This wonderfully fresh male was photographed on the day after my daughter and I discovered the new Diana colony about ten miles from our house. We found several males twirling around each other over some Cicuta blooms, the Water Hemlock, in a clearing in the woods. We ran to them and watched our first Diana Fritillaries in amazement. I came back the next day to shoot this shot and others. This shows the rich chocolate and purple of the central wings of the male in full sunlight.