Sleepy Orange
Eurema nicippe
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Barling, Arkansas
Deer, Arkansas
Marion, Arkansas
Big Pine Key, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lutz, Florida
Lincoln, Nebraska
Greensboro, North Carolina
Fort Worth, Texas
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Identification: Upperside of wings orange in both sexes; orange-yellow form rare. Forewing with small black cell spot. Male with sharply defined black borders on outer and costal margins; female borders not so well-defined. In winter form, underside of hindwing is brick red, brown, or tan; in summer form it is orange-yellow.
Life history: Males patrol flats and gullies for females. Females lay eggs singly under host plant leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves. Dry season form overwinters and lays eggs in spring.
Flight: Four-five flights, all year long, in southern Texas and Deep South. Mid- to late summer in the north.
Caterpillar hosts: Cassia species in the pea family (Fabaceae).
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