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Sleepy Orange - Hodges#4242 (Abaeis nicippe)
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Copyright © 2008
Mike Jennings
Sulfur? -
Abaeis nicippe
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
September 13, 2008
I never did get to see the upper wing surfaces. Some orange visible as here and a general yellow tinge. About the size of a cabbage white, which were feeding on the same salvia.
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Contributed by
Mike Jennings
on 13 September, 2008 - 9:30pm
Last updated 4 October, 2008 - 1:57am
Winter Form
I've haven't seen a Sleepy with wings this color. But the vermiculated lower hindwing (embossed look) is a good ID for winter form Sleepy Orange.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 19 December, 2008 - 9:07am
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Sleepy Orange, I believe
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and compare below:
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 14 September, 2008 - 6:44am
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