The Red-Spotted Purple

What: Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Sex: Male

City: Lufkin, Texas

County: Polk

How: Caught while nectaring at a flowering tree at the entrance to the Davy Crockett National Forest.

When: May, 2001

Who: Robert J. Nuelle, Jr.

Comments: I thought this was another Black Swallowtail, but after a second look, I pursued it around the side of the Ranger Station and carefully netted it. What a Beauty!