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Large Orange Sulphur - Hodges#4231 (Phoebis agarithe)
Photo#235800
Copyright © 2008
rapitman
A Pieris? -
Phoebis agarithe
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Austin, Texas, USA, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 24, 2008
Size: wingspan approx 2.5 inche
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Contributed by
rapitman
on 24 October, 2008 - 4:15pm
Last updated 25 November, 2008 - 5:15pm
Antigonon seems an odd hose for Phoebis
I'm not sure if it's been recorded before or not, but seems suspect. The host would normally be some sort of Legume. Could the plant actually be something else? Or, could the vine have been growing through something else?
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David J. Ferguson
, 26 October, 2016 - 11:29am
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Large Orange Sulphur/ Host Plant For Egg?
Could you Please tell me what plant she is Placing the egg on? Thanks so much!
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Robert Gorman
, 24 October, 2016 - 10:28pm
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plant i.d.
It was a coral vine, Antigonon leptopus.
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rapitman
, 25 October, 2016 - 10:44am
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coral vine
Thanks so much i will look it up, have a couple larva here of large orange sulphur/ adults flying through still stopping for nectar not sure where there going.
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Robert Gorman
, 25 October, 2016 - 1:51pm
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It's a Sulphur
Phoebis agarithe. Darn females aren't always yellow or orange :)
This is a nice shot of her laying an egg.
Moved from
Whites
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David J. Ferguson
, 25 November, 2008 - 5:15pm
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