Newly Eclosed Sleepy Orange

Newly Eclosed Sleepy Orange

Newly Eclosed Sleepy Orange

It came out of chrysalis on a chilly fall day. I put it out late in the afternoon on some white lantana which the Sleepy Oranges love. When I checked on it the next morning, it was still in the same place. I thought it was dead. I picked it up and was deciding how best to open it to take a picture of the inside of the wings, when after a minute or so the warmth from my hand revived it! I put it on some flowers in the sun, and saw it flying around later in the day. The inside wing color was an intense vivid orange, similar to the color of traffic cones. I wish I could have gotten a picture.

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