First Sighting, Finally!

[Anne Kilmer]

Ruddy daggerwings Marpesia petreus, zooming all over in my back yard. 
That's not lemonade; it's a Tom Collins. 
We also have a nice assortment of skippers, but I let the anoles have
all those. 
Cheers
anne Kilmer
South florida

Richard Worth wrote:
> 
> Well it's about time!  People have been reporting b'flies flying for
> months now.  While skiing in the Alps for Pete's sake!  You people in
> Florida were sipping lemonades with the leps on January 1!  Stuck way
> up here in the PNW corner of the world, I wonder sometimes if winter
> will ever end.  And the other day I saw it.  We actually had a day
> that hit 60 deg.F.  It was in Salem, Polk Co., Oregon on Friday the
> 24th of March and I saw a butterfly.  Yes, I have witnesses.  Of
> course, it was a cabbage white flying near a weedy mustard plant
> that, by the way, is an annual that bloomed all winter(very mild this
> winter) and is still going strong.  So I guess it's time to head out
> to a more remote location and look for Pieris napi.  I can't wait for
> the summer.  I'm looking forward to leading this year's July 4th
> count on Mary's Peak!
> Hasta la sunshine!
> Rich
> Richard A. Worth
> Oregon Department of Agriculture
> Plant Division
> rworth at oda.state.or.us
> (503) 986-6461