January 19, 2023

I am a Pearl Crescent butterfly

Named for the pale crescent mark on my underwing wing margin

If you would like for me to come visit you,

Plant smooth-leaved true Asters in your garden.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Phyciodes-tharos

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

August 22, 2020

Location: Fellsmere, my house

I am a Pearl Crescent Butterfly
I live throughout the eastern United States
If I emerge in the spring or fall
My wings will have different traits.

Note: As described in the linked article, "Spring and fall broods (form marcia) have a gray mottled hindwing below."

Sources: Butterflies and Moths of North America - Pearl Crescent

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

November 26, 2018

Location: Okeechobee, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

I am a Pearl Crescent butterfly,
Phyciodes tharos is my scientific name.
You can find me on many different flowers
Including Swamp Milkweed, Asters and Dogbane.

Sources: Butterflies and Moths of North America - Pearl Crescent

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson