Urania Swallowtail Moth (Urania fulgens)
Swallowtail Moth Family Uraniidae
Killeen, Bell Co., TX
November 9, 2005 (Pert Garraway, plus M.Ob.)
Laguna
Atascosa NWR
Rio Hondo, Cameron Co., TX
October 12, 2005 (E Thompson)
Laguna
Atascosa NWR
Rio Hondo, Cameron Co., TX
October 12, 2005 (E Thompson)
(Nectaring on a hummingbird feeder!!!)
Kingsville, Kleberg Co., TX
August 15, 2005 (J Sinclair)
(Nectaring in Tenaza,
a preferred nectar flower for Urania)
Hugh Ramsey Park
Harlingen, Hidalgo Co., TX
August 15, 2005 (C Mild)
Two individuals were present
(nectaring on Eupatorium,
a preferred nectar flower for Urania)
National Butterfly Center
Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX
November 7, 2003 (S Sill, D Hanson & M Callanan)
(Urania fulgens larvae feed on Omphalea spp.)
Photo by Neal G. Smith, Panama
Please report any additional records to
mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us or 512-912-7059
Please include date, location & county of record.
11 Nov 2005
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