Howard County Bird Club
Red-spotted Purple
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. |
| Red-spotted Purple (2.25–4″) Red-spotted Purple |
Common: L-May to M-Sep | Wet woods roads | Wet spots, rotting fruit | Wild cherry, poplar, aspen | |
July 20, 2011
Daniels Road (PVSP)
Richard Orr
May 20, 2012
MPEA
Allen Lewis
July 7, 2012
Ellicott City
Kathy Litzinger
August 26, 2011
Pigtail (Triadelphia Reservoir)
Richard Orr
August 23, 2006
Centennial Park
June Tveekrem
Pupating
April 21, 2012
Columbia
Linda Hunt
Pupa
April 24, 2012
Columbia
Linda Hunt
Beginning to emerge
September 6, 2015
West Friendship Park
Bonnie Ott
Energing
September 6, 2015
West Friendship 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: 4/30/2017 Late: 11/11/2019