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1998
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The Butterflies & Moths of North America (BAMONA) database includes verified sighting records for 178 species in Douglas County, KS as of January 1, 2016 hummingbird clearwing
yellow sulphur
sachem marine blue
Skippers HESPERIIDAE Silver-spotted Skipper Hoary Edge Skipper Northern Cloudywing Southern Cloudywing Confused Cloudywing Hayhurst’s Scallopwing Sleepy Duskywing Juvenal’s Duskywing Horace’s Duskywing Mottled Duskywing Wild Indigo Duskywing Columbine Duskywing Common Checkered-Skipper Common Sootywing Swarthy Skipper Least Skipper Fiery Skipper Ottoe Skipper Leonard’s Skipper Sachem Peck’s Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper Polites origenes Crossline Skipper Northern Broken-Dash Southern Broken-Dash Little Glassywing Arogos Skipper Delaware Skipper Byssus Skipper Hobomok Skipper Zabulon Skipper Dion Skipper Dun Skipper Nysa Roadside-Skipper Common Roadside-Skipper Eufala Skipper Brazilian Skipper
harnessed moth
Erebid Moths EREBIDAE Nais Tiger Moth Harnessed Moth Yellow-collared Scape Moth Yellow-headed Lichen Moth Ctenucha venosa Virginia Ctenucha Oregon Cycnia Delicate Cycnia or Dogbane Tiger Moth Salt Marsh or Acrea Moth Milkweed Tussock or Milkweed Tiger Moth Arge Tiger Moth
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Gossamer-wing Butterflies LYCAENIDAE
Whites & Sulphurs
Harvester American Copper Gray Copper Bronze Copper Juniper Hairstreak Henry’s Elfin Oak Hairstreak Coral Hairstreak Acadian Hairstreak Hickory Hairstreak Edwards’ Hairstreak Banded Hairstreak Striped Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak White-M Hairstreak Cassius Blue Marine Blue Eastern Tailed-Blue Spring Azure Summer Azure Reakirt’s Blue
Falcate Orangetip Olympia Marble Florida White Cabbage White Checkered White Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Southern Dogface Cloudless Sulphur Large Orange Sulphur Lyside Sulphur Mexican Yellow Tailed Orange Little Yellow Sleepy Orange Dainty Sulphur
Brush-footed Butterflies NYMPHALIDAE
American Snout Monarch Queen Variegated Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary Regal Fritillary Red-spotted Purple or White Admiral Red-spotted Purple Viceroy Hackberry Emperor Tawny Emperor Common Mestra Silvery Checkerspot Gorgone Checkerspot Phaon Crescent Pearl Crescent Texan Crescent Baltimore Checkerspot Common Buckeye Question Mark Eastern Comma Gray Comma Mourning Cloak Red Admiral Painted Lady American Lady Goatweed Leafwing Northern Pearly-eye Gemmed Satyr Little Wood-Satyr Common Wood-Nymph
Predesigned butterfly gardens pages 10—11
PIERIDAE
Sphinx Moths & Hawkmoths SPHINGIDAE Pink-spotted Hawkmoth Walnut Sphinx Catalpa Sphinx Hagen’s Sphinx Five-spotted Hawkmoth Carolina Sphinx Modest Sphinx Blinded Sphinx Twin-spotted Sphinx Virginia creeper Sphinx Lettered Sphinx Pandorus Sphinx Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Clearwing White-lined Sphinx Tersa Sphinx
Owlet Moths, Miller Moths NOCTUIDAE
luna moth
Wild Silk Moths SATURNIIDAE Luna moth Polyphemus moth Royal Walnut Moth Rosy maple moth Imperial moth Bicolored honey locust moth
Parnassians & Swallowtails PAPILIONIDAE Pipevine Swallowtail Zebra Swallowtail Black Swallowtail Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Giant Swallowtail
common gluphisia
Prominents NOTODONTIDAE Common Gluphisia Small Heterocampa White-dotted Prominent Double-toothed Prominent
Corn Earworm Moth Arcigera Flower Moth Bina Flower Moth Schinia chrysella Schinia cumatilis Clouded Crimson Schinia hulstia Schinia jaguarina Lynx Flower Moth Schinia mortua Goldenrod Flower Moth Ragweed Flower Moth Bleeding Flower Moth Brown Flower Moth Schinia snowi Schinia tertia Thoreau’s Flower Moth Three-lined Flower Moth Schinia ultima Schinia volupia
Isabella tiger moth
Tiger Moth PARTHENICE Banded Tussock Moth or Pale Tiger Moth Leconte’s Haploa Great Leopard Moth Fall Webworm Moth Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth Isabella Tiger Moth or Banded Woolybear Virginian Tiger or Yellow Woolybear Moth Orange Holomelina Forage Looper Moth Grass Miner Moths Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth
ANNUALS
caterpillar adult
bougainvillea
canna
Brazillian skipper
cabbage
checkered white salt marsh moth
canteloupe
corn
black swallowtail
giant swallowtail large orange sulphur
potato Nysa roadside skipper
Isabella tiger moth (banded woolybear) salt marsh moth
cosmos
datura
pink-spotted hawkmoth
fuchsia
white-lined sphinx
petunia
painted lady
lantana Brazillian skipper giant swallowtail large orange sulphur monarch pipevine swallowtail snowberry clearwing spicebush swallowtail white M hairstreak
marigold Hayhurst’s scallopwing Nysa raodside skipper sachem Ocola skipper
purslane
five-spotted hawkmoth Pandorus sphinx pink-spotted hawkmoth pipevine swallowtail white-lined sphinx
five-spotted hawkmoth salt marsh moth
variegated fritillary white-lined sphinx
snapdragon
common buckeye
sweet potato
pink-spotted hawkmoth
tomato
five-spotted hawkmoth white-lined sphinx
torch tithonia swallowtails cabbage white orange sulphur gray hairstreak monarch sachem fiery skipper
zinnia swallowtails cabbage white sleepy orange variegated fritillary pearl crescent American painted lady silver-spotted skipper sachem Zabulon skipper silver-spotted Ocola skipper skipper
pentas black swallowtail giant swallowtail zebra swallowtail monarch skippers sulphurs
white-lined sphinx
fuchsia
cosmos
zinnia
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PERENNIALS HERBS
swarthy skipper
caterpillar adult
dill
black swallowtail
fennel
black swallowtail
lavendar cotton
parsley
black swallowtail
common buckeye gray hairstreak Horace’s duskywing little glassywing swarthy skipper variegated fritillary
spearmint
Reakirt’s blue
pineapple sage black swallowtail giant swallowtail zebra swallowtail sulphur
mountain mint (PYCNANTHEMUM)
sorrel
regal fritillary
giant swallowtail
bronze copper gray copper
regal fritilary
rue pineapple sage
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caterpillar adult
yarrow (ACHILLEA)
leadplant (AMORPHA)
silver-spotted skipper
columbine (AQUILEGIA)
columbine duskywing
American copper banded hairstreak gorgone checkerspot
hawkmoth
peppermint
rue
fennel
butterfly weed American copper (ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA) monarch black swallowtail queen coral hairstreak milkweed tussock moth Edward’s hairstreak gray copper gray hairstreak great spangled fritillary juniper hairstreak little glassywing northern cloudywing orange sulphur painted lady queen monarch regal fritillary sachem silver-spotted skipper spicebush swallowtail variegated fritillary
common milkweed milkweed tussock moth hickory hairstreak (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACUS) queen hoary edge skipper monarch hobomok skipper juniper hairstreak monarch northern cloudywing orange sulphur butterfly Ottoe skipper weed painted lady Peck’s skipper queen regal fritillary sachem spicebush swallowtail white M hairstreak Zabulon skipper zebra swallowtail monarch chrysalis
caterpillar adult
aster Isabella tiger mouth American snout (ASTER) (banded woolybear) checkered white common buckeye eastern-tailed blue fiery skipper Leonard’s skipper little yellow sulphur painted lady pearl crescent question mark sachem sleepy orange viceroy Leonard’s black swallowtail skipper giant swallowtail zebra swallowtail false indigo (BAPTISIA)
hoary edge skipper wild indigo duskywing
butterfly bush black swallowtail (BUDDLEIA) giant swallowtail zebra swallowtail monarch comma
blue mist spirea Nysa raodside skipper (CARYOPTERIS)
senna (CASSIA)
tailed orange
plumbago (CERASTIGMA)
marine blue
fiery skipper
spurge (EUPHORBIA)
goatweed leafwing
meadowsweet (FILIPENDULA)
Edward’s hairstreak
dianthus (DIANTHUS)
snowberry clearwing
teasel (DIPSACUS)
Leonard’s skipper pipevine swallowtail
coneflower great spangled fritillary (ECHINACEA) monarch Ottoe skipper tawny-edged skipper American copper
Joe-pye weed great spangled fritillary (EUPATORIUM) little glassywing painted lady viceroy Zabulon skipper
spring azure
orange hawkweed (HEIRACIUM)
sunflower gorgone checkerspot (HELIANTHUS) Isabella tiger moth (banded wollybear)
snowberry clearwing
Ottoe skipper wild indigo duskywing
sneezeweed (HELIOPSIS)
fiery skipper gorgone checkerspot Horace’s duskywing
dame’s rocket (HESPERIS)
giant swallowtail pipevine swallowtail
blazing star Leonard’s skipper (LIATRIS)
monarch Ottoe skipper painted lady siler-spotted skipper
Turk’s cap lily (LILIUM SUPERBUM)
large orange sulphur
loosestrife (LYSIMACHIA)
tickseed common buckeye (COREOPSIS) monarch southern dogface variegated fritillary
caterpillar adult
gorgone checkerspot
mallow gray hairstreak (Malva sylvestris) painted lady bee balm (MONARDA)
great spangled fritillary pipevine swallowtail
prickly pear cactus (OPTUNIA HUMIFUSA)
Ottoe skipper
Phlox (PHLOX)
five-spotted hawkmoth Olympia marble pipevine swallowtail rudbeckia
yarrow
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caterpillar adult
mayapple variegated fritillary (PODOPHYLUM)
Virginia knotweed (POLYGONATUM VIRINIANA)
hardy petunia (RUELLIA)
monarch swallowtails
Texan crescent
bouncing bet (SAPONARIA)
Sedum (SEDUM)
Hayhurst’s scallopwing
black-eyed Susan (RUDBECKIA)
five-spotted hawkmoth giant swallowtail Pandorus sphinx white-lined sphinx
grape (VITEX) hops (HUMULUS)
Ottoe skipper
goldenrod American snout (SOLIDAGO) Edward’s hairstreak giant swallowtail mayapple gorgone checkerspot gray hairstreak Horace’s duskywing little yellow sulphur monarch orange sulphur viceroy white M hairstreak
Verbena (VERBENA CANADENSIS)
great spangled fritillary pipevine swallowtail southern dogface zebra swallowtail
vervain (VERBENA HASTATA)
Peck’s skipper
ironweed fiery skipper (VERNONIA) great spangled fritillary monarch painted lady Peck’s skipper
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great spangled fritillary regal fritillary variegated fritillary violet
Pandorus sphinx Virginia creeper sphinx white-lined sphinx eastern comma red admiral
honeysuckle (LONICERA) hoary edge skipper
five-spotted hawkmoth giant swallowtail hoary edge skipper northern cloudywing spicebush swallowtail white-lined sphinx Zabulon skipper
Wisteria
Juvenal’s duskywing
moonvine (CONVOLVULUS)
pink-spotted hawkmoth white-lined sphinx
morning glory (CONVOLVULUS)
pink-spotted hawkmoth
passion vine (PASSIFLORA)
falcate orangetip
variegated fritillary morning glory
GRASSES bluegrass
hobomok skipper Peck’s skipper tawny-edged skipper Zabulon skipper
blue grama grass Leonard’s skipper bottlebrush
violet (VIOLA)
caterpillar adult
Virginia creeper Pandorus sphinx (PARTHENOCISSUS Virginia creeper sphinx QUINQUEFOLIA)
variegated fritillary
compassplant (SILPHIUM)
VINES
morthern pearly eye
little bluestem
Leonard’s skipper Ottoe skipper swarthy skipper
sandlove grass
Zabulon skipper
switchgrass
hobomok skipper northern broken dash tawny-edged skipper
Peck’s skipper
SHRUBS
caterpillar adult
American holly
Henry’s elfin
Azalea
gray comma
lilac
pipevine swallowtail althea (rose of Sharon)
blueberry
Henry’s elfin Juvenal’s duskywing
buttonbush hoary edge skipper Horace’s duskywing painted lady sachem silver-spotted skipper Zabulon skipper
New Jersey tea summer azure spring azure
chokecherry
coral hairstreak
gooseberry
gray comma
banded hairstreak coral hairstreak Edward’s hairstreak hickory hairstreak hoary edge skipper mottled duskywing northern broken dash Peck’s skipper spring azure swarthy skipper
sleepy duskywing
large orange sulphur
lilac eastern tiger swallowtail Juvenal’s duskywing monarch pipevine swallowtail snowberry clearwing white-lined sphinx zebra swallowtail
spicebush (LINDERA)
spicebush swallowtail
staghorn sumac luna moth royal walnut moth
snowberry
snowberry clearwing
snowberry clearwing
blackberry
bronze copper hobonok skipper sleepy duskywing spring azure wild indigo duskywing Zabulon skipper zebra swallowtail
privet
red-spotted purple white admiral spring azure
Virginia sweetwpire (ITEA)
countless butterfly and moth species!
gooseberry
Register a Monarch Watch Waystation To make up the loss of milkweeds and nectar sources needed by monarch butterflies, Monarch Watch registers Monarch Waystations. These habitats include home gardens, schools, businesses, parks, zoos, nature centers, roadsides, rooftops, and unused plots of land in public and private right of ways to create, conserve, and protect milkweed/ monarch environments. You can help monarchs by creating a habitat at your home, school, or even patio or balcony. This international effort has already done much to bring back the monarch population from the brink, and will continue to help assure the preservation of the species and the continuation of the spectacular monarch migration phenomenon. Join the effort. Visit www.monarchwatch.org for more about registering your site and to peruse the register of waystations. Vinland Valley Nursery has been registered since 2007, and we offer seven species/selections of Asclepias for your monarch gardening pleasure!
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TREES pawpaw (ASIMINA)
ash (FRAXINUS)
caterpillar adult zebra swallowtail
eastern tiger swallowtail hickory hairstreak twin-spotted sphinx
birch Isabella tiger moth (banded woolybear) (BETULA) luna moth mourning cloak red-spotted purple white admiral twin-spotted sphinx
chestnut (CASTANEA)
hickory hairstreak
cottonwood eastern tiger swallowtail (POPULUS) modest sphinx mourning cloak red-spotted purple white admiral viceroy
elm eastern comma (ULMUS) mourning cloak Isabella tiger moth (banded woolybear) question mark tawny emporer twin-spotted sphinx white-lined sphinx
hackberry (CELTIS)
American snout hackberry emporer mourning cloak question mark
hickory (CARYA)
hickory hairstreak luna moth royal walnut moth walnut sphinx banded hairstreak
honeylocust (GLEDITSIA)
juniper (JUNIPERUS)
locust (ROBINIA)
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silver-spotted skipper
juniper hairstreak
silver-spotted skipper sassafras & spicebush swallowtails
maple Isabella tiger moth (banded woolybear) (ACER) rosy maple moth
mimosa (ASIMINA)
persimmon (DIOSPYROS)
Reakirt’s blue
spicebush swallowtail
luna moth royal walnut moth
plum, cherry coral hairstreak eastern tiger swallowtail (PRUNUS) eastern tiger swallowtail Henry’s elfin red-spotted purple Juvenal’s duskywing white admiral white M hairstreak twin-spotted sphinx
redbud Henry’s elfin (CERCIS)
sassafras
spicebush swallowtail
serviceberry red-spotted purple (AMELANCHIER) white admiral
sweetbay magnolia
sweet gum (NYSSA)
Henry’s elfin Juvenal’s duskywing
eastern tiger swallowtail spicebush swallowtail
luna moth royal walnut moth
tulip tree eastern tiger swallowtail (LIRIODENDRON) spicebush swallowtail
oak (QUERCUS)
banded hairstreak hickory hairstreak Horace’s duskywing Juvenal’s duskywing red-spotted purple white admiral rosy maple moth southern hairstreak white M hairstreak
walnut (JUGLANS)
banded hairstreak luna moth royal walnut moth walnut sphinx
willow eastern tiger swallowtail (SALIX) mourning cloak twin-spotted sphinx viceroy
redbud
OTHER GOOD EATS
WEEDS
caterpillar adult
chicory
least skipper tawny-edged skipper
clover eastern tailed blue edward’s hairstreak gray hairstreak gray copper Isabella tiger moth gray hairstreak northern cloudywing great spangled fritillary orange sulphur Hayhurst’s scallopwing Reakirt’s blue hickory hairstreak salt marsh moth juniper hairstreak southern dogface least skipper monarch northern broken dash white-lined sphinx wild indigo duskywing Zabulon skipper
Bermuda grass fiery skipper gemmed satyr sachem
crab grass fiery skipper Nysa roadside skipper sachem dandelion
Juvenal’s duskywing orange sulphur sleepy duskywing
lambsquarters Hayhurst’s scallopwing
mallow
nettle
plantain
adult rotting fruit
tree sap
eastern comma hackberry emporer mourning cloak question mark red admiral red-spotted purple white admiral tawny emporer
eastern comma goatweed leafwing gray comma hackberry emporer harvester (alder, ash, hawthorn, beech) little wood satyr ourning cloak (primarily oak) northern pearly eye (willow, poplar, birch) question mark red admiral white admiral tawny emporer harvester (witchhazel)
dung goatweed leafwing hackberry emporer northern pearly eye question mark red-spotted purple white admiral tawny emporer viceroy red admiral (bird droppings)
fungi northern pearly eye viceroy
gray hairstreak painted lady
carrion hackberry emporer northern pearly eye question mark red-spotted purple white admiral tawny emporer viceroy
red admiraml
common buckeye
aphid honeydew harvester little wood satyr viceroy
woolly aphids, scale, treehoppers
harvester caterpillers
dandelion
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common milkweed & monarch caterpiller
Top ten guidelines for butterfly gardening: 1) Watch butterflies in nearby areas to see which flowers they prefer. 2) Grow plants recommended for a variety of species. 3) Position plants in a sunny place, sheltered from wind.
Butterflies are choosy insects. Any gardener can have aphids, but Red Admirals, Painted Ladies, and Tiger Swallowtails insist that certain conditions be met. Ample sunshine is the foremost consideration.
5) Try to maintain diversity in height, color and blooming periods.
Butterflies avoid shady areas. Ideally, your garden should have a southern exposure. Butterflies use early morning for basking on sun-warmed rocks, bricks or gravel paths. As morning temperatures rise, they begin visiting their favorite nectar flowers, but always in sunlit areas of the garden.
6) Don’t use pesticides, and restrict your use of biological conrols that affect caterpillars to surgically strike trouble spots. Products like BT that are safe and effective against bagworms, for example, will also kill butterfly caterpillars.
Butterflies prefer gardens that are sheltered from prevailing winds. If yours is not, consider planting a windscreen of butterfly bush or viburnum - both shrubs which are rich in nectar. As an added bonus, many nectar plants also attract hummingbirds!
4) Grow large clumps of the most favored species.
Accept a certain amount of imperfection in your plants. Holes in foliage indicate that insects are enjoying a healthy meal, converting the sun’s energy stored in the plants to a form useful to other members of the food web, namely those who eat the insects themselves! If an imbalance threatens the survival of a plant, research who is causing the damage and what safe method can be used to bring the situation back into balance. Eradication need not be the goal. Start with identification, then do your homework!
The basics
7) Provide a mud puddle in a sunny spot.
Mud puddles
8) Grow larval plants for butterflies that appear in your garden. Learn to recognize weeds that grow in your garden and in wild scrubby areas so you can leave them for the butterflies.
Create a shallow puddle to attract swallowtails, blues, sulfurs and other butterflies that enjoy drinking at mud puddles in order to obtain needed salts in their diet. A sprinkling of table salt and the addition of some manure will increase the puddle’s appeal. Since salt harms plants, however, use a saucer or locate the puddle outside your flower border.
9) Leave some undisturbed corners for weedy larval and nectar plants. 10) Expand your garden’s focus to include other insects, amphibians, songbirds and mammals to create a habitat for all creatures!
Garden for wildlife! Although you might not think of common wild animals like opossums, cottontails, bluejays and robins as threatened, these animals are finding life increasingly more difficult as the areas they’ve called home make way for suburban neighborhoods and urban development. Even though these common species are not in immediate danger of becoming extinct, individuals are coming into conflict with humans with much higher frequency. Less visible but just as important are the insects, who are misunderstood, underappreciated and also in danger from habitat loss and pesticide use. Gardens that are designed sustainably with an eye toward creating balanced ecosystems are the wave of the future. Outdated landscapes consisting of a few sharply shaved shrubs surrounded by flat green lawn are soon to be relegated to the history books as a dark ages period in landscape design. New millenium gardens are visually dynamic and teaming with species diversity. Today’s gardener is more than just a petunia planter. Today’s gardener is a habitat manager, student of nature and conservationist!