BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION

 

Family Pieridae (the whites and sulphurs), subfamily Pierinae (the whites)

falcate orangetip

Anthocharis midea

 

 

nectaring on Viola rafinesquii

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

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

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 23 March 2011

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

Montpelier Station Road

Bibb County, 14 April 2011

Montpelier Station Road

Bibb County, 17 April 2011

Photos and video by Rose Payne