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American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
32.605, -84.883
Field Notes
Description:
Intricately laced underwings with eyelets give this beauty away.
Habitat:
West central ga.
xPreferred plant hosts for larvae are "everlasting" or "cudweed" herbs and their close relatives in the aster family (Asteraceae). Common hosts in Florida are:
Pennsylvania everlasting, Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera, also known as Pennsylvania cudweed
spoonleaf purple everlasting, Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera, also known as spoonleaf cudweed
Caribbean purple everlasting, (Gamochaeta antillana (Urb.) Anderb., also known as delicate everlasting
sweet everlasting, Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, also known as rabbit tobacco
Reference Links:
American lady - Vanessa virginiensis (Drury)
Species ID Suggestions
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 18, 2021
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