Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 33, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Woohoo! Am still here...if only for the weekend :o)

It was a long and boring week in South Carolina. Am still ticked off because I didn't see one single butterfly at the base!

Anyway, drove out to the ranch today and saw numerous lysides flitting around and got the best surprise ever...I saw a Banded Orange Heliconian!!! Those are extremely rare for us. Have only seen one in my lifetime...and now this makes two :o) A first for the ranch. Am not sure if it is a new county record for Starr County. I sent the sighting report to our local NABA chapter as well as NABA HQ.

Here's the beauty! Considering it was cloudy and everything is very dry it was a real shock to see a flash or orange fly out when Mom and I were walking the perimeter of the ranch.

~ Cat

This message was edited Mar 29, 2008 8:05 PM