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| Sleepy Orange -- Eurema nicippe | ||
) Summer Form Anne Arundel County 8/30/04 |
) Winter Form Calvert County 10/3/04 |
) Mid-instar Caterpillar |
) Late Instar Caterpillar |
) Newly-formed Chrysalis |
) Hardened-off Chrysalis |
) Chrysalis becomes transparent prior to eclosure of butterfly |
) Newly-eclosed, wings expanding |
) Newly-eclosed, wings fully expanded |
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Notes: Sexes similar; wanders north from southern states.
Cold intolerance prevents overwintering of adults or chrysalids. |
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