[TN-Butterflies] Re: darn duskywing

  • From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:28:11 -0500

Looks like a Wild Indigo Duskywing to me. Others?

Rita Venable, Franklin, TN
Williamson County

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:14 AM, <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Oct. 5, 2010 Cordell Hull Birthplace SP, Pickett County TN
>
> Those Darn Duskywings! I thought I was through with them for this year.
> Please see attached photo. After struggling with the identification process,
> going back and fourth with Juvenal's and Horace's and not being satisfied
> with either (this should be too late to see Juvenal's), I finally read down
> far enough in Glassburg under Wild Indigo DW to see under illustration #2
> plate #52 female, from above "... hind wing usually with pale, straight and
> thin cell-end bar." This individual looked more the size of
> Horace's/Juvenal's and not any smaller, but I believe this field mark
> indicates Wild Indigo. See if you agree.
> Wild Indigo already on the Pickett Co. list at BAMONA.
>
> Richard Connors
> Nashville
>
>
>

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