Southern Dogface in Cincy Ohio

[Randy Emmitt]

Folks,

Today I met new friends to look for female Bronze Coppers and we found 2 of 
them no problem. It was noon and my friends had to go and I had an extra 
half hour to look for more butterflies. I stopped and looked at a field of 
ironweed just east of New Richmond, Ohio. I didn't find much so I was 
taking photos of Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur, 
Colias philodice
when I noticed a slightly larger one on a flower in front of me. I started 
taking photos and once I'd taken 3 photos before I realized this was a 
Southern Dogface, Colias cesonia! I took a couple more photos and it flew 
up onto highway 52 and disappeared. I take it this a fairly rare sighting 
and a life butterfly for me. Id looked several times in Fla. for these guys 
and never expected to find and photograph one in Ohio.

I have placed the photos on a page at my Butterflies of North Carolina web 
site at http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/dogface_southern01.html

Randy Emmitt
in Cincy, OH



 
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