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Mixed woodland / townhouse subdivision.
. Hackberry trees are the only host plants ...
It is a medium sized orange butterfly.The ...
The Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) ...
Yellow jacket eating a hackberry emperor ...
On my foot! These have landed on me more than once...
Brownish with many eyelets. Interior had some orange
Upper is reddish-brown with spots on the wings. Front wing has 1 to 3 while ...
The underside of wings are gray to brown with distinctive patterns and eyespots.
Perched on a large Post Oak tree on my property.
, rarely visiting flowers. Males are pugnacious, darting out at other