"It is by far the most common duskywing in Houston and the surrounding area."

"Horace's duskywing is dark brown above, the male more uniformly colored than his mate and with very little pattern contrast. The female displays a much more dramatic array of large translucent spots and dark markings. Both sexes lack the two round, pale spots on the underside of the hindwing that distinguish Juvenal's duskywing."

The above is probably a female. This is the male.

Photo taken with a Nikon D80, using a Nikon 200mm, f/4 micro manual focus lens.

March 21, 2009.