Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis  pegala paludum Male Emergence Home  -  Butterflies  -  Details Scroll down to see all photos of  ECLOSURE - For other photos/information, click on your choice of ADULT  FEMALE       SPECIMEN       IMMATURES ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Female collected by Todd L. Stout - August 2, 2007 - Goodenough Creek, 4.6 miles West of McCammon, Bannock County, Idaho. Of 16 eggs, 12 hatched  August 20, 2007. Larva #1 was not placed in diapause for three weeks, but the others were.  #1 began feeding September 17, 2007.  It molted to 2nd instar on September 26, 2007 Description 1 7/8 - 2  11/16 " Dorsal Brown with prominent nearly equal eyespots in the  forewing submargin in Rs-M1 and in Cu1-Cu2 and may or may not have  paler areas surrounding the eyespots.(This one has a hint of an orange wash about half way around the eyespots)  Females may also have an eyespot at the anal angle of the hindwing,  larger and more developed forewing eyespots  and may be paler overall. Ventral Male and female  may  have up to 6 eyespots  on the ventral hindwing which are ringed with yellow.   Postmedian dark band on forewing goes up further than the top eyespot. Habitat They can be found  in grasslands,  open woodlands  and at edges of woods up to 10,500 feet Univoltine in the north but bi or multivoltine in the south.  Hibernation is as first instar larvae. Host Grasses.  This one was started on Bluegrass.