south texas americas butterfly capital
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How to find butterflies in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South TexasTRANSCRIPT
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South Texas, America’s Butterfly Capital
Introduction to the Butterflies of the Rio Grande Valley by Gil Quintanilla
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Contents
• Purpose
• History
• Binoculars
• Butterfly Biology
• Finding and Identifying Valley Butterflies
• Butterfly Families
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Presentation Purpose
How to find and identify butterflies in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
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History
Throughout history butterflies have been associated with :
• Freedom
• Spiritual Growth
• Human Soul
• Ancient Warrior
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Butterflying Perks
Your involvement with butterflies can improve your well being:
• Physical
• Mental
• Spiritual
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Binoculars
Binoculars greatly increase one’s ability to see:
• Larger Image
• Colors
• Sheens
• Intricate patterns
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Biology - Structure
• Antennae• Clubs• Forewing• Hindwing• Tails• Abdomen• Thorax
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Biology - Life Cycle
LARVA
ADULT
EGG
PUPA
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Finding Valley Butterflies
Backyard NABA Butterfly Park & World Birding Centers Butterfly Concentrators: Flowers Hilltops Mud puddles Sunshine
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How to Identify Butterflies
• Is it a Butterfly or Moth?• Size, Shape and Color• Give it a Family Name Swallowtails Whites and Yellows Gossamer-wings Metalmarks Brushfoots Skippers
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Moth or Butterfly
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Monarch vs. Queen
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Swallowtails Family
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Giant Swallowtail
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Ornythion Swallowtail
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Pipevine Swallowtail
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Black Swallowtail
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Black Swallowtail
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Whites and Yellows Family
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Florida and Great Southern Whites
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Giant White
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Orange Sulphur
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Large Orange & Scarlet Musk Flower
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Southern Dogface
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White Angled-Sulphur & Texas Wild Olive
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Gossamer-wings Family (Hairstreaks and Blues)
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Gray Hairstreak
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Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
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Great Purple Hairstreak
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Dusky-blue Groundstreak
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Ceraunus Blue (underside)
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Ceraunus Blue (topside)
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Metalmarks Family
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Red-bordered Pixie
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Fatal Metalmark
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Red-bordered Metalmark
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Rounded Metalmark
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Blue Metalmark
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Brushfoots Family
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Thick-tipped Greta (Rare Stray from Mexico)
1st U.S. Record - Greta Morgane
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Malachite
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Mexican Bluewing & Anacua Berries
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Mexican Bluewing & Vasey Adelia
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Theona Checkerspot
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Queens Roosting on Granjeno
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Queen and her Soldier
BRUSHFOOTS
BRUSHFOOTS
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White Peacock
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Zebra Heliconian, Violet-banded Skipper at Mexican Trixis
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Skippers Family
•Spreadwing Skippers
•Grass Skipper
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Guava Skipper
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Mournful Duskywing
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Emerald Aguna
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Fiery Skipper
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Whirlabout
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Sachem
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Common Mellana
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Southern Skipperling
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Other Butterflies
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Checkered White
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Bordered Patch
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Lyside Sulphur
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Reakirt’s Blue
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Recap 6 Butterfly Families
Swallowtails Whites and Yellows Gossamer-wings Metalmarks Brushfoots Skippers
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Stop and See the Butterflies
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Visit and Explore
• Gil Quintanilla Nature Photography
• www.gilquintanilla.net