Pettigrew State Park
Washington Co., NC
21 June 2006
Mated pair with the male on the right.
Beware that identification can be challenging at times, and Pearl Crescents can be confused with Mimic Crescent (P. incognitus), Phaon Crescent (P. phaon), and Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis).
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Pettigrew State Park Washington Co., NC 21 June 2006 Mated pair with the male on the right. |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Currituck Co., NC 20 Aug 2014 On Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Game Land, Caswell Co., NC 3 May 2020 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Umstead S.P., Wake Co., NC 11 Aug 2023 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Rougemont, Durham Co., NC 7 June 2017 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 12 May 2023 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Brumley Nature Preserve, Orange Co., NC 4 May 2023 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Flat River Impoundment, Durham Co., NC 10 Apr 2008 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Wake Co., NC 20 June 2009 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Game Land, Caswell Co., NC 3 May 2020 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Durham Co., NC 11 Oct 2013 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Chatham Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Pender Co., NC 19 Sep 2009 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Durham Co., NC 28 June 2009 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Duke Forest Durham Division, Durham Co., NC 9 Aug 2017 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Duke Forest Durham Division, Durham Co., NC 18 Sep 2017 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Caldwell Co., NC 23 Aug 2016 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Caldwell Co., NC 23 Aug 2016 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Caldwell Co., NC 23 Aug 2016 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Wilkes Co., NC 24 Aug 2016 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Holly Shelter Game Land, Pender Co., NC 11 Sep 2016 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Sandhills Game Lands, Moore Co., NC 28 Apr 2019 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 19 Apr 2020 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Rodanthe, Dare Co., NC 20 Oct 2017 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Alligator River NWR, Dare Co., NC 22 Oct 2023 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Brumley Nature Preserve, Orange Co., NC 1 Aug 2024 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Hill Forest, Durham Co., NC 16 Aug 2020 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Heintooga, Swain Co., NC 12 July 2011 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Sandy Mush Gameland, Buncombe Co., NC 13 July 2011 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Sandy Mush Gameland, Buncombe Co., NC 13 July 2011 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Sandy Mush Gameland, Buncombe Co., NC 13 July 2011 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Alligator River NWR, Dare Co., NC 23 Oct 2011 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 3 Sep 2022 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), male Alamance Co., NC 29 Apr 2023 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), male Alamance Co., NC 29 Apr 2023 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), female Alamance Co., NC 29 Apr 2023 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), female Alamance Co., NC 29 Apr 2023 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Alamance Co., NC 29 Apr 2023 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Alamance Co., NC 29 Apr 2023 |
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#3441 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Alleghany Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
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#3251 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Wilkes Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
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#3237 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Wilkes Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
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#3198 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Haywood Co., NC 19 May 2023 While the dorsal view looks good for Incognito/Northern Crescent, the ventral view appears to show black antennal club undersides, indicating this is a Pearl. |
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#3096 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Haywood Co., NC 19 May 2023 |
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#3007 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Haywood Co., NC 19 May 2023 |
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#2718 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Madison Co., NC 18 May 2023 |
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#2698 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Madison Co., NC 18 May 2023 |
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| #3259 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Wilkes Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
#3005 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Haywood Co., NC 19 May 2023 |
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#2037 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Holly Shelter GL, Pender Co., NC 11 Apr 2023 |
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#1986 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Holly Shelter GL, Pender Co., NC 11 Apr 2023 |
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| #2938 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Haywood Co., NC 19 May 2023 |
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#2843 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Haywood Co., NC 13 May 2005 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Haywood Co., NC 13 May 05 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Haywood Co., NC 13 May 05 |
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#3613 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Clay Co., NC 21 May 2005 Note black underside of clubs |
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#3613 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Clay Co., NC 21 May 2005 Where their ranges overlap in the NC mountains with Mimic Crescents, Pearls are generally smaller and the undersides of the antennal clubs on males are black (not red-orange). Note that the tips of the clubs may have varying degrees of orange, as this individual shows. |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Durham Co., NC 1 May 2005 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Watauga Co., NC 27 June 04 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Person Co., NC Mayo Lake County Park 6 Sep 2003 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Durham Co., NC 3 Oct 2004 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Caswell Co., NC 17 Jun 2006 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 |
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Female Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 |
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| #3729 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 |
#1526 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 |
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#1526 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Caldwell Co., NC 28 June 2003 This odd looking crescent has an abnormal amount of black pigment. |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), male Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Male Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), female Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), female Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Hocking Hills, Logan Co., OH 2 Oct 2020 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos orantain) Angela, Rosebud Co., MT 2 June 2014 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos orantain) Elkhorn Creek, Lewis & Clark Co., MT 7 June 2016 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos orantain) Elkhorn Creek, Lewis & Clark Co., MT 7 June 2016 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos orantain) Lamar Valley, Co., Park Co., WY 6 May 2015 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Brazoria Co., TX 29 Mar 2018 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Hudson Woods Unit, San Bernard NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 29 Mar 2018 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Brazoria Co., TX 29 Mar 2018 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Eagle Nest Lake Unit, San Bernard NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 24 Apr 2018 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Sam Houston WMA, Walker Co., TX 1 Apr 2018 |
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| Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Brazos Bend SP, Brazoria Co., TX 23 Apr 2018 |
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Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Perth Wildlife Preserve, Lanark Co., Ontario 12 July 2018 |
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