AMERICAN SNOUT- widespread North America and in our area, uncommon late winter to late autumn p. 100  Snouts are a butterfly that may land on you!  GULF FRITILLARY- summer immigrant- some years becoming common late summer into fall p.100    VARIEGATED FRITILLARY- common early spring until late fall p. 102    DIANA FRITILLARY- rare to uncommon, open areas mountains and foothills p. 103 male below  GREAT-SPANGLED FRITILLARY- fairly common late spring through early autumn p.103 APHRODITE FRITILLARY- rare with historical records, but found in nearby NC mountains in summer p. 104 this one at 5000'+ on nearby western Blue Ridge Parkway  SILVERY CHECKERSPOT- rare to uncommon, late spring and summer p. 110   PEARL CRESCENT- Most common Cresccent. Common early spring to late fall p. 113  BALTIMORE CHECKERSPOT- rare wetland and hypothetical mountains, one brood June, this one, wetland near Inman, SC and first SC record in decades p. 116 QUESTION MARK- fairly common late winter to late autumn but uncommon summer p. 117 Two broods- the first spring/summer brood has much black on the hind wing. The second summer/fall brood which over winters has orange on hind wing. On the top forewing you can see rectangular shaped bar marking that doesn't occur on the Eastern Comma species. EASTERN COMMA- smaller and usually less common than Question Mark. In addition to missing that rectangu;as bar marking, the wings are more jagged than the larger question Mark. Uncommon late winter to late autumn, but rarer summer when it estivates. Two broods with same color variation as Question Mark, note the common (without the dot)on the underwing of this species. p. 117   MORNING CLOAK- uncommon late winter to late autumn, but rarer summer when it estivates p. 121 AMERICAN LADY- One of our widespread and common butterflies- early spring to late autumn p. 122 PAINTED LADY- irregular summer into autumn. Painted Ladies arrive from Texas and Mexico in large numbers some years and are absent other years p. 122 Note the 4 eye spots. American lady has two eye spots. RED ADMIRAL- irrregular and strongly migratory species that may arrive in April and be rare to common until the fall migration south p. 123- |
