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White Peacock

Anartia jatrophae

Habitat:

Wooded area, barrier island: Siesta Key FL

Notes:

White hyssop, matchheads, and wild petunias serve as hostplants. Pale yellow eggs are laid singly near the hostplant or on the underside of the hostplant's leaves. The caterpillars are black with silver or white dots and many spines. The chrysalis is light green with small black dots.

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6 Comments

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 11 years ago

very pretty...great photo

Theresa_Young
Theresa_Young 11 years ago

Beautiful

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Preciosa

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks...sometimes it's really nice to look closely at the common organisms.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

I love the color, very beautiful spotting

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Spotted on May 13, 2012
Submitted on May 13, 2012

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