Buncombe Co., NC
26 June 2004
Common in summer months in the NC mountains.
Avery Co., NC
22 June 2006
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A day-flying moth that visits flowers and may be mistaken for a butterfly, the Spear-marked Black occurs across Canada and south to the mountains of Tennessee and the Carolinas. |
Spear-marked Black (Rheumaptera hastata) Buncombe Co., NC 26 June 2004 Common in summer months in the NC mountains. |
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Spear-marked Black (Rheumaptera hastata) Avery Co., NC 22 June 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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