The Lower Rio Grande Valley is one of the best butterflying locations in the entire United States. Here are pictures of butterflies from that region, taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500, nearly all using natural lighting. Click here for some of the psychotic butterfliers and other wildlife from the LRGV with whom I went butterflying.
Fatal Metalmark, male (Calephelis nemesis australis), #803 Starr Co., TX 16 Oct 04 |
same individual |
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis), #447 NABA Park, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis), #277 Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 |
Rounded Metalmark, male (Calephelis perditalis perditalis) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004 |
Rounded Metalmark, male (Calephelis perditalis perditalis) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004 |
Metalmarks often perch with their heads down. Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis perditalis) Loma Alta, Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004 |
(Calephelis perditalis perditalis), female Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 04 |
Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Laguna Atascosa NWR, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 |
Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 |
Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula) Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 | |
Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula) Sabal Palm Audubon Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX 18 Oct 2004 | |
Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Created on ... Mar 2, 2005 | Updated on ... Mar 26, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com