The
Friends of
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Checklist |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Host Plants for Caterpillars |
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Silver Spotted Skipper |
Epargyreus clarus |
Locust, False Indigo, Legumes |
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Tiger Swallowtail |
Papilio glaucus |
Cherry, Ash |
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Giant Swallowtail |
Papilio cresphontes |
Prickly Ash |
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Spicebush Swallowtail |
Papilio troilus |
Spicebush, Sassafras (They probably breed south of Volo Bog & migrate north during the summer) |
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Black Swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
Carrot Family |
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Cabbage White |
Pieris rapae |
Mustard Family |
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Clouded |
Colias philodice |
Alfalfa, Clover, Sweet Clover, Legumes |
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Cloudless |
Phoebis sennae |
Cassia, Senna |
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Orange |
Colias eurytheme |
Alfalfa, Clover, Sweet Clover, Legumes |
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Eastern Tailed Blue |
Everes comyntas |
Legumes including Clovers, Bush Clover, Vetch, Sweet Clover, Lupine, & Pea |
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Spring Azure |
Celastrina argiolus |
Dogwood, Viburnum |
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Swamp Metalmark |
Calepeilis muticum |
Thistles |
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Viceroy |
Limenitis archippus |
Willows, |
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Red Spotted Purple |
Limenitis astyanax |
Willows, Aspens, Cottonwoods |
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American Painted Lady |
Vanessa virginiensis |
Pussytoes & Everlastings |
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Painted Lady |
Vanessa cordui |
Thistles, Mallows, & Composites |
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Buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
Plantain, Gerardia, Toadflax, & Snapdragon |
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Euplydryas phaeton |
Turtlehead, Beardtongue |
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Red Admiral |
Vanessa atalanta |
Nettle |
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Mourning Cloak |
Nymphalis antiopa |
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Question Mark |
Polygonia interrogationis |
Nettle, Hackberry |
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Comma |
Polygonia comma |
Nettle, False Nettle, Elm |
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Phyciodes tharos |
Asters |
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American Copper |
Lycaena phlaeas |
Sorrel, Curled Dock, Docks |
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Little Wood Satyr |
Megisto cymela |
Grasses |
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Eyed Brown |
Satyrodes eurydice |
Sedges |
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Monarch |
Danaus plexippus |
Milkweeds |
List
From Randy Schietzelt