This beautiful butterfly stopped for a visit on the bumper of my husband's pick-up truck, while he was washing it. I was so happy he had his cell phone handy!! Talk about good timing!!
I looked in my butterfly book and discovered it is a Red Spotted Purple Admiral. They mainly live in east Texas straight up to lower Great Lakes, east to coast lines. Also found in Mexico. They like a variety of trees including the blooms of Cherry trees(and we do grow them in east Texas). So I picked the blossoms of a cherry tree for the painting.
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