These photographs were taken while attending the Texas Butterfly Festival in Mission, TX in October 2009. I took field trips to the The Edinburg Scenic Wetlands Center in Edinburg, Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park near Mission, the North American Butterfly Assoc. International Butterfly Center also near Mission, Estero Llano Grande State Park near Weslaco, the Frontera Audubon Nature Center in Weslaco, The Old Hidalgo Pumphouse State Park in Hidalgo, and one day on a private ranch "Rancho Lomitas" near Rio Grande City. All of these sites are in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.