By now you know – that it’s not a beautiful woman, we’re talking about, but a beautiful spot on the map – the Emeralda Marsh.

I did initially come for birds – what else! But since I’m an omnivore – I won’t pass a Butterfly, Dragonfly
or Wildflower either!
And man – Emeralda did ever deliver. I can’t remember any day ever that produced so many lifers for me.

Today I will just look into Butterflies – which totally floored me.
Not so much at the scene – for I thought I was shooting the same Butterflies – just several times – but hey was I wrong. When pulling the images up on my PC I quickly noticed not only distinctive features, but also that I never saw these guys and gals before.

So it turned out to be a slugfest in Lifers, though a bit tough on the ID part of it – it took me 3 hours to get my Ducks in a row.

And here are the Lifers:

  • Hackberry Emperor
  • Empress Leilia
  • Empress Louisa
  • Empress Antonia
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Tropical Checkered Skipper

Question Mark and Sleepy Orange are sort of lifers. Have them, but pretty bad…

Enjoy!

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