One of those wandering about was Justin LeClair who thought he had glimpsed the hummer. While he was searching he found what at the time appeared to be an Isabella Heliconian. When I heard about it, I ran over as I have not seen one in a few years. The butterfly was perched low in the shade on a Turk's-cap and when I put my camera on it the first thing I saw was the bright yellow antennae. I told him and his buddy Tony that I didn't think this was an Isabella but that it might be the much more rare Tiger Mimic-Queen. I had seen one a few years ago and remembered the bright yellow antennae. We checked online with our phones and sure enough I was right. We got the word out and luckily it stayed put and gave the birders and arriving butterfliers a really nice lifer. There are only a handful of records north of Mexico for this spectacular relative of the Monarch.
