Critters of the Week

Where Spotted: Reedy Creek
Common Name: Horace’s Duskywing
Scientific Name: Erynnis horatius
Wing Span: 1 7/16 – 1 15/16 inches (3.6 – 4.9 cm)

Quick Facts Courtesy of Butterflies and Moths of North America

• The Duskywing prefers open woodlands and edges, clearings, fencerows, wooded swamps, power-line right-of-ways, open fields, roadsides.
• The caterpillar version of the Duskywing can be found on both red and white oaks including willow oak (Quercus phellos), northern red oak (Q. velutina), scrub oak (Q. ilicifolia), water oak (Q. nigra), post oak (Q. stellata), and live oak (Q. virginiana).
• To seek females, males perch at the ends of twigs on hilltops or slopes about 1 foot above the ground. Mating has been observed around midday; females deposit eggs singly on new growth of the host.
• Horace’s Duskywing visits flower up to about 4.5 feet tall including dogbane, buttonbush, sneezeweed, goldenrod, peppermint, boneset, and winter cress.

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