Attributes of Satyrodes eurydice
Eyed Brown
Satyrodes eurydice (Linnaeus, 1763)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Identification: Upperside is light to medium brown with black eyespots. Underside of forewing has submarginal eyespots about the same size, usually touching or linked like a chain; dark line inside the hindwing's spot row is zigzagged.
Wing Span: 1 1/2 - 2 7/16 inches (3.8 - 6.2 cm).
Life History: The Eyed Brown flies weakly over and within low plant growth and perches frequently. Males patrol in vegetation and occasionally perch to court females. Eggs are scattered on many different plants. Caterpillars eat leaves; the third and fourth stages hibernate.
Flight: One brood from June-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various sedges (Carex stricta, C. lupulina, C. bromoides, and C. trichocarpa) in the sedge family (Cyperaceae).
Adult Food: Sap, bird droppings, and occasionally flower nectar.
Habitat: Open sedge meadows, freshwater marshes, slow-moving streams, cord grass swales in tallgrass prairie.
Range: Eastern North America from Nova Scotia south to Delaware and west to Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska. Outlying populations in north-central Colorado, east-central Alberta, and northern Quebec.
Conservation: Smoky Eyed Brown (subspecies fumosus) is of concern in several states. It has The Nature Conservancy Global Rank of G3 - Very rare or local throughout its range or found locally in a restricted range (21 to 100 occurrences). (Threatened throughout its range).
NCGR:
Management Needs: Monitor populations of subspecies fumosus and make conservation recommendations. Other subspecies have The Nature Conservancy Global Rank of G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Note: Subspecies fumosus has been considered a separate species in the past.
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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June 23, 2012 | LinRandolph | Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States | January 07, 2013 | Details |
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July 10, 2012 | Appy-Brown | Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States | October 24, 2012 | Details |
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June 29, 2012 | Ron Payne | Addison County, Vermont, United States | October 08, 2012 | Details |
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July 01, 2012 | Kyle Jones | Windsor County, Vermont, United States | October 08, 2012 | Details |
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July 04, 2012 | Appy-Brown | Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States | October 08, 2012 | Details |
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June 28, 2012 | Appy-Brown | Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States | September 06, 2012 | Details |
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July 05, 2012 | Dave Kinney | Wexford County, Michigan, United States | August 29, 2012 | Details |
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July 09, 2011 | BeaLaporte | Ontario, Canada | August 09, 2012 | Details |
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July 02, 2010 | Jim Brighton | Penobscot County, Maine, United States | August 08, 2012 | Details |
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July 09, 2012 | David Allen Jones | Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States | July 18, 2012 | Details |
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July 04, 2012 | aarongunnar | Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States | July 06, 2012 | Details |
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June 24, 2012 | jim8435wisc | Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States | June 28, 2012 | Details |
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June 25, 2012 | BOGwalker | St Louis County, Minnesota, United States | June 28, 2012 | Details |
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June 22, 2012 | Appy-Brown | Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States | June 26, 2012 | Details |
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July 16, 2011 | Shane Patterson | Tama County, Iowa, United States | March 02, 2012 | Details |
| July 12, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Jackie Sones) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 26, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 26, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 13, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Pam Weatherbee) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 23, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Pam Weatherbee) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 25, 1992 | legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd+Brian Cassie) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 23, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Pam Weatherbee) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 25, 1992 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 17, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 16, 1995 | legacy.reporter (C.Berk Xerces) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 14, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Mark Fairbrother et al) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 12, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Mark Fairbrother et al) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 15, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Mark Fairbrother et al) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 14, 1999 | legacy.reporter (N.Berk Xerces) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Rene Laubach #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 16, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Rene Laubach #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 21, 1995 | legacy.reporter (S.Berk Xerces) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 27, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Rene Laubach #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 19, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Rene Laubach #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 18, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Rene Laubach #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 17, 1999 | legacy.reporter (S.Berk Xerces) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 20, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Tom Gagnon) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 20, 1992 | legacy.reporter (Brian Cassie) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 16, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Bristol Cnty. Xerces) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 01, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Doug Savich + Claudia Tibbets) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 06, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Doug Savich + Claudia Tibbets) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Doug Savich + Claudia Tibbets) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 08, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Doug Savich + Claudia Tibbets) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 10, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Doug Savich + Claudia Tibbets) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 15, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Doug Savich + Claudia Tibbets) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 06, 1997 | legacy.reporter (S. Goldstein) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Don Marotte) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 19, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Bob Speare et al) | Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details |
