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Colias eurytheme, orange sulphur, egg - Colias eurytheme
Copyright © 2010 MJ Hatfield

Colias eurytheme, orange sulphur, egg - Colias eurytheme
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 30, 2010
Size: 1+ mm
There are lots of orange sulphurs in Iowa this year. I watched them land on white clover, Trifolium repens, and usually found an egg. They were white when laid, 3 days ago.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 2 August, 2010 - 9:25am
Last updated 19 October, 2017 - 9:41pm

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