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Silverspot, upperwing - Dione moneta
Copyright © 2009 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose Ph.D.

Silverspot, upperwing - Dione moneta
World Birding Center at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 15, 2008
The winter of 2008-9 featured quite an irruption of this species into the LRGV. The species tends to stay in flight, high and fast, and so is tough to photograph; I saw it many times before I finally got these photos. I eventually got a few better ones, mostly on cool winter mornings when the buggers were a bit less flighty than usual.

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 6 July, 2009 - 10:09pm
Last updated 22 May, 2016 - 10:55pm

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