{"id":4429,"date":"2013-11-18T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2013-11-17T19:30:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T00:30:36","slug":"red-bordered-pixie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=4429","title":{"rendered":"Red-bordered Pixie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_4763_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4763_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_4763_1.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though the best known US colony of Red-bordered Pixie butterflies might be next to the Burger King in Edinberg Texas,&nbsp; I came across a few at the National Butterfly Center. One was an orange-fringed and very worn specimen,&nbsp; but two were full reds,&nbsp; and appeared quite fresh. This one was tucked back in the foliage high in a small tree. Not the best light but it is such a spectacular bug! <\/p>\n<p>Pixies are Metalmarks though they appear quite atypical for the family.&nbsp; They are only found in South Texas,&nbsp; in the Rio Grande Valley floodplain. Finding the few I found at the NBC was one of the highlights of my visit to the gardens&#8230;one of the highlights of my visit to the Valley in fact. <\/p>\n<p>Canon SX50HS in Program with &#8211; 1\/3rd EV exposure compensation and iContrast. 1800mm equivalent field of view. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4429\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=4429&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4429\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=4429&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=4429&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the best known US colony of Red-bordered Pixie butterflies might be next to the Burger King in Edinberg Texas,&nbsp; I came across a few at the National Butterfly Center. 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