Falcate Orangetip at Estero, 3/1/13

Today I was looking for odes with friends Tony and Sheila from New Mexico.  We found Caribbean Yellowface and Straw-colored Sylph and were feeling pretty good about ourselves when I received a call from Mary Gustafson that a Falcate Orangetip had just been found at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco.  Well we raced over the nearly 40 miles and entered the park only to see the butterfly walk getting started.  Tony walks over to the group and immediately finds the Falcate Orangetip.  It was a new bug for all of us.  This early spring butterfly is quite rare in the RGV.