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Vanessa virginiensis
Upperside with uneven brown, yellow, and orange pattern. Forewing with a black apical patch, a small white spot in the orange field below the patch, and a white bar at the leading edge of the forewing. Underside of hindwing with two large eyespots. Winter form is smaller and paler, summer form larger with brighter coloring.
Open places with low vegetation including dunes, meadows, parks, vacant lots, forest edges
Spotted on Apr 6, 2012
Submitted on Apr 7, 2012
3 Comments
Preciosas series
Gorgeous colors. Great series
The markings in the first image are fabulous. Great set of pics