Horace’s Duskywing Butterfly
Erynnis horatius
Butterfly Size: 1 7/16 – 1 15/16 inches
Habitats: Open woodlands and edges, clearings, fencerows, wooded swamps, power-line right-of-ways, open fields, roadsides
Plants for the Horace’s Duskywing Butterfly
HOST PLANTS
Leaves from:
- Red Oaks
- White Oaks
- Willow Oak
- Northern Red Oak
- Scrub Oaak
- Water Oak
- Post Oak
- Live Oak
FOOD PLANTS
Nectar from flowering plants including:
- dogbane
- buttonbush
- sneezeweed
- goldenrod
- peppermint
- boneset
- winter cress
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