Happy Fall (2)


Part 2 of 2 of late summer insects at Presque Isle State Park, by Beach 11 last Saturday afternoon:

Clouded Sulphur butterfly (Colias philodice)

Very interesting sighting of a female white morph (alba variant) Clouded Sulphur or Orange Sulphur butterfly; “alba” female morph = a sex-limited genetic variant found in about 1/3 of the 90 or so species in the Colias (sulphur) genus:

White morph female Sulphur
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Damselfly, genus Enallagma
Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)(on right, w/ bee on left)

Should be a nice day today in Erie County, Pennsylvania, mostly sunny with a high of around 68 deg F. Happy nature!

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