This splendid specimen is probably fresh from the chrysalis. Note the small caterpillar at the tip of his left wing. The two black spots on the innermost vein of the back wings identify a male. (Compare to the Viceroy butterfly).
Moments from River Patrol on the Silver River (in Silver Springs Florida, next to Ocala) where I am one of many CSO volunteers. This amazing, spring-fed river is now threatened more than during any other time during since it's rebirth more than 12,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. Let's all work hard to cherish and protect it for our grandchildren!
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