About

Purpose:

The purpose of the website is to help with the identification and recognition of different species of butterflies, particularly those found in Starr County, TX. The website is owned and maintained by Berry Nall. I am solely responsible for all content, including errors. I am an enthusiast and not an expert, so mistakes are likely. Please notify me of any misidentified pictures or other issues with the website.

One of my reasons for developing this site was to learn web programming that involves CSS, PHP, and MYSQL. Along the way, I discovered that different browsers (mainly, IE and Firefox/Mozilla) do NOT interpret standards in the same way. While the site is under development it will be formatted for IE; I hope to address formatting problems in Firefox after the site is built. Menus on this site were created by modifying code from Stu Nicholls' CSS play and GRC's menu system.

Print Reference:

Bordelon and Knudson, Official Checklist of the Butterflies of the Rio Grande Valley Texas, Texas Lepidoptera Survey, 2007. - Used as authoritative guide for scientific names (genus and species).

Brock and Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, 2003. My primary reference for butterfly ID's.

Glassberg, A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, 2007. An excellent supplement to Brock and Kaufman; it includes species and provides more hints for differentiating similar species.

Berry Nall
PO Box 22
Falcon Heights, TX 78545
lb@thenalls.net

Butterflies are a hobby. My vocations:

Pastor, Falcon Heights Baptist Church    www.fhbaptist.com
 Science Teacher, Roma High School    science.thenalls.net