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Speyeria cybele cybele
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Copyright © 2009
Ray Lemke
Fritillary species? -
Speyeria cybele
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Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
August 22, 2006
Is this an aphrodite, or great spangled fritillary? I can't tell them apart. For peripheral interest, note japanese beetles on left.
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Contributed by
Ray Lemke
on 28 January, 2009 - 9:12pm
Last updated 27 November, 2023 - 7:40pm
Moved
Moved from
Great Spangled Fritillary
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 27 May, 2010 - 11:00am
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No lack
of Japanese beetles in Milwaukee, is there?
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margarethe brummermann
, 30 January, 2009 - 10:57am
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You can say that again!
There seems to be a spike upwards in population.
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Ray Lemke
, 30 January, 2009 - 7:44pm
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I'm so single-minded,
that I didn't even notice the beetles. Hope I never see those here in my yard in New Mexico!
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David J. Ferguson
, 30 January, 2009 - 4:01pm
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Looks like a great spangled to me
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Mike Hofmann
, 29 January, 2009 - 1:51am
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was duplicate comment here
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David J. Ferguson
, 29 January, 2009 - 3:31pm
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agreed, S. cybele it is
a few comments to add. It's a female, which looks a bit different from males. For some reason most of the books tend to show photos of males (they are more brightly colored), which kind'a leaves the females in limbo when you're trying to identify them. The dark scaling along the veins on the upper front wing, that is so prominent in the males, is often entirely laking in females, which makes them look a little more like S. aprodite.
Look for the broad clear pale band around the outside of the under hind wing. On the front wing above there is no dark spot near the base of the lower edge (usually prominent on S. aphrodite), and the round black spots are usually much larger on this one.
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David J. Ferguson
, 29 January, 2009 - 3:29pm
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