Butterflies at the Bog

American Snout
Libytheana carinenta

Notes: It is a visitor of Ohio, rare to uncommon; occassionally abundant. First time Rob has seen this one at Cedar Bog.
Larval Food:  common hackberry, sugarberry, and dwarf hackberry
Habitat: rich, deciduous woodlands, stream corridors, swampos, forest edges, woodland clearings and adjacent open, brushy areas

Appalachian Brown
Satyrodes appalachia

Notes: It is a resident of Ohio, rare to uncommon. Although populations tend to be localized, they can attain moderate densities--which I am seeing at Cedar Bog. The Appalachian Brown was documented to being seen in Champaign County, but never recorded as to being seen at Cedar Bog.
Larval Food:  grasses and sedges - hairy sedge, upright sedge, and fowl mannagrass
Habitat: wooded swamps, moist, grassy glades, wet woodlands, stream corridors and forest margins

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Notes: Visitor of Ohio, the are rare to occasional. First time Rob has seen this one at Cedar Bog.
Larval Food:  a wide variety of herbacious plants several families (Acanthaceae, Verbenaceae, Scrophulariaceae, and Pantaginaceae) including toadflax, false foxglove and plantain
Habitat: fields, pastures, roadsides, fallow agricultural land, gardens, open pineland, disturbed sites

Eastern Tailed Blue
Everes comyntas

Notes: Resident of Ohio, the are occasional to common; locally abundant. It is the only blue in the eastern US that has tail extensions--and those are commonly worn off as the creature bounces around.
Larval Food:  wide variety of herbaceous Fabaceae including clover, bush clover, Alfalfa, sweet clover, and beggarweeds
Habitat: open, disturbed sites including roadsides, vacant lots, old fields, utility easments, fallow agricultural land, pastures, prairies and home gardens

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus

Notes: Resident of Ohio, the are occasional to common. She is a bit beat up--but what is interesting is she is NOT YELLOW. Males are always yellow, whereas females can be either yellow or black. The black Eastern Tiger female as well as the Spicebush Swallowtail are mimics to the Pipevine Swallowtail. One book I read on butterflies suggested that any black swallowtail should be looked at twice before deciding the species.
Larval Food:  wild cherry, black cherry, ash and tulip tree
Habitat: deciduous forests, woodland margins, gardens, parks, old fields, pastures, roadsides, alfalfa fields

Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele

Notes: Resident of Ohio, the are occasional to abundant. There are a number of interesting butterflies and skippers to be seen at the "Pac-Man" in the parking lot. July is prime time for most species.
Larval Food:  various violets
Habitat: open deciduos woodlands, forest margins, roadsides, pastures, old fields, wet meadows, prairies

Northern Pearly Eye
Enodia anthedon

Notes: Resident of Ohio, the are uncommon to occasional and localized. Out at the bog Tuesday, September 2, 2008--my weekly coverage--which my butterfly week actually starts on Tuesday (April 1st was a Tuesday.) This one was seen where you can jump off the trail and feel the earth move under your feet.
Larval Food:  various grasses - whitegrass, indian woodoats, tall fescue, silver plumegrass, bearded shorthusk and reed canarygrass
Habitat: moist shaded woodlands, stream corridors, marsh edges, fens and semi-open grassy areas along forest margins

Painted Lady
Vanessa virginiensis

Notes: Primarily a Visitor of Ohio, the are occasional to common. This picture shows one drinking nectar from some wild bergamot in the Pac Man Prairie area. Painted lady was not on Not on Albrecht's list of butterflies logged at the bog.
Larval Food:  Cudweeds, sweet everlasting, Pussy-toes, and others
Habitat: open, disturbed sites including roadsides, old fields, pastures, utility easements and gardens

Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta

Notes: Visitor of Ohio, it is occasional to common and can be locally abundant. My first documented butterfly in early April was the Red Admiral.
Larval Food:  False Nettle, Pelitory and nettles
Habitat: moist woodlands, forest edges, roadside ditches, canals and pond margins, wetlands, parks, meadows, gardens