Common Wood-nymph
Cercyonis pegala
38.7865, -75.1057
Field Notes
Description:
Wings are light to dark brown above; teh forewings usually have 1 or 2 small to very large eyspots that are rimmed iwth yellow or set in a yellow patch adn often have a small white or large blue center. Below, the wings are paler, with striations; teh hindwings have 1, 2, or 6 eyespots.
Habitat:
Fly in meadows, wetlands, fields, and open woodlands and along watercourses during summer. Southern Canada and most of US; absent in S. California and most of SW.
Notes:
Also called blue-eyed grayling
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