Update September 07, 2011: added at the bottom of the page a male in
flight from NABA, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas on November 04, 2010:
Update: August 18, 2004: added
at the bottom of the page a male in flight from Sabal Palm Sanctuary
on April 30th, 2004.
Update: November 21, 2003:
even more unexpectedly, a colony of catapillars has been identified
in suburban Fort Worth from newly-emerging adults! research indicates
that the host plantings - athough exotic and imported - have been
in-place for 3 or 4 years, suggesting that migrant females sniffed
it out and laid on it late this summer. Records dried-up after
about ten days, but then on November 21, I found a presumed worn
female at the Botanic Gardens; see new photos at the bottom of
the page.
Update: October 10, 2003:
unexpectedly, this (or another) individual was seen at the same
spot on October 9 and today, October 10, when I got better photos,
and Bill Edwards and I saw two males (one more richly-marked than
the other); see new photos at the bottom of the page.
This presumed male Orange-barred Sulphur
Phoebis philea was photographed at Fort Wort
Botanic Gardens, Tarrant County, Texas on October 7, 2003; I saw
it flying at fairly close range and it was huge - much larger
than any of the Cloudless Sulphurs I've been seeing at the same
site recently. In flight I could detect two tones of orange "somewhere"
in the upperside, and I feel that the expected orange patches
are just about visible (through the wing) in this first image.
I believe that this would be a first County record, so I'd like
to receive some feedback - thank you:
Update: October 10 2003: new images
from today:
Update: November 21 2003: images
of a female seen today:
August 18, 2004: a male in
flight from Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Cameron County, Texas on April
30th, 2004:
September 07, 2011: a male in
flight from NABA, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas on November 04, 2010:
