My Butterfly List - Brenham 2012

This is a White Striped Longtail.

What a year for butterflies, both in sheer numbers and in variety.  At any one time in the Star Garden and the Orchard there were a hundred at a time.  The little fellows above were very entertaining.  Yes, they are brown, but they have a distinctive white stripe on the underside of their wings and very long thin back wings that look like a tail.

The rest of my list for 2012:

• Zebra Swallowtail - I only saw one, but it gives me hope for next year.
• Pipe Vine Swallowtail 
• Black Swallowtail
• Giant Swallowtail
• Sulphurs of many varieties
• Zebra Longwing - I have been particularly excited about these.  There are so many of them, and normally they are rarely seen in these parts.
• Gulf Fritillary
• Julia
• Variegated Fritillary
• Bordered Patch
• Red Admiral
• Painted Lady
• Buckeye
• Monarch
• Queen
• Skippers of many varieties