Common Sootywing

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 and the following common name for additional information from USGS 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.

 

Common Sootywing (1–1.3″)

Common Sootywing

 Uncommon: May to Aug Gardens & fields White sweet clover Lamb’s quarters

July 5, 2018
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Karen Heffernan

July 8, 2013
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott

July 25, 2012
UMDCF
Annette Allor

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August 8, 2012
UMDCF
Annette Allor

Female
August 18, 2020
Woodbine
Linda Hunt

Female oviposition
September 4, 2022
Mount Pleasant
Annette Allor

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: 6/11/2017 Late: 9/6/2014