Hackberry Butterfly - Asterocampa celtis |
Size | 1¾ - 2¼" |
Egg | Pale yellow |
Caterpillar | Grass green with yellow and greenish yellow stripes. Two branched horns on head and two tails on rear. |
Host / Food | Hackberry |
Broods | 2 broods northward, 3 broods South |
Habitat | Near Hackberry trees. |
Range | Southern New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota, and southward. |
Notes | Hopefully this is a Hackberry butterfly. It's very hard to tell as the Empress Antonia and Alicia are similar in markings. |