Northern Checkerspot, Creamy Checkerspot Chlosyne palla (Charidryas palla)

Northern Checkerspot still posing
Larval plants are Asters, Goldenrod (Solidago) Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus)  .This adult was working a buckwheat.
This checkerspot lives from Central California up into British Columbia and around and down into Colorado, missing most of Nevada. Its not much of a desert dweller.

This little butterfly posed as calm as could be as I took his picture for a couple inches away.

Last edited on 2012-01-08 18:09:28.

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