Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1100733

Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia

Observation date: September 04, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, high 80's, not very humid. First seen on an ironweed flower, then fluttered over some goldenrod and dead stems beside the dirt and gravel road/path, which had been chemically defoliated within the last month. Nearby were mixed grasses, lespedeza, crown vetch, boneset, ironweed, goldenrod, common thistle, Japanese knotweed, autumn olive, multiflora rose, locust, sycamore, albizia, pin oak, poison ivy, honeysuckle vines.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: September 05, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Putnam County