Limenitis archippus – Viceroy

Caterpillar foods:  willow, poplar; sometimes apple and cherry  (Bugguide)

6/8/2008

viceroy 6-08

 

7/14/2007

viceroy 7-07

 

8/12/2008

Viceroy on joe pye weed 8-12-08 1

 

Larvae of both Viceroys and Red-spotted Purples spend the winter in hibernaculums like this one – made from a willow leaf tied to a branch with silk.    I don’t know which species made it – it was empty, and the only one I’ve ever found.

willow shelter for viceroy - maybe

 

6/26/2012  larva on poplar

6-26-12 caterpillar 2 on poplar

 

6/2/2012  larva on poplar

6-26-12 caterpillar 3

 

7/1/2012  pupa

7-1-12 pupa 2

 

7/8/2012  fully eclosed butterfly

7-8-12 viceroy adult