Details for Record 13770

Page: Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

Date: 6/3/2012 2012/06/03

County: Anne Arundel County

State: Maryland

Country: United States

Links:
MBP record #116824

A Harvester in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/3/2012). Perhaps my most wanted eastern U.S. butterfly species - a mind-blowing find here in my home county (Anne Arundel, Maryland, 6/3/2012). Not only is it beautiful and locally rare, it has the distinction of being the only carnivorous North American butterfly. The caterpillars feed on wooly aphids and similar tiny insects, while the adults sip aphid honeydew. They do not nectar on flowers. Too cool.

A Harvester in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (6/3/2012).

A Harvester in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (6/3/2012).

A Harvester in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (6/3/2012).