What an absolutely gorgeous example of infernalis! OMG I gotta get at least one that looks like that. Beautiful!

IMHO ordinoides has been way under appreciated for too long. We know better though. Some of them are just quite stunning. I too used to have melanistic ordinoides, and I know where they can still be found. I don't think I've ever ran across the burgandy though. Almost blue, or steel blue, yes. Other interesting speckled combo's resulting in the impression of a cool color, yes, but not burgandy/purple. I'll sure be on the look out next spring though!