Butterflies Are Beginning To Fly

West Virginia White

The butterflies are beginning to fly; between the rainstorms.  I saw a West Virginia White along the Shavers Fork on Monday.  I saw my second Eastern Tiger Swallowtail of the season yesterday.  Of course, the Cabbage Whites are patrolling the barren garden plots.  The hardy angle-wing species have been visible for almost a month.  A little blue butterfly sailed by me in the wind on Sunday.  I guess that it was a Spring Azure.  Now is a good time to prepare for new discoveries of Spring.


The Butterflies Of West Virginia and their Caterpillars (Pitt Series in Nature and Natural History)

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West Virginia White

The West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis) is a woodland butterfly, which is found in the mountain regions. This butterfly can be found in forest clearings during April and May. the preferred host plants are rockcresses and toothworts. I photographed one ovipositing on a garlic mustard at Mingo, in Randolph County.

Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)

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