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unknown butterfly - Epargyreus clarus
Copyright © 2006 Jim Kramer

unknown butterfly - Epargyreus clarus
Efland, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
April 5, 2006
Size: 3/4"

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Contributed by Jim Kramer on 6 April, 2006 - 9:49am
Last updated 7 April, 2006 - 5:27pm

The plant...
The plant is another Glechoma hederacea.

Patrick Alexander
http://boechera.nmsu.edu/~paalexan/
… Patrick Alexander, 6 April, 2006 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Any thoughts..
Why is the butterfly probing the base of the flower?
… Jim Kramer, 6 April, 2006 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
Silver-spotted skipper
Epargyreus clarus, see http://bugguide.net/node/view/31469/bgimage

Maybe it just missed the inside of the flower w/ it's proboscis?
… Ethan Friedman, 6 April, 2006 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
It spent a long time working on the base of the flower and I thought that it was a bit odd?
… Jim Kramer, 6 April, 2006 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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