Dancing Around the Sun

Before the arctic blast arrived last week (December 5 - 9 was the third coldest on record for those dates here in San Antonio), many butterflies were active along the Mission Reach. Most were various species of Sulphurs and Skippers. The one butterfly that particularly caught my eye was this Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) that danced around the Sunflower blossom as it enjoyed the flower's nectar:

This set of photographs was taken at the Roosevelt Park Trailhead of the San Antonio River Mission Reach on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.