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Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) in Louisiana - Phoebis philea - female
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) in Louisiana - Phoebis philea - Female
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 24, 2006
Our first Phoebis philea of 2006 was seen in January, and it has been seen in our yard almost daily since March. Our two Cassia plants have hosted many hundreds of larvae. Jeanell has collected and reared sixty plus. Females continue to oviposit daily. Contrary to previous years, our Cassia plants remained green throughout the past winter. This apparently allowed P. philea to overwinter successfully, breeding continuously as they do in the tropics. Gayle
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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 28 September, 2006 - 8:41am
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 4:31pm

Orange-barred Sulphur
Excellent photo! Thanks for posting it. I have never seen one. I am going to have to make a trip to southern coastal states just to find and photograph this one.
… Patrick Crone, 21 October, 2008 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

I agree, these have been relatively abundant this year
- like you I started seeing them early in the season (although they are only supposed to have one generation in N. Florida) and I see females ovipositing on my Senna daily. I wish I'd had time to rear more, as the ants and wasps appear to have taken all but a very few in their early instars, though. Kudos to you for keeping up your local population!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 October, 2006 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

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