Observation date: October 15, 2025
Submitted by: ChowMother
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Drinking nectar from orange and yellow Cosmos flowers.
Status: Stray
Verified by: jmgesell
Verified date: January 18, 2026
Coordinator notes: Going out on a limb here, but this is the only viable option I can think of that this individual could be. This would be an extreme stray far outside of its normal expected range along the southern Gulf Coast in TX. My other thought would be a strongly pigmented/aberrant Common Buckeye, with the strong PM HW orange bars and large HW eyespots. Open to other suggestions... -jmgesell
