Size:
Wingspan is 7/8 - 1 inch.

Similar Species:
American Copper (not found in bogs)

Habitat:
Cranberry Bogs.

Range/Abundance:
Very rare. Found only in one county in WV. Not recorded in NC, SC and VA.

Flight Period:
Adults fly from early July until early August in a single brood.

Larval Host Plants:
Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpum.

Comments:
Bog Copper is the smallest copper. The small size and the difficult to access habitat make it very hard to find. Our region has only a few cranberry bogs in WV. Commercial cranberry farms use pesticides so you would not likely find Bog Copper in the acid bogs at a farm.

The top photo was provided by Tom Murray. The second and bottom photos were provided by Jane Ruffin. The third photo was taken from some distance along a boardwalk in the Crainesville Swamp ran by the Nature Conservancy in Pendleton Co., WV on July 06, 2001.

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