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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Dicot Skippers (Eudaminae) » Flashers (Telegonus) » Qian's Flasher - Hodges#3896 (Telegonus tsongae)
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Two-barred Flasher - Telegonus tsongae
Copyright © 2006 Joshua Stuart Rose

Two-barred Flasher - Telegonus tsongae
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
Photographed in (I think) February 2006. This individual, like nearly all individuals of this species that I have observed, is nectaring on Mexican Olive, also known as Anacahuita (Cordia boissieri; Boraginaceae).
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 14 May, 2006 - 4:08pm
Last updated 30 December, 2017 - 9:08am

Funny....
Somebody cruising for porn is going to get this image:-) Ha!
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2006 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
oh, I get it...
When I saw one of these for the first time, I did not know how to tell Two-barred from the other species like Gilbert's, etc. Kenn Kaufmann and his fiance were across the garden, so I just yelled "Flasher!" It hit me right after I yelled that if a policeman were within earshot, they might think something totally different in response to that yell than a butterfly watcher...

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 15 May, 2006 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

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