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Hackberry Emperor

Asterocampa celtis

Photo by ConorSheaWing
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

White spots all over inner upperwings, 2 white spots follow down to the inner underwings which are laced in black spots. A light creamy orange fills in any space that is not black or white.

Habitat:

Fluttering around a dumping area for unneeded mulch.

Notes:

This little one would fly over to me and land on me to try to get a taste of my sweat.. Never had that before.. lol

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Hackberry Emperor

Asterocampa celtis

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