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For those interested in various snout butterflies, genus Libytheana.
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Many 1000s Maverick County
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It's still and oppresive here today, but many 1000s of snouts are moving through Maverick County. They appear to be on a compass heading just a few degrees west of north. I'd estimate over 100 per minute. Yesterday between the Hutto Place north of Lake Amistad and near the Border Patrol station south of the cutoff to Rocksprings... more »
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Snouts started swarming July 26-27...
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Mike's is the first report of large snout numbers that I know of. This fits well with the eight inch rain that David Dauphin reported for Mission over the first 10 days of July, given that snouts can complete their life cycle in 16 days. Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- ...To: TX-BUTTER...@listserv.uh.edu... more »
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Significant Pre-Dolly Valley Precipitation...
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This early July rain spell appears to be the trigger for the current crop of SoTX snouts... Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- ...To: TX-E...@listserv.uh.edu <s> Jan keeps records of rainfall at our house in Mission. From Jan. 1st thru June 30th this year, we have had a total of just 5.75" of rain. Just in the... more »
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FW: snout migration - Kingsville to Falfurrias - July 27
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South Texas, northeast Mexico must have received significant rains prior to Dolly which made landfall on July 23 in South Padre Island, Texas. All these swarm reports are too soon for the butterflies to have developed from the hurricane rains. Mike Quinn, Austin Larry Gilbert cites Roy Kendall (pers. comm.) as reporting that the... more »
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Fwd: snouts in Bell/Coryell counties
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- ...butterflies in Bell/Coryell counties To: TX-BUTTER...@listserv.uh.edu On 18 Nov, ... There was also an abundance of American Snouts (Libytheana carinenta). I spent just over 5 hours in the field at various locations in Bell and Coryell counties and counted 651 snouts.... more »
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Fwd: Utopia last two days - 250+ and 500++
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- ...To: TX-BUTTER...@listserv.uh.edu Hi all, Mostly the regulars here.... but good numbers for short observation periods as things concentrate at the few remaining blooming areas. This isn't the coast or valley. Mitch Heindel Utopia, TX ~ ca. 1300' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~... more »
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