moth

I have no idea what kind of moth this is.

giant-swallowtail-papilio-cresphontes-1

Read more: (Almost) birdless Dallas.

giant-swallowtail-papilio-cresphontes-2

cloudless-sulphur-phoebis-sennae

gulf-fritillary-female-agraulis-vanillae

checkered-skipper-pyrgus

Checkered-skipper (Pyrgus sp.). Read more: Big Thicket revisited.

butterflies-at-seep

Just loose bark? Look again. I counted 15 butterflies (all hackberry emperors (Asterocampa celtis) except for one question mark), which were apparently sipping seeping sap!

question-mark-butterfly

Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis). Read more: Butterfly forest.

red-admiral

Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

hackberry-emperor

Hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis). Read more: Butterfly forest.