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>.