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Large Wood Nymph - Cercyonis pegala

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Size 2 - 2¾"
Egg Ribbed keg shaped egg. Light yellow in color.
Caterpillar Fuzzy - Yellow/Green with 4 light stripes and 2 red tails.
Host / Food Grasses
Broods 1 brood
Habitat Open Woodlands, meadows and waterways, roadsides and thickets.
Range Husonian Zone in Canada south through Great plains and Eastern USA to Mexico.
Notes

AKA "Blue - eyed Grayling".  Fond of rotten fruit.

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