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Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Phyciodes tharos

Description:

Male (black antennae knobs). Variable markings. Orange with black border. White and black spots and dashes. Wingspan: 21-34 mm. Adult food: Nectar of wide variety of flowers including dogbane, swamp milkweed and asters.

Habitat:

Meadow with variety of flowers and weeds especially asters.

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Carol Snow Milne
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Carol Snow Milne

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Aug 30, 2013
Submitted on Mar 19, 2014

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