Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)

Statewide in NC and generally uncommon to locally common, this species is found in weedy areas, fallow fields, vacant lots, brackish marshes, and gardens. It has 3 broods and may be found on the wing from April through September.

	Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) Ashe Co., NC 29 Apr 2007


Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004	Female Orange Co., NC 20 Apr 2006


Washington Co., NC 21 June 2006	Washington Co., NC 21 June 2006


Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006	Washington Co., NC 21 June 2006


Male courting a female Orange Co., NC 20 Apr 2006	Male courting a female Orange Co., NC 20 Apr 2006

	While the sootywing on the upper right is nectaring on Verbena, the one on the lower left is in the clutches of a crab spider. Pettigrew State Park, NC 17 June 2001

Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
La Grulla, Starr Co., TX 17 Oct 2004

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