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NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Jumping Genes:Southeastern Butterflies
Heath E. CapelloNSF NMGK-8
University of MississippiNovember 2006
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Southeastern Butterflies
• Questions to ask:– What is special about their color?– How are they camouflaged?– Do you see eyespots?– Where might they live?
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Cabbage White
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Georgia Satyr
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Red-banded Hairstreak
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Common Buckeye
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American Lady
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Sources• Alachua County. 2004. Countywide visioning and planning process.
Accessed 3 November 2006. <http://alachua-county-visioningplanning.org/about>.
• Alden, P. and G. Nelson. 1999. National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
• Cook, W. 2005. American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis). Accessed 3 November 2006. <http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/americanlady.html>.
• Cook, W. 2006. Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops). Accessed 3 November 2006. <http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/redbandedhairstreak.html>.
• Jeff’s Butterfly Page. 2006. Georgia Satyr. Accessed 3 November 2006. <http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/georgiasatyr.htm>.
• Pieris rapae. Accessed 3 November 2006. <http://www.rutkies.de/schmetterlinge3/Pieris%20rapae%20-%20Kleiner%20Kohlweissling%2001.html>.