A Glimpse

Last night I carefully selected four unmounted butterflies from my collection, removed them from their papers, and placed them into my makeshift butterfly sauna for the evening. This morning they’re pliable and ready for pinning. This gives you a glimpse into how my collection takes shape.

A friend of mine informed me a few days ago that she found an expired butterfly outside her home in perfect condition. I believe that will be my first official Florida specimen. I’m excited to see it, her description over the phone is reminiscent of one I saw back in February… just a glimmer of orange, green, and blue through the corner of my eye. I squinted to get a better look having never seen one like it before. I couldn’t make it out, was it a common sulfur with unusual coloring or something more exotic? Before I had a chance to grab my book, it was gone and I haven’t seen one since.

We shall see…