Monthly Archives: October 2026

Good sightings are coming in twos this fall. This time the species is Anthanassa texana, the Texas Crescent. On October 28 Jim Reiser sighted one on this property in Sarpy County while doing yardwork. It was his first encounter with this butterfly in Nebraska in his many years of observing Lepidoptera. So an occasion toContinue reading “Texas Crescents”

This past week Colin Croft notified me that on October 18 he had photographed a Pygmy Blue in Morrill County. These diminutive blues are often abundant in the American southwest but only occasionally stray into Nebraska where they are probably overlooked due to their small size. On a whim I searched iNaturalist for more possibleContinue reading “Pygmy Blue “Invasion””