Howard County Bird Club
Southern Coudywing
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. |
Separating Cloudywings (Northern from Southern)
| Southern Cloudywing (1.3–1.8″) Southern Cloudywing |
Uncommon: L-May to M-Aug | Dry fields at woods edges | Indian hemp (dogbane) | Tick trefoils, bush clover | |
May 14, 2013
King’s Contrivance (Columbia)
Linda Hunt
May 26, 2018
Murray Hill
Kevin Heffernan
August 7, 2013
Murray Hill
Linda Hunt
Female
May 18, 2015
Murray Hill
Linda Hunt
Mating
May 29, 2016
Murray Hill
Kevin Heffernan
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: 5/13/2015 Late: 6/28/2014