Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Picture 84 started 12-11-10, 1 by lepfarmer

lepfarmer wrote:
Sheila: I love warm winter days when we get to see these hibernating adults come out for a quick fly-around. You can be sure he's hunkered down in some protected spot today!

Here's a Common Buckeye that I shot in my flight cage today. I've been rearing these guys all winter (along with some other species). This is form "rosa" -- notice the reddish cast to the ventral surface of the wings -- which appears in late Fall.

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com