Northern Pearly-Eye

Fascinating facts about the Northern Pearly-Eye

• A single northern pearly-eye can stretch its wings from 1 ½ to 2 ½ inches (43-67 mm).
• Adult northern pearly-eyes snack on dung, fungi, carrion and sap from willows, poplars, and birches.
• Caterpillars of the northern pearly-eye munch on a menu of grasses like Leersia virginica, Erianthus, Muhlenbergia, bearded shortgrass, Chasmanthium latifolium, bottlebrush grass, and false melic grass, plus sedges in northern populations.
• From central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, then south to central Alabama and Mississippi, the northern pearly-eye spans a continent-wide belt.

Sources

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At a glance

About the Northern Pearly-Eye

In the dappled shade of woodland streams, the Northern Pearly-Eye butterfly dances with gentle elegance, its delicate wings beating in a slow, hypnotic rhythm as it flits from leaf to leaf. With eyespots shining like tiny pearls, this enchanting creature navigates its world with a quiet confidence, its mottled brown wings blending seamlessly into the forest understorey. As it sips nectar from hidden flowers, the Northern Pearly-Eye embodies the very essence of a secret, hidden world, where beauty and wonder wait to be discovered.

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