I have been visiting Acadiana Park this week and the warm weather is
bringing out some early butterflies here as well. No Falcate Orangetips
though so I may have to head north tomorrow and look for some.
Dave Patton
Lafayette
Acadiana Park, Lafayette
Thursday, Feb 25, 2016
Cloudless Sulphur - 8
Question Mark - 5
Pearl Crescent - 4
Red-banded Hairstreak - 20
Am Snout - 1
Trop Ch Skipper - 5
Red Admiral - 2
Clouded Skipper - 1
Horaces Duskywing - 1
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Acadiana Park, Lafayette
Saturday, Feb 27, 2016
Am Snout - 2
Sleepy Orange - 1
Black ST - 1
E Tiger ST - 1
Red-banded Hairstreak - 10
Pearl Crescent - 9
Am Lady - 1
Trop Ch Sk - 3
Common Ch Sk - 1
Question Mark - 2
Red Admiral - 1
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 5:22 PM, jftrahan <jftrahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In northwestern Louisiana, falcate orangetips are the harbingers of
spring. When you see the orangetipsflying, you know that spring has
arrived. The earliest record of falcate orangetip in Caddo Parish was
February 19. Last week I went to Eddie Jones Park on February 16, and
found four of them. This is a new early record for for the parish and is
almost certainly due to the very warm weather we have had this spring. I
was there today (February 27) and saw 38 orangetips along with four other
species. Falcate orangetip is one of my favorite butterflies. The complete
list is below.
While searching for butterflies today, most did not stop flying because
there are few flowers to get nectar from. The only flower blooming that
seems to provide nectar is false garlic. I thought I might be able to find
eastern pine elfin because they also use false garlic, but no luck.
Jeff Trahan
Shreveport
38 Falcate Orangetip
1 Orange Sulphur
2 Cloudless Sulphur
1 American Snout
1 Goatweed Leafwing
