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Website. www.nationalbutterflycenter.org. The National Butterfly Center is a private nature preserve operated by the North American Butterfly Association that serves as an outdoor butterfly conservatory. It is located adjacent to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, near the city of Mission in Hidalgo County in the U.S. state of Texas.
The park has become a prime area for bird watching and butterfly watching. When the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park became the headquarters [ 5 ] of the World Birding Center's network of nine sites in 2004, vehicular traffic was banned and RV camping was no longer allowed in the park.
FIPS code. 48-77272 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1349656 [3] Website. www.weslacotx.gov. Weslaco (/ ˈwɛsləkoʊ / WESS-lə-koh) is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 41,103, [4] and in 2020 the estimated population was 40,160. [5] It is located at the southern tip of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley ...
The Davis Mountains are a sky island, an isolated mountain range surrounded by desert. The town of Fort Davis at the foot of the Davis Mountains has an elevation of 1,500 m (4,900 ft). From that elevation, the sky island rises to 2,555 m (8,383 ft). As the elevation increases, average temperatures decline and precipitation increases, permitting ...
1966. Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,088-acre (8.45 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge situated along the banks of the Rio Grande, south of Alamo in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Hidalgo County, South Texas. The wildlife refuge was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943. Its unique location is at the meeting of ...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Possum Kingdom State Park is a state park in Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA, that was built in the 1940s by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2888 and opened to the public in 1950. [2] It covers approximately 1,530 acres (620 ha), and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas.
Anteos clorinde (white angled-sulphur) Anteos maerula (yellow angled-sulphur) Aphrissa statira (Statira sulphur) Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur) Colias philodice (clouded sulphur) Eurema albula (ghost yellow) Eurema boisduvaliana (Boisduval's yellow) Eurema daira (barred yellow) Eurema dina (dina yellow)
A private 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1967, the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is located in McKinney, Texas, United States.With a 289-acre wildlife sanctuary, five miles of hiking trails, about fifty acres of wetlands, a two-acre native plant garden, a butterfly house, live animals, indoor and outdoor exhibits, the Heard welcomes over 100,000 visitors annually ...