Saturday, August 10, 2024

August 10, 2024

I am an Orange Sulphur Butterfly
In America, I'm ubiquitous to an extent
You can find me in vacant lots and clover fields
My caterpillars can leave alfalfa distressed.

Location: Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, Swanton, OH

Sources: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Colias-eurytheme

https://www.alfalfa.org/pdf/alfalfaenvironment2.pdf

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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