Howard County Bird Club
Harvester
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. |
| Harvester (1.1–1.25″) Harvester |
Rare: Jun & Aug | Wet, bushy woods trails |
Mud puddles near alders and beech |
Larvae feed on wooly aphids |
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August 4, 2022
Rockburn Branch Park
Annette Allor
August 14, 2015
Rockburn Branch Park
Annette Allor
August 26, 2018
Morning Choice Trail, PVSP
Kevin Heffernan
August 17, 2020
Rockburn Branch Park
Bonnie Ott
August 12, 2022
Patuxent Branch Trail
Kevin Heffernan
Aphids feeding
September 6, 2015
Hollofield, PVSP
Linda Hunt
Caterpillar feeding
September 21, 2013
Bonnie Ott
Caterpillar feeding
September 21, 2014
Kevin Heffernan
Female ovipositing
August 12, 2022
Kevin Heffernan
Evidence of breeding.
Prepupal larva
August 29, 2018
Morning Choice Trail, PVSP
Kathy Litzinger
Chrysalis
January 1, 2023
Rockburn Branch Park
Bonnie Ott
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: 6/8/2014 Late: 10/10/2018