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    1. South Texas, America’s Butterfly Capital Introduction to the Butterflies of the Rio Grande Valley by Gil Quintanilla
    2. Contents
      • Purpose
      • History
      • Binoculars
      • Butterfly Biology
      • Finding and Identifying Valley Butterflies
      • Butterfly Families
    3. Presentation Purpose
      • How to find and identify butterflies in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
    4. History
      • Throughout history butterflies have been associated with :
      • Freedom
      • Spiritual Growth
      • Human Soul
      • Ancient Warrior
    5. Butterflying Perks
      • Your involvement with butterflies can improve your well being:
      • Physical
      • Mental
      • Spiritual
    6. Binoculars
      • Binoculars greatly increase one’s ability to see:
      • Larger Image
      • Colors
      • Sheens
      • Intricate patterns
    7. Biology - Structure
      • Antennae
      • Clubs
      • Forewing
      • Hindwing
      • Tails
      • Abdomen
      • Thorax
    8. Biology - Life Cycle LARVA ADULT EGG PUPA
    9. Finding Valley Butterflies
      • Backyard
      • NABA Butterfly Park & World Birding Centers
      • Butterfly Concentrators:
      • Flowers
      • Hilltops
      • Mud puddles
      • Sunshine
    10. How to Identify Butterflies
      • Is it a Butterfly or Moth?
      • Size, Shape and Color
      • Give it a Family Name
      • Swallowtails
      • Whites and Yellows
      • Gossamer-wings
      • Metalmarks
      • Brushfoots
      • Skippers
    11. Moth or Butterfly
    12. Monarch vs. Queen
    13. Swallowtails Family
    14. Giant Swallowtail
    15. Ornythion Swallowtail
    16. Pipevine Swallowtail
    17. Black Swallowtail
    18. Black Swallowtail
    19. Whites and Yellows Family
    20. Florida and Great Southern Whites
    21. Giant White
    22. Orange Sulphur
    23. Large Orange & Scarlet Musk Flower
    24. Southern Dogface
    25. White Angled-Sulphur & Texas Wild Olive
    26. Gossamer-wings Family (Hairstreaks and Blues)
    27. Gray Hairstreak
    28. Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
    29. Great Purple Hairstreak
    30. Dusky-blue Groundstreak
    31. Ceraunus Blue (underside)
    32. Ceraunus Blue (topside)
    33. Metalmarks Family
    34. Red-bordered Pixie
    35. Fatal Metalmark
    36. Red-bordered Metalmark
    37. Rounded Metalmark
    38. Blue Metalmark
    39. Brushfoots Family
    40. Thick-tipped Greta (Rare Stray from Mexico) 1 st U.S. Record - Greta Morgane
    41. Malachite
    42. Mexican Bluewing & Anacua Berries
    43. Mexican Bluewing & Vasey Adelia
    44. Theona Checkerspot
    45. Queens Roosting on Granjeno
    46. Queen and her Soldier BRUSHFOOTS BRUSHFOOTS
    47. White Peacock
    48. Zebra Heliconian, Violet-banded Skipper at Mexican Trixis
    49. Skippers Family
      • Spreadwing Skippers
      • Grass Skipper
    50. Guava Skipper
    51. Mournful Duskywing
    52. Emerald Aguna
    53. Fiery Skipper
    54. Whirlabout
    55. Sachem
    56. Common Mellana
    57. Southern Skipperling
    58. Other Butterflies
    59. Checkered White
    60. Bordered Patch
    61. Lyside Sulphur
    62. Reakirt’s Blue
    63. Recap 6 Butterfly Families
      • Swallowtails
      • Whites and Yellows
      • Gossamer-wings
      • Metalmarks
      • Brushfoots
      • Skippers
    64. Stop and See the Butterflies
    65. Visit and Explore
      • Gil Quintanilla Nature Photography
      • www.gilquintanilla.net

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