Fritzgaertner's Flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri)

Fritzgaertner's Flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri)

Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/17/04.

This mega-rarity was found by the bathroom at Santa Ana. It was flashed so much by photographers that it left and flew into the visitor's center, where it perched upside down under a bookshelf! (These two photos were taken without flash.)

Fritzgaertner's Flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri)

Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/17/04.

Looking directly up towards the ceiling.

All photographs and text ©2013 by Will Cook unless otherwise noted.