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Forum: Bug and Insect IdentificationReplies: 3, Views: 46
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mgarr
Wilkes Barre, PA
(Zone 5b)

April 29, 2008
8:39 PM

Post #4884251

I caught this butterfly eating but I'm thinking it is a Orange-barred Sulpher. Am I right?

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claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA
(Zone 6b)

April 29, 2008
8:57 PM

Post #4884358

Maybe, but I think it looks more like a Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe. They're both very rare this far north.
mgarr
Wilkes Barre, PA
(Zone 5b)

April 30, 2008
9:12 AM

Post #4886309

I caught this at the Museum of Natural History in Washington DC at the new live butterfly display. They gave you a chart but showed the butterflies with wings opened.
Thanks for your help.
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)



May 1, 2008
6:34 PM

Post #4893421

I am pretty sure that this is not either of the Sulfurs mentioned. It looks to me like one of the Nymphalidae, but I have been unable to find it so far,

Kennedy

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