Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Mobile, Alabama
Vincent, Alabama
Barling, Arkansas
Deer, Arkansas
Marion, Arkansas
Boca Raton, Florida
Brooksville, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Largo, Florida
Lutz, Florida(2 reports)
New Port Richey, Florida
Palm Coast, Florida
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Tampa, Florida(2 reports)
Winter Springs, Florida
Cornelia, Georgia
Anna, Illinois
Westchester, Illinois
Yale, Iowa
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Hammond, Louisiana
Tupelo, Mississippi
Lincoln, Nebraska
Concord, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Waynesville, North Carolina
Corning, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Kellyville, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Summerville, South Carolina
Clarksville, Tennessee
Fort Worth, Texas
Houston, Texas(2 reports)
Keller, Texas
Los Fresnos, Texas
Missouri City, Texas
Portland, Texas
Spring, Texas
Stafford, Texas
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lightyellow
Love their bright chartreuse color and year-round presence in my area, always a nice photo op when they visit a purple flower.
I have a Christmas cassia now and hopefully will get some cats soon c:
weRgroot
C_A_Ivy
Caterpillars are either green or yellow. The green version is from eating the leaves of the host plant whereas the yellow larva occurs when the caterpillar consumes the yellow flower buds of the host plant.
steadycam3
SusanLouise
nick89
Magpye
Identification: Upper surface of male is lemon yellow with no markings. Female is yellow or white; outer edges of both wings with irregular black borders; upper forewing with dark spot in cell. Lower surface of hindwing of both sexes with 2 pink-edged silver spots.
Life history: Males patrol with rapid flight, searching for receptive females. Eggs are laid singly on young leaves or flower buds of host plants; caterpillars eat leaves and rest on underside of leaf petioles.
Flight: Many flights year around in the Deep South; may have one flight in late summer in other southern states; immigrants to northern states in August or September usually do not reproduce.
Caterpillar hosts: Cassia... read more
aprilwillis
okus