Large Orange Sulphur

Phoebis agarithe

The Large Orange Sulphur is a bright butterfly with beautiful orange wings. They love to flutter around flowers and are often seen in sunny places, making them a cheerful sight in nature!

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Large Orange Sulphur is a medium-sized butterfly, vibrant orange on its upper wings, with males often having a darker border and a small black spot. Females can be orange or a lighter yellow, and both sexes have distinct greenish-yellow undersides, often with silvery spots. This coloration helps them stand out or blend in.

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Large Orange Sulphur

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Caterpillars of this butterfly often mimic the color of their food plants to hide from predators.

Female sulphurs can lay hundreds of tiny eggs, usually one by one, on their host plants.

Some Large Orange Sulphur butterflies fly thousands of miles in amazing migrations!

Their wings might look plain orange, but they can shimmer with hidden iridescent colors!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Large Orange Sulphur can find sweet flower nectar using its long, straw-like proboscis and sensitive antennae.

Large Orange Sulphur can absorb heat from the sun with its dark wing bases, helping it fly faster and stay active.

Large Orange Sulphur has greenish-yellow undersides that help them blend in with leaves when their wings are closed.

Large Orange Sulphur can fly hundreds of miles south for winter, just like some birds do!

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 50-70 mm
Größe: 30-40 mm
Lebenserwartung: 7-14 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These butterflies sip sweet flower nectar; their caterpillars munch on plant leaves.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat leaves of Senna plants, while adult butterflies drink nectar and fruit juices.

Hauptnahrung

flower nectar
fruit juices
Senna obtusifolia leaves

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Sicklepod

Senna obtusifolia

Caterpillars eat the leaves of this plant to grow.

pollinates

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Adults drink nectar from flowers, helping them reproduce.

eaten by

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

This lizard may prey on caterpillars or adult butterflies.

Merkmale

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.