Jun 18 2016
Milkweed Borer [Tetraopes femoratus] found near Fletcher Park, off Mills Gap on 18 June 2016. It’s a Longhorn Beetle, in the family Cerambycidae. There was a milkweed plant nearby, but the plant it’s on is unidentified, as the leaves are not the right shape to be milkweed. The NWF Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of …
Apr 30 2016
This appears to be a Golden Banded-Skipper Butterfly [Autochton cellus] photographed at the Western North Carolina Nature Center, on the Trillium Trail, on 30 April 2016. The Golden Guide to Butterflies and Moths, pages 74-75, states that it’s “generally uncommon and unusually sluggish.” Butterflies and Moths of North America: Autochton cellus
Sep 28 2013
Checkered White Butterfly [Pontia protodice] found in Fletcher, North Carolina on 28 September 2013. Reader’s Digest North American Wildlife lists the White (Pierdae) butterfly family on page 267. Butterflies and Moths of North America: Pontia protodice
Sep 19 2013
Monarch Butterflies [Danaus plexippus] found in Fletcher, North Carolina on 19 & 24 September 2013. Reader’s Digest North American Wildlife, page 264, shows that this species can be found throughout the United States, southern Canada, and parts of Mexico. Butterflies and Moths of North America: Danaus plexippus
Sep 19 2013
This appears to be a Tawny-Edged Skipper Butterfly [Polites themistocles] found in Fletcher, North Carolina on 19 September 2013. Reader’s Digest North American Wildlife, page 269, states this species is a member of the Branded Skipper (Hesperiidae) family, and “rests with [its] forewings upright and hindwings spread.” Butterflies and Moths of North America: Polites themistocles
Sep 06 2013
Clouded Sulphur Butterfly [Colias philodice] found at Fletcher Park on 6 September 2013. It’s a member of the Sulphurs (Coliadinae) subfamily of Pieridae. Butterflies and Moths of North America: Colias philodice
Sep 05 2013
Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly [Epargyreus clarus] on Butterfly Bush found at the Manna Food Bank demonstration garden in Asheville, North Carolina on 5 September 2013. Butterflies and Moths of North America: Epargyreus clarus
Sep 04 2013
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly [Strymon melinus] found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 4 September 2013. Butterflies and Moths of North America: Strymon melinus
Aug 28 2013
Common Buckeye Butterfly [Junonia coenia] on Sericea Lespedeza, found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 28 August 2013. Butterflies and Moths of North America: Junonia coenia
