BUTTERFLY WALKS: Surround yourself with butterflies. 
We tell you where on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

They flit.  They flutter.  And, Resaca de la Palma State Park is 
one of the best places to witness their flight.
 
04—The Rio Grande valley is one of the most ecologically diverse 
places in the world.  

Kelly Ann Cummins is a Park Ranger Interpreter at Resaca de la 
Palma State Park.

10—We’re lucky and fortunate in that level of diversity is what attracts 
and provides habitat for a lot of our interesting animals both insects 
butterflies and wildlife.

The park will see about 150 butterfly species during the year.  
A total of 300 are either residential or will migrate through the 
Rio Grande valley annualy.

15—Coming here is a spoil of riches.  Like some of the rarest butterfly 
types in north America you see them in parking lots, you see them in 
city parks, you see them in this park.  A great way for folks to learn 
more, to be more engaged with what they are seeing is to come to a 
program. 

Butterfly walks and butterfly talks are offered every other 
Sunday until October when they become weekly.

The best time to go ion a butterfly walk, says Kel;ly, is generally 
the afternoon. The later in the afternoon, the better. It’s a mellow activity 
and gives folks an opportunity to breathe and focus and enjoy 
the beauty of being surrounded by maybe up to a couple thousand 
butterflies.  

It’s an opportunity to check in with the natural world 
and to enjoy the riches from the Rio Grande valley.

For more information, go to our website and search: Resaca de 
la Palma State Park.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. 


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