Horace’s Duskywing

Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.

Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page. BugGuide is another web resource.

Legend:

Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches)
Common name [link is to USGS]
Occurrence level & flight period.
Habitat. Typically visits (for nectaring). Larval host plants.

 

Horace’s Duskywing (1.4–1.9″)Horace’s Duskywing Common: L-Apr to E-Sep Woods (May); marshes (Jul) Buttonbush Red oaks, white oaks

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Male
July 5, 2012
Ellicott City
Cathy Litzinger

Horace's Duskywing
Rockburn Branch Park
August 16, 2021
Annette Allor

Female ovipositing
August 16, 2021
Rockburn Branch Park
Annette Allor

Columbia

Female
July 6, 2014
Columbia
Linda Hunt

Gateway Business Park

August 29, 2016
Gateway Business Park
Jim Wilkinson

Ellicott City

Hind wing—ventral view
August 17, 2012
Ellicott City
Kathy Litzinger

Mount Pleasant

July 16, 2011
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott

Individuals seen in each 10-day period to date during the butterfly survey

The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.

Early: 4/2/2016 Late: 5/18/2014