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Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) Orange Co., NC 11 June 2008 Widespread and common in North Carolina and the eastern US. | |
Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) Orange Co., NC 11 June 2008 Day-flying adults will nectar on a variety of flowers. Caterpillars feed on vines in the grape family. | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... June 28, 2008 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com