




Tharsalea mariposa
The Mariposa Copper is a beautiful butterfly with bright orange and black wings. It flutters around flowers and loves sunny spots, making it a delightful sight in nature.
生息地: Meadows
The Mariposa Copper is a small butterfly with brilliant, iridescent coppery-orange upperwings, often marked with dark spots. Its hindwings can be dusky with a subtle dark band, while the undersides are typically duller gray or tan for camouflage, helping it blend into its environment.





カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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Baby Mariposa Coppers look like tiny green slugs, not fuzzy caterpillars, as they munch on leaves.
Its shiny wings often flash brilliant copper, making it look like a flying penny in the sun!
These butterflies sometimes gather in damp spots to drink important minerals from the soil, a behavior called 'puddling.'
Unlike many butterflies, male Mariposa Coppers are very territorial and will chase other insects out of their space!
Mariposa Copper can drink sweet flower nectar using a long, straw-like mouthpart (proboscis), reaching deep into blossoms for energy.
Mariposa Copper has duller underside wings that blend perfectly with dried leaves and bark when resting, helping them hide.
Mariposa Copper has dark body parts that absorb sunlight, helping them warm up quickly for flight on cool mountain mornings.
Adults sip flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on specific plant leaves to grow.
年齢による違い: Larvae eat the leaves of cinquefoil plants; adults drink nectar from various flowering plants.
Potentilla gracilis
Its larvae feed exclusively on the leaves of this host plant.
Solidago canadensis
Adult butterflies visit its flowers, drinking nectar and transferring pollen.

Cyanocitta stelleri
Birds like this one are generalist predators of adult butterflies.
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.
25-35 mm
10-15 mm
15-30 日
10 km/h
Adults sip flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on specific plant leaves to grow.
Meadows
Foraging
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