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Pearl Crescent - Hodges#4481 (Phyciodes tharos)
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Copyright © 2007
Nina
Tawny Crescent/Pearl Cresent?-Phyciodes -
Phyciodes tharos
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Burlington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
August 22, 2006
Size: approx 2 inch wingspan
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Contributed by
Nina
on 20 July, 2007 - 8:38am
Last updated 6 October, 2010 - 7:46pm
Pearl
If you read your field guide you would have noted that Tawny Crescents fly in the spring only. We get them in May here in NC and they are VERY rare found only in native habitat in the mountains. Pearls are a VERY common species.
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Randy Emmitt
, 20 July, 2007 - 9:53pm
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Pearl
I would say Pearl Crescent (
Phyciodes tharos
) b/c the underside is too well-marked for an eastern Tawny. What's the status of Tawny in NJ...I would imagine it's quite rare.
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Nick Block
, 20 July, 2007 - 10:19am
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probably pearl--agreed
Hi again, I agree it's probably a pearl as opposed to tawny. The county I live in does have confirmed tawny cresents according to the Butterflies and Moths of North America site. I live in an area that has better wildlife habitat than many others in NJ--probably because we have a large areas of protected wetlands, as well as the Pinelands National Forest. The rest of the state refers to people who live here as "pineys". In any event, I thought it was probably a pearl cresent but I'm a neophyte which is why I posted the question... thanks for the replies. 8:)
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1743&chosen_state=34*New%20Jersey
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Nina
, 22 July, 2007 - 9:40pm
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