Horace’s Duskywing is a butterfly that is found all through the United States.
What Does the Horace’s Duskywing Look Like?
The Horace’s Duskywing is brown and the upper part of the male is dark brown and has no white. The female Horace’s Duskywing is light brown and has large transparent spots.
The bottom of the Horace’s Duskywing has two spots and the male has yellow patches of scent that is on its abdominal.
The Horace’s Duskywing is around 49 millimeters in length.
Where Does the Horace’s Duskywing Live?
The Horace’s Duskywing lives all throughout North America including Texas, Florida, the Gulf coast, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota and even Connecticut.
The habitat of the Horace’s Duskywing is that they like to live where there are clearings, wooded areas, wooded swamps and in open fields and by roads.
When is the Horace’s Duskywing Most Active?
The Horace’s Duskywing is most active from April to September in the north and from January to November in the South.
What Does the Horace’s Duskywing Eat?
The caterpillar of the Horace’s Duskywing eats red and white oak leaves, willow oak leaves, northern red oak, post oak, live oak and water oak.
The adult Horace’s Duskywing drinks nectar from flowers that are almost 5-foot-tall such as the dogbane, boneset, winter cress, sneeze weed, peppermint and goldenrod.
Finding a Mate
The Horace’s Duskywing male will look for a female by perching on twigs or on slopes or hills.
When the female lays eggs, she will lay one egg at a time. The caterpillars will hatch and will eat the plant from where they are born and will rest in nests made from leaves.
More Facts About the Horace’s Duskywing:
- The Horace’s Duskywing likes to bask in the sun.
- The Horace’s Duskywing are considered to be fast fliers so they will be able to visit taller flowers.
- The males will look for females closer to the ground.
- Horace’s Duskywing is sometimes mistaken for other Duskywings and are so fast that they are hard to identify.
- The spots on the Duskywing sometimes look white.
- The Horace’s Duskywing is very similar to the Juvenile Duskywing.
What Did You Learn?
What is the Horace’s Duskywing?
The Horace’s Duskywing is a butterfly found in eastern United States.
What kind of habitat does the Horace’s Duskywing like?
The Horace’s Duskywing likes to live in areas that are wooded, wooded swamps, clearings, open areas and close to roads.
What does the Horace’s Duskywing like to eat?
The Horace’s Duskywing likes to eat nectar from flowering plants that are up to almost 5-foot tall.
Why are the Horace’s Duskywing hard to identify?
The Horace’s Duskywing is hard to identify because they fly so fast that they are often times identified as a different kind of Duskywing butterfly.
How many eggs does the Horace’s Duskywing lay at one time?
The Horace’s Duskywing lays one egg at a time.
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