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Edith's Checkerspot

Euphydryas editha

Photo by LauraPound
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark body with stripes near the end of the abdomen, wings with bands of spots in white to pale yellow, and red-orange, with dark outlines.

Habitat:

Coastal chaparral, meadows, fields, foothills, open woods, alpine fellfields

Notes:

There was a road cut full of wet gravel where several varieties of butterflies and bees were drinking.

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