BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION 

 

Family Nymphalidae (the brushfoots), subfamily Nymphalinae (the "true" brushfoots)

mourning cloak

Nymphalis antiopa

 

 

Granite outcrop south of Veazey

Greene County, 8 February 2009

Unpaved roadbed south of Culverton

Hancock County, 15 May 2009

 

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 27 May 2011

near Dobbins Mountain

Bartow County, 28 May 2011

Photos and videos by Jim Allison

 

 

ovipositing on Salix nigra

Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge

Jasper County, 11 April 2011

 

eggs on Salix nigra

Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge

Jasper County, 11 April 2011

Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge

Jasper County, 19 April 2011

Photos and video by Rose Payne