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Gorgone Checkerspot - Hodges#4489 (Chlosyne gorgone)
Photo#154719
Copyright © 2007
Randy C. Anderson
Unknown Cat -
Chlosyne gorgone
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
July 12, 2007
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Contributed by
Randy C. Anderson
on 31 October, 2007 - 8:51am
Last updated 4 June, 2010 - 1:49pm
We'll go ahead and put it with
Gorgone, allowing for a margin for error.
Moved from
Patches, Checkerspots
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David J. Ferguson
, 4 June, 2010 - 1:49pm
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cat.
Try mourning cloak Nymphalis antiopa.
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Charles Schurch Lewallen
, 31 October, 2007 - 2:37pm
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mourning cloak
I had considered mourning cloak, but mourning cloak is supposed to have "eight red patches down the back". This image has 9 patches and they are more orange. Also, it appears there may be another row of patches down near the feet. Hard to tell for sure (from this angle), but look near the head.
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John R. Maxwell
, 31 October, 2007 - 3:16pm
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Chlosyne
I think this was a good guess. Can't be absolutely certain of species, but it should be
C. gorgone
. The larvae of
C. lacinia
look almost identical, but I suspect it is less often seen so far north, and often have reddish on their heads. Both species feed on Composites such as Sunflower, Black-eyed Susan, Iva, etc. Both species' caterpillars come in a mostly black form, a mostly orange form, and this form that is black with orange down the back (sometimes it is broken into spots, sometimes more of a solid orange band).
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David J. Ferguson
, 31 October, 2007 - 4:45pm
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Not an ID
But it looks like some of those in Genus Chlosyne. Maybe?
http://bugguide.net/bgpage?stage_filter=caterpillars&r=http%3A%2F%2Fbugguide%2enet%2Fnode%2Fview%2F239%2Fbgimage
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John R. Maxwell
, 31 October, 2007 - 11:02am
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