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Tawny Emperor

Asterocampa clyton

Description:

"Geographically variable. Upperside is chestnut brown; forewing with 2 brown bars in the cell, no white spots, and no eyespots near the outer margin. Hindwing uppersides are orange with black submarginal spots in one form, and all black in the other form. Life History: Males perch on trees in full sun to watch for females. Eggs are laid in large groups of 200-500 on bark or the underside of mature leaves of host plants. Caterpillars eat leaves and young ones feed gregariously. Third-stage caterpillars hibernate in groups of about 10 inside a dead curled leaf."

Habitat:

Open woodlands

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Liam
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Liam

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Oct 2, 2010
Submitted on Nov 15, 2012

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