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Pearl Crescent

Phyciodes tharos

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Field Notes

Description:

The Pearl Crescent is a small butterfly with intricate orange and black patterns along the wings. Wingspan 21-34 mm long. Genus Phyciodes. There are many pearl crescent variations, shown by Wikipedia's image here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_crescent#mediaviewer/File:Phyciodes_…. If i'm not mistaken, mine is the one in the center.

Habitat:

Memorial Lake State Park, Grantville, PA

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The MnMs
Beautiful, Caleb! I had missed these new nice spottings you had posted. Now I am catching up ;-)

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PublishedAugust 4, 2014

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