Falcate Orangetip -First of Year- (Anthocharis midea) Charles County, Maryland

Today was another hold-on-to-your-hat day. We were shivering in our jackets wishing we had warm gloves. With the heavy clouds and arctic wind it did not feel like Spring at all, but it was Spring for this early and very brave male Falcate Orangetip. We found him clinging to a humble Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower.

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