Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

Always a treat to find, Harvesters are uncommon in the NC mountains and fairly to very rare elsewhere in North Carolina. Harvesters have several broods and may be found on the wing from spring into fall. Harvesters are the only exclusively carnivorous North American butterflies; the larvae feed on wooly adelgids.

Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
Korstian Division, Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
7 Apr 2013


Buncombe Co., NC 26 June 2004	same individual

Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
Korstian Division, Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
4 Aug 2018

Left image with flash, right image without


Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006	Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006


Hill Forest, Durham, Co., NC 1 May 2005	Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006


Korstian Division, Duke Forest Orange Co., NC 5 May 2004	same individual


Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006

	And here's a puddle party of Harvesters (2) with and dining on Pipevine Swallowtails. Buncombe Co., NC 26 June 2004

Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
Korstian Division, Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
7 Apr 2013

Enjoying some fairly fresh horse dung.

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