An Additional Festive Touch

This Common Mestra seemed to be particularly attracted to the Guayacan, fluttering around the branches until it came to rest and perched for an extended period of time on the dark green leaves, showing off the brilliant upperside of its wings and adding to the festive appearance of the shrub:

From what I have observed, the Common Mestra (Mestra amymone), a small tropical Brushfoot, has been especially abundant here in Bexar County this year.

This set of photographs was taken along the El Camino Trail at the Medina River Natural Area on Tuesday, November 19, 2013.