Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY Butterflies Page 25, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Woohoo!!! I was able to photograph a Banded Orange Heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa) today!!!

Went and met up with some friends who were out butterflying. I missed seeing a Tropical Greenstreak by about an hour but around 4pm a lady drove up from another park and was showing us photos on her camera. She thought she had photographed an Isabella Heliconian and wanted us to look at her photos. It was an Banded Orange Heliconian!!!

Man oh man, I've never seen so many scramble for their cars and speed off to the other park (about a mile from where we were at). The butterfly was still there and many were able to get photos too. This is a big butterfly - a tad bigger than a Julia Dryas and much more striking. It realy stood out in the garden. Very vibrant - a real looker!!!

The last time we saw one was in 2003.

~ Cat

This message was edited Dec 8, 2007 7:03 PM