BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION |
Family Pieridae (the whites and sulphurs), subfamily Pierinae (the whites)
falcate orangetip
Anthocharis midea
nectaring on Viola rafinesquii |
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Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♀ Rockdale County, 11 March 2011 |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♂ Rockdale County, 22 February 2002 |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♀ Rockdale County, 1 April 2006 |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♂ Rockdale County, 7 April 2004 |
Photos by Francis Michael Stiteler |
nectaring on Cardamine hirsuta |
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Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♀ Rockdale County, 17 March 2011 |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♂ Rockdale County, 13 March 2011 |
nectaring on Cerastium glomeratum |
nectaring on Vicia caroliniana |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♀ Rockdale County, 19 March 2011 |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit ♂ Rockdale County, 25 March 2011 |
Characteristic pose with upraised abdomen of unreceptive female in the presence of a pestering male |
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Monastery of the Holy Spirit Rockdale County, 23 March 2011 |
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Photos and video by Jim Allison |
egg (~1 mm long) on Cardamine (Dentaria) diphylla |
larva raised in captivity, on Cardamine pensylvanica |
prepupa |
Indian Springs State Park Butts County, 26 March 2011 |
Montpelier Station Road Bibb County, 1 April 2011 |
Montpelier Station Road Bibb County, 14 April 2011 |
three chrysalides |
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Montpelier Station Road Bibb County, 14 April 2011 |
Montpelier Station Road Bibb County, 17 April 2011 |
Photos and video by Rose Payne |