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Tawny Emperor
Asterocampa clyton
31.1089, -97.497
Field Notes
Description:
Geographically variable. Upperside is chestnut brown; forewing with 2 brown bars in the cell, no white spots, and no eyespots near the outer margin. Hindwing uppersides are orange with black submarginal spots in one form, and all black in the other form.
Wing Span: 1 5/8 - 2 3/4 inches (4.2 - 7 cm).
Habitat:
Red Oak in wooded portion of wildlife habitat yard.
Notes:
The first real cold front of the fall came through with high winds. This butterfly was struggling to fly in the wind. Finally it managed to land on a leaf, where it clung, bouncing up and down as the wind tossed the tree around.
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Asterocampa clyton
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Photographed
PublishedOctober 7, 2013
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