Image of Megathymus streckeri texana Barnes & McDunnough 1912

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Lifer! Huge thanks go to Bill Dempwolf of Austin, who has monitored this population for several years, and maintained close communication with the cooperative landowner. The landowner and Bill were kind enough to guide a small group of us this morning to see these butterflies during their very short flight period. Image 1: female Image 2: male Image 3: newly-laid egg (green-tinted) Image 4: ~week-old egg (red-tinted)