Erynnis juvenalis
Size:
Wingspan is 1 1/4 - 1 3/4 inches.
Similar Species:
Horace's
Duskywing
Habitat:
Dirt roads, forest margins and interiors, clearcuts, power line clearings,
and other moist or dry places near oaks.
Range/Abundance:
Common and widespread
in the entire region during spring. Uncommon to rare near the coast.
Flight Period:
Adults fly from early March until late May in the piedmont and sandhills
and on into mid June in the mountains in a single brood.
Larval Host Plants:
Oaks Quercus spp.
Comments:
This is the most common and widespread duskywing during the early spring
in the region.
Very difficult to tell from Horace's Duskywing in the spring. Horace's
Duskywing does have a slight spring brood and two other summer broods
where the confusion between these species is no longer a problem in summer
when Juvenal's Duskywing is not flying.
The top photo was taken in Orange Co., NC on March 29, 2002. The second
photo was taken in Orange Co., NC on March 26, 2004. The third photo was
taken in Orange Co., NC on March 29, 2002. The bottom photo was taken
in Orange Co., NC on March 25, 2002.
