Three of the counts in this area include High Island, Brazos Bend State Park and Trinity River Wildlife Refuge. These photos are some of the many species of butterflies and other beasties seen on these 3 counts! It was incredibly hot, but the abundant early summer rain made these counts the best we'd had in years.

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	Funereal Duskywing
	Dusky-blue Groundstreak
	White-striped Longtail The tails are gone on this poor creature found at Brazos Bend State Park. July seems to be the best time to locate these butterflies in the greater Houston area.
	Clouded skippers
	Pearl Crescent
	Silvery Checkerspot This was in Brazos Bend State Park. This photo and the one of the Pearl Crescent, above, show the differences in the two.
	Queen
	Dotted Road-side skipper This skipper was found at High Island, and was later identified by these 3 photos. This first shot is the best for identifying it by the spots on the outerwings.
	Dotted Road-side skipper This is the same individual, who kept flitting up and relighting on this same leaf.
	Dotted Road-side skipper This is the same fellow again; at the time, we identified it as another skipper, Celia's Road-side skipper. The first shot above has the classic spot pattern of the Dotted, however, which made us change our minds after the fact (like instant replay).
	Gemmed Satyr We found hundreds of satyr species, probably all either Gemmed or Carolina, on the Brazos Bend State Park count.
	Southern Skipperling This was one of the most abundant butterflies of the day at Trinity River Wildlife Refuge. We even saw it ovipositing and found eggs on the grass. It's one of the tiniest butterflies.
	Tiger Swallowtail There were dozens of butterflies on these buttonbush trees on the Trinity River Wildlife Refuge.
	A shot of the great folks on the High Island count.
	Devils Horn Worm This incredible beast is 4 to 5 inches long and is the larval stage of the Regal Moth. This one was found on Trinity River Wildlife Refuge.
	Gray Treefrog
	Moth Do you see it?
	Dotted Road-side Skipper This one was found in our yard in the Houston Heights the day after the High Island count.

If you'd like to comment on these photos, please send email to P. D. Hulce, pd@chiricahuanaturalist.net.
Photos copyright ©, 1999 by Melinda Parmer and P. D. Hulce, All Rights Reserved.