Button > Bush. What is the Scientific Name of this beautiful bush. I got > cuttings one fall and using root starter I had some good luck > starting them at my house. I now have three large bushes aside of > my water drip in back yard and attracting lots of butterflies. > > Bob Rasa > Uvalde County ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Uvalde County Yard, Metalmark does not have a name From: Bill and Pam Dempwolf <bdempwolf AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:40:02 -0500 Bob, I'd say it's a male Calephelis nemesis (Fatal metalmark). Bill [Bob Rasa] wrote: > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113777548 bug getting a bit worn > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113777553 > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113647024 > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113615945 > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113647020 > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113582345 underside showing bold lines... > > I have had a metalmark in my front yard since June 9th. It was still around on purple coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) today but getting a little worn. Any takers on this butterfly...? > > Fatal Meatalmark Calephelis nemesis > Rounded Metalmark Calephelis perditalis > Or > Rawson's Metalmark Calephelis rawsoni > > Thank you in advance! > > Bob Rasa > Uvalde County > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Uvalde County Yard, Metalmark does not have a name From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:32:16 +0000 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113777548 bug getting a bit worn http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113777553 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113647024 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113615945 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113647020 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113582345 underside showing bold lines... I have had a metalmark in my front yard since June 9th. It was still around on purple coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) today but getting a little worn. Any takers on this butterfly...? Fatal Meatalmark Calephelis nemesis Rounded Metalmark Calephelis perditalis Or Rawson's Metalmark Calephelis rawsoni Thank you in advance! Bob Rasa Uvalde County ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Today's odes From: Theresa Bayoud <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:33:18 -0700 Hand-held camera and very windy. http://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/Odes?authkey=Gv1sRgCIOi4L6ImIzppQE# Theresa Bayoud Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Cook's Slough, Button Bush in Bloom on Rivers Nueces and Cook's Slough From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:41:34 +0000 http://www.pbase.com/image/113771540 Lots of Large Orange Sulphurs; Lysides; and Queens today on Button Bush. What is the Scientific Name of this beautiful bush. I got cuttings one fall and using root starter I had some good luck starting them at my house. I now have three large bushes aside of my water drip in back yard and attracting lots of butterflies. Bob Rasa Uvalde County ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Cool blue clerid emerged from Santa Ana cedar elm limb From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:19:18 -0500 Pretty awesome bug. This predatory as been recorded at least as far north as Williamson County (Central Texas). http://bugguide.net/node/view/288203 Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Phengodes irruption in Bastrop Co. From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:47:16 -0500 Years ago, in the 1960's, *Phengodes* males were common at light at UT's Brackenridge Field Lab. on Lake Austin Boulevard in Austin. This was long before the fire ant invasion of 1986 decimated our ground arthropod fauna. At that time it was also possible to find large millipedes which are the reputed host of this remarkable parasitic beetle. In those days I sampled the soil arthropod fauna at many sites in central Texas and the most diverse I found was along the small creek that flows through the west end of the BFL. It is a shame that this area is planned for development in the near future to benefit the UT System. Although BFL will probably remain a teaching location it looks like much of the research potential of native habitat will be lost. Voucher specimens from these early studies are housed at Texas Memorial Museum - Texas Natural Science Center and in the BFL collections awaiting the building of a new collections and research facility. Ironically this new building may be located at BFL over the very habitat whose former inhabitants it preserves. Thank you Brush and Mike for introducing some of the multitude of other arthropods to the readers of this website. Perhaps I can start posting some of my springtail pictures - the other scaly insects. .....................Chris Durden > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:20:31 -0500 > From: Brush Freeman > Subject: Phengodes irruption in Bastrop Co. > > On Thursday evening there was a light rain in my area of Bastrop Co. > Hardly worth a mention but enough to wet the dirt and apparently bring > about a small outbreak of insects last night. I had no less than 6 > Glowworm beetles appear at the lights, two of which I retained for Ed Riley > or Mike Quinn should they want them. Anyway they are out and about now > for your info...Only the males are likely to be found. Their biology > remains mostly unknown from what I understand. Here is Mike's link again. > > http://www.texasento.net/Phengodes.htm > > will check again this evening then I am off to see the wizard for a > while thereafter. > > Brush Freeman > . > > ====================================== ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Goliad butterfly survey From: Ro Wauer <rwauer AT LIVE.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:52:34 +0000 Goliad Butterfly Survey, June 12, 2009 From 8:30am to 3:30pm, Betty and I, with help from Bill Farnsworth and Tammy Zellner, surveyed the butterflies at and around Goliad State Park, Goliad Co., TX. The day was warm (77-95 F.) with scattered clouds and a slight breeze at times. Recent rains had not produced many wildflowers; the exception was numerous areas of frog fruit. We recorded the following butterflies: 1. Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor): 24 2 Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes): 2 3. Giant Swallowtail (P. cresphontes): 5 4. Checkered White (Pontia protodice): 65 5. Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme): 2 6. Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia): 4 7. Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe): 8 8. Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside): 2 9. Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa): 100+ 10. Mimosa Yellow (P. nise): 1 11. Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe): 2 12. Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole): 15 13. Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus): 5 14. Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus): 1 15. Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola): 60+ 16. Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis): 8 17. Rounded Metalmark (C. perditalis): 55 18. Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae): 4 19. Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia): 18 20. Bordered Patch (Chlosyne licinia): 12 21. Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana): 30 22. Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica): 17 23. Phaon Crescent (P. phaon): 32 24. Pearl Crescent (P. tharos): 20 25. Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis): 1 26. White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae): 2 27. Viceroy (Limenitis archippus): 2 28. Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria): 1 29. Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton): 1 30. Queen (Danaus gilippus): 6 31. White-striped Longtail (Chioides albofasciatus): 3 32. Coyote Cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus): 1 33. Mazans Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans): 1 34. Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius): 1 35. Common/White Checkered-Skip. (Pyrgus communis/albescens): 150+ 36. Tropical Checkered-Skipper (P. philetas): 2 37. Desert Checkered-Skipper (P. oileus): 1 38. Turk’s-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira): 6 39. Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius): 2 40. Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minimus): 6 41. Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus): 4 42. Whirlabout (Polites vibex): 3 43. Sachem (Atalopedes campestris): 2 44. Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris): 1 45. Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala): 2 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen Ruby-eye and Ruddy (but no Telea) 6-13-09 From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:12:31 -0500 Howdy folks, Made my first trip back to Bentsen as a civilian today. Was visiting with Texas A&M dragonfly guru Forrest Mitchell, and his son Rob, a Ph.D. student from Illinois studying the pheromones of longhorn beetles. Also wanted to see if I could find one of the previously reported Telea Hairstreaks. No luck with the Telea, but did find some noteworthy critters. The old faithful fiddlewood by the bus turnaround still had a pile of many different hairstreak species, including multiple Gray Ministreaks and at least one Ruddy. Most exciting though, at least for me, was a big skipper that I spotted sleeping on the wall between the two front restrooms; I tried to turn it into some sort of longtail, but a flash photo revealed the dazzling red eyes of a Green-backed Ruby-eye instead! (and there I go again, finding another good bug in or near a men's bathroom, just like everybody was saying about me at Dragonfly Days) A Nysa Roadside-Skipper was perched on the wall only 8 feet or so from the Ruby-eye, but disappeared while I was still photographing its larger and rarer cousin. I just created pages on BugGuide for the Ruddy and the Ruby-eye, and posted my photos from today as well as some older ones. As usual, filler for the Info pages is welcome: http://bugguide.net/node/view/288084 http://bugguide.net/node/view/288067/ Mike Rickard and Ginny Musgrave came by to admire the conveniently placed Ruby-eye and helped me in my unsuccessful attempt to locate a Telea. Vast majority of our sightings were on Fiddlewood, Whitebrush, Sabal Palm, a few on Lantana and Padre Island Mistflower. I am not sure I can remember every species we saw, but here is an attempt. I get 32 species; Mike, if you think of any I am forgetting, feel free to chime in.... Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) just a couple Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) lots Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) lots Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus) one on a Sabal Palm Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) lots Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (S. istapa) several Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak (S. bazochii) at least a couple Ruddy Hairstreak (Electrostrymon sangala) see above & on BugGuide Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie) lots on the Fiddlewood Gray Ministreak (M. azia) a few each on Fiddlewood and Whitebrush Cassius Blue (Leptotus cassius) at least half a dozen, the most I've ever seen in one day Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) several Reakirt's Blue (H. isola) a few, numbers down Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) a couple on Sabal Palm Snout (Libytheana carinenta) lots Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) a few, one near the passion-vine tangle Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) one on the fiddlewood Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) several Vesta Crescent (Phycioides vesta) Mike mentioned seeing one Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) one lurking in the Turk's- cap north of the front restrooms Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) a few, one of which landed on me Queen (Danaus gilippus) several, mostly on the mistflowers White-striped Longtail (Chioides catillus) one in the Turk's-cap near the Question Mark Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Mike spotted one in the same general neighborhood Brown Longtail (U. procne) a few checkered-skippers (Pyrgus spp.) lots Green-backed Ruby-eye (Perichares philetes) see above & on BugGuide Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minimus) Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) lots Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius) one or two Nysa Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa) see above Celia's Roadside-Skipper (A. celia) several on the wall, roosting in the shade Cheers, Josh Rose McAllen ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Leptotes cassius in North TX From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:16:30 -0500 All, Today in my yard in Becker, Kaufman County (just east of Dallas) I vouchered two specimens of Leptotes cassius cassidula. While not terribly uncommon, they are not found every year around Dallas. A probable NCR, CB? ~James McDermott Kaufman, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Not your generic new species........ From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:52:54 -0500 Earlier this week, I participated in an invertebrate survey of Comal Springs, New Braunfels with my former college roommate Randy Gibson who's now an aquatic entomologist with F&WS. During the course of the official survey, we found among other things (http://is.gd/10YjS), a blind planarian (http://is.gd/10YcZ) that's likely a new species of flatworm given that all the other descibed spp. from Texas are known from single caves. Randy said that to his knowledge, no planarian has ever been recorded from Comal Springs. Sphalloplana kutscheri - Spanish Wells Cave - Travis Co. Sphalloplana mohri - Ezell's Cave - Hays Co. Sphalloplana reddelli - Cascade Caverns - Kendall Co. Sphalloplana sloani - Harrell's Cave - San Saba Co. Sphalloplana zeschi - Zesch Ranch Cave - mason Co. Mitchell, R.W. 1968. New Species of Sphalloplana (Turbellaria: Paludicola) from the Caves of Texas and a Reexamination of the Genus Speophila and the Family Kenkiidae. Annales de Speleologie, 23: 597-620. Randy Gibson Aquatic Entomologist National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, USFWS San Marcos, Texas A number of the species we found have no images previously posted to the net. (I hope I transcribed Randy's dets correctly.) Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Phengodes irruption in Bastrop Co. From: Brush Freeman <brushf AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:20:31 -0500 On Thursday evening there was a light rain in my area of Bastrop Co. Hardly worth a mention but enough to wet the dirt and apparently bring about a small outbreak of insects last night. I had no less than 6 Glowworm beetles appear at the lights, two of which I retained for Ed Riley or Mike Quinn should they want them. Anyway they are out and about now for your info...Only the males are likely to be found. Their biology remains mostly unknown from what I understand. Here is Mike's link again. http://www.texasento.net/Phengodes.htm will check again this evening then I am off to see the wizard for a while thereafter. Brush Freeman . ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen Hairstreaks 2 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:55:31 -0700 My wife and I stopped by Bentsen SP today at 2 PM. With a heat index of 112 or thereabouts, we were almost the only animals fool enough to be out of the shade. However, we did find one Red-lined Scrub-hairstreak (Strymon bebrycia), bringing our 2-day hairstreak total to 11 species. I know there were several people out this morning finding many hairstreaks in Bensten, but I don't know if they found other species than those reported. Mike Rickard Mission, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Friday Flyin' in Uvalde County From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:59:07 +0000 Sky filled with Sulphurs....I went to Cook's Slough in the am and Neal's in the afternoon...lovely day for butterflies. some images: http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113683198 American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Button Bush? http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113683336 Common Streaky-Skipper (Celotes nessus) ?flower http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113683340 Common Streaky-Skipper (Celotes nessus) ?flower http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113683325 Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Mealy Sage (Slavia farinacea) http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113683327 Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Bob Rasa Uvalde County ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: New Acontia sp. From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:22:57 -0500 Not to be out-done by any of my good lep friends, but there's some 20 known undescribed beetle species in Cameron County alone... Here's my latest haul from CamCo. Should have the rest of the dets in a few more days... http://picasaweb.google.com/entomike/CameronCoJune2009# Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM Subject: New Acontia sp. To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu Not to be out-done by my good buddy Bruce Walsh for the pink Lithophane in AZ, I've discovered a new species of Acontia in the US at my Mission home... ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: New Acontia sp. From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:14:18 -0700 Charles' specimen can be viewed below. Cool stuff, CB! http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/acontianspfortbl.jpg (My apologies for the long URL) James McDermott On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:10 PM, TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY < texaslepsurvey AT sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Not to be out-done by my good buddy Bruce Walsh for the pink Lithophane in > AZ, I've discovered a new species of Acontia in the US at my Mission > home... It looks like a cross between A. dacia and A. terminiculata. For > the novices out there, Acontia are commonly called "bird-dropping moths." > My specimen is a male, and so far the female is unknown. James Adams has 2 > males from MX, and Don Lafontaine says it is new and undescribed. Knudson > found one in the TLS collection that was placed in our series of A. dacia > from the Palm Grove back in 2000, but didn't notice it was different. I'd > ask anyone in the valley to get photos or specimens of this; especially of a > female, which may superficially resemble the females of the aforementioned. > You can view them on the Moth Photographers Group, and anyone who can > provide pix or specimens of this new species will receive credit in the OD. > James McDermott will be sending a link to let you view this new > species shortly. Thanks, James!!! > > Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC > Texas Lepidoptera Survey > 8517 Burkhart Rd. > Houston, TX 77055 > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: New Acontia sp. From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:10:13 -0700 Not to be out-done by my good buddy Bruce Walsh for the pink Lithophane in AZ, I've discovered a new species of Acontia in the US at my Mission home...  It looks like a cross between A. dacia and A. terminiculata.  For the novices out there, Acontia are commonly called "bird-dropping moths."  My specimen is a male, and so far the female is unknown.  James Adams has 2 males from MX, and Don Lafontaine says it is new and undescribed.  Knudson found one in the TLS collection that was placed in our series of A. dacia from the Palm Grove back in 2000, but didn't notice it was different.  I'd ask anyone in the valley to get photos or specimens of this; especially of a female, which may superficially resemble the females of the aforementioned.  You can view them on the Moth Photographers Group, and anyone who can provide pix or specimens of this new species will receive credit in the OD.  James McDermott will be sending a link to let you view this new species shortly.  Thanks, James!!!   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Kerrville NABA Results From: Tom Collins <towhee AT HCTC.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:42:38 -0500 Pipevine Swallowtail 52 Black Swallowtail 2 Giant Swallowtail 1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 Checkered White 8 Southern Dogface 1 Lyside Sulphur 2 Sleepy Orange 13 Dainty Sulphur 20 Gray Hairstreak 1 Marine Blue 1 Ceraunus Blue 1 Reakirt's Blue 18 American Snout 6 Gulf Fritillary 10 Variegated Fritillary 6 Bordered Patch 4 Texan Crescent 2 Graphic (Vesta) Crescent 1 Phaon Crescent 3 Question Mark 1 American Lady 4 Common Buckeye 5 California (Arizona) Sister 1 Goatweed Leafwing 1 Queen 27 Common/White Checkered-Skipper 3 Clouded Skipper 2 Fiery Skipper 5 Dun Skipper 1 Total Individuals 203 Total Species 30 FACTS Date 6/5/2009 Time (S/S) 8:30-2:30 Observers 11 Garden Watchers 0 Parties 1 Party Hours 6 Party Miles / foot 3 Temp (H/L) 70-90 Wind Speed (H/L) 4-15 Wind Dir NE Sky Cover Clear/clear 24 Hour Weather Hot/Dry Tom Collins Center Point - Compiler ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen Hairstreaks!! From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:44:01 -0700 I spent the morning at Bentsen SP and found 10 species of hairstreaks! Best of these by far were 2 Telea Hairstreaks, one high on sabal palm blossoms, but the other nice and low on a fiddlewood. David and Jan Dauphin arrived in time to join me in photographing the second one, and I'm sure Jan will be posting her usual excellent photos later. In addition to the Teleas, there were several fresh Clench's Greenstreaks on the palm blossoms, 2 Ruddy Hairstreaks, a couple of Silver-banded Hairstreaks, and numerous Clytie and Gray Ministreaks, Gray Hairstreaks, Lantana and Mallow Scrub-hairstreaks, and Dusky-blue Groundstreaks. All of these were in the garden north of the visitor center, mostly on the several fiddlewoods in bloom. Last year I got the binoculars on 1 telea for about 2 seconds, so for me these today are essentially a life bug. What a morning! Mike Rickard Volunteer Naturalist ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Powell & Opler, Moths of Western North America From: Joshua Rose <opihi AT RGV.RR.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:57:16 -0500 Hey all - Had not heard about this book until now. I'm about to move further east, and anyway have Knudson and Bordelon's LRGV moth guides to lean on, but this sounds like it might be useful for folks further north and west... Josh Rose McAllen Begin forwarded message: > From: TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com > Date: June 7, 2009 5:31:54 AM CDT > Subject: [leps-talk] Digest Number 2782 > > TILS-leps-talk > 1a. > WOW! Powell & Opler > Posted by: "Bruce Walsh" jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu > Sat Jun 6, 2009 10:11 am (PDT) > > > > Just checked my Departmental mailbox this fine Saturday morning and > found that > my copy of Powell and Opler's Moths of Western North America has > arrived! Here > are a few impressions, based on just five minutes of quickly > flipping through > it. > > WOW! > > Its a bigger book that I thought (8 1/2 x 11, roughly 330 pages). 58 > color > plates of adults (the quality is that of the recent MONAs, i.e., > excellent) -- > Jerry's hand is evident in many pages of micros! Also 6 plates of > larval > photos. > > Much detail on many species. I keep a copy of Common's classic > "Moths of > Australia" in my bathroom for frequent reading. It is about to be > replaced! > > I've yet to go through the text in detail, but it looks like Jerry > and Paul have > give Common a serious run for the best moth book ever written. > Outstanding job! > > I now need to order several more copies, as I know I'll wear this > copy out > quickly and will also need a copy of keep with my collecting gear! > > cheers > > bruce > > > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Uvalde Yard Metalmark From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:43:55 -0500 For three days this week I have had some metalmarks in my Zinnias and other flowers in my front yard in Uvalde County. choices: Fatal Metalmark (Caleophelis nemesis) Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis) Rawson's Metalmark (Calephelis rawsoni) http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113647024 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113615911 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113647020 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113582342 http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/113582344 Yes, Tony, Metalmarks are fun! Bob Rasa Uvalde County ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Butterfly County at Anahuac NWR From: David Sarkozi <david AT SARKOZI.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:14:04 -0500 I'm going to try and get the Monthly butterfly counts back up and running, if you can help meet at the Restrooms at Anahuac NWR Saturday morning (Jun 13, 2009) at 9 a.m. Bring lots to drink and repellent, flies are fierce right now. My casual observations during Fishing Day last weekend seems to indicate that numbers have rebounded a lot since Hurricane Ike. The host for plant (Chenopodium sp.) for Western Pygmy-Blues seems extra abundant now and I'm interested to see if there are any Bay Skippers present. -- David Sarkozi Houston, TX (713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: what is this? From: Bob Barber <bbarber AT NATURENM.ORG> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:43:09 -0600 see this: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r107301611.html > On my grapefruit tree. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/Insect#slideshow/5345862364417496338 > > > > Theresa Bayoud > Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: How to make those LONG wrap around (URL) links to your photos or news items much shorter From: Kim Davis <kim AT KIMANDMIKEONTHEROAD.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:21:43 -0600 Brush, That's a great thing to learn! It works for Macs by the way. I knew about the Tinyurl site but not about the toolbar button. Thanks for sharing! Life is Good... Kim Davis http://kimandmikeontheroad.com/ http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ http://mariposasmexicanas.com/ On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Brush Freeman wrote: > > Just go to....http://tinyurl.com/ > > Go to the left and hit "Make a toolbar Icon" > > click and it will put a Tinyurl Icon there on your tool bar.(not > sure how > this works on Macs) ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: How to make those LONG wrap around (URL) links to your photos or news items much shorter From: Brush Freeman <brushf AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:07:07 -0500 Using Tinyurl you and make those endless wrap around links that are hard for users to deal with, become much, much shorter links of ~25-28 characters and it is very simple. Just go to....http://tinyurl.com/ Go to the left and hit "Make a toolbar Icon" click and it will put a Tinyurl Icon there on your tool bar.(not sure how this works on Macs) After that every time you have something to upload that has a very long URL (web address) just click on the icon and you will immediately get another address (URL) that is often far, far shorter and easier to use. Just so more of us can enjoy what you have to present. I know it is a bit off topic but I bypass MANY things that are posted with long URLs as I know others do as well. This is a wonderful tool and sure makes life easier for me when posting. I think you'll like it. You can probably tell from the many posts that many already use this. Brush Freeman . ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: what is this? From: Theresa Bayoud <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:35 -0700 On my grapefruit tree. http://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/Insect#slideshow/5345862364417496338 Theresa Bayoud Austin, Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: