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Small Orange and Black Butterfly from the Texas Hill Country - Vanessa atalanta
Copyright © 2016 Dick Locke

Small Orange and Black Butterfly from the Texas Hill Country - Vanessa atalanta
Between Wimberley and Blanco, Texas, USA
February 13, 2016
One of a number of butterflies or skippers going after the blooming rosemary.
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Contributed by Dick Locke on 14 February, 2016 - 9:23am

I added a full-sized image of
I added a full-sized image of this butterfly to my web site:
http://www.dl-digital.com/ButterfliesHillCountry.htm
… Dick Locke, 6 March, 2016 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Red Admiral
Dick, welcome to BugGuide. Great images. Happy buggin.
Moved from ID Request.
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Thanks Cliff
Cliff, thanks for all your help with all my hill country bugs. Sadly, my vacation in the hill country ends today so I'll be relegated to back yard stuff for the next two months ;-)
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